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6,100 schools PH-wide hold in-person classes

THE Department of Education (DepEd) reported on Friday that 6,122 schools nationwide have physically reopened for the progressive expansion of face-to-face classes amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

DepEd Assistant Secretary for Field Operation Malcolm Garma, in a news conference, said more than 8,200 schools have been nominated by their respective regional offices to participate in in-person classes — 7,893 public schools, 208 private schools and 143 unclassified schools — and are being validated by the department.