GUIDELINES IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF
LIMITED THE FACE TO FACE
CLASSES

JENNIFER DIGAL-FIGUEROA, MD
CITY HEALTH OFFICE
DURING

Face- to- Face Classes

during PANDEMIC
The longer the children are out of school, the less
likely they are to return to school.
Scope:
The guidelines shall cover the roles and
responsibilities of stakeholders across governance
levels to ensure
EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT & SAFE IMPLEMENTATION.
General Guidelines:
A. Limited Face-to-Face Classes Not Mandatory
B. Implementation of Flexible Learning
C. DOH Minimum Public Health Standards
 Increase mental and physical resilience
 Reduce transmission
 Reduce contact
 Reduce duration of the infection
 Cleaning & Disinfection
General Guidelines:
D. Minimum Physical Distance in 1.5 meters
E. Physical Education (PE) Classes
F. Off-Campus Activities
G. Co-curricular and Extracurriccular Activities
H. Medical Insurance
Specific Guidelines:
1. Conduct a Self-Assessment checklist on the
Readiness to Reopen Campuses
• Assess the readiness
• Disseminate appropriate relevant information
• Oversee the implementation
• Conduct surveillance program
• Monitor & evaluate
Specific Guidelines:
2. Establish a Crisis Management Committee (CMC)
• School Head- Chair of CMC
• Institutional Health officer - IMPLENTATION
• Institutional Safety officer- MONITORING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
HEALTH PROTOCOLS
• Institutional planning officer- ENGINEERING CONTROLS
• Institutional information officer- COMMUNICATION PLAN
• Institutional Surveillance officer
• Health and Safety Marshall -MONITOR COMPLIANCE
• Representative from the teachers and students
Specific Guidelines:
3. Responsibilities of Crisis Management Committee
• School Based COVID19 Surveillance- led by the
INSTITUTIONAL SURVEILLANCE OFFICER
• Facilitate collection of pertinent data regarding COVID19 in the
school during limited face to face classes
• maintain case based listing for students, teachers and
personnnels
• Name of School Name of Program
• Student/ personnel ID No. Sex
• Age Vaccination Status
• Presence of any Co-morbidities Date of symptom detected
• Date of testing Date of release of results
• Result of test
Specific Guidelines:
4. Responsibilities of Crisis Management Committee
• INSTITUTIONAL SURVEILLANCE OFFICER
• Secure list of identified close contact of a suspect, probable and
confirmed case in the facility
• Determine and monitor case clustering
• Provide data analytics
• Submit weekly COVID19 reporting to CHED RO
• Coordinate with local epidemiology and surveillance unit
Specific Guidelines:
5. Establish a Cyclical Student Shifting System
6. Determine the Maximum Venue Capacity of
Facilities
Specific Guidelines:
7. Implement Additional Health and Safety
Measures
 Personal Hygiene Kits
 Stay Home when not feeling well
 One Entry, One exit per Day Policy for Students
Screening at Entry point
Classrooms/Laboratory/Communal Areas/other facilities
Break time period
Specific Guidelines:
8. Conduct Simulation Drills
9. Create Contingency Plan for COVID19 Cases
Preventive Suspension and Reopening
Protocols
SCENARIO PREVENTIVE REOPENING PROTOCOL
SUSPENSION PROTOCOL

The locality of the HEI is Automatic preventive Reclassified to Alert level

reclassified to ALERT suspension for the entire 3 or better
Level 4 or 5. school

The locality of the HEI is Automatic preventive Granular lockdown is

under granular suspension for the entire LIFTED.
lockdown. school

School/ Building/ The preventive suspension will After completing contact tracing and
disinfection activities and quarantine
Classroon lockdown for be based on the assessment and
decision of the Crisis period for the confirmed and
case clustering. Management team upon
suspected cases
consultation with the Local Task
force
Monitoring and Evaluation
• required to submit their monitoring and evaluation
(M&E) reports to their respective CHEDROs
Roles and Responsibilities
A. Higher Educational Institutions (HEI)
• Ensure only FULLY VACCINATED individuals participate
in face-to-face classes
• Conduct consultations
• Inform stakeholders about these guidelines comply
with the health and safety protocols and compliance
• Conduct weekly COVID19 monitoring of cases
• Submit reports
Roles and Responsibilities
B. Students and teaching and non-teaching
personnel
• be transparent in declaring health conditions,
including those of family members and vaccination
against COVID19 status.
Roles and Responsibilities
Central Office
• dissiminate this CHED-DOH
JMC
• conduct orientation to CHED
ROs & HEI
• investigate noncompliance
• provide data analytics to the
national level from CHEDROs
Regional Office
• Closely monitor the conduct of
limited face-to-face classes by HEI
• Order preventive and immediate
suspension for violations
• Submit status report of face-to-face
classes and a consolidated weekly
reports COVID19 Monitoring of HEI
to the CHED Office of the Executive
Director
• Review application documents of HEI
for safety seal
• Issue a safety seal
Roles and Responsibilities
• CHED COMPOSITE TEAM
• Conduct inspection, to check for compliance, to verify
the application documents and integration of digital
contact tracing application
• Investigate reported violations and complaints
• Recommend withdrawal of the Safety Seal
Roles and Responsibilities
• LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT
• Issue clearance
• Provide advice/recommendation for the safe reopening
• Participate in the inspection of retrofitted facilities of
HEls and check for compliance with the minimum public
health standards;
• Designate its health and safety officer to join the Ad-hoc
Team/Body that shall be created by the CHEDRO to
investigate violations of this JMC or complaints on the
implementation of health and safety protocols; and,
• Crowd and traffic control assistance
Roles and Responsibilities
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

• Provide technical assistance such as updates regarding

public health standards to be followed in education
settings, provide assistance in the inspection of
retrofitted facilities of HEIs
• Provide learning and development interventions,
informational and advocacy materials on strategies or
measures to ensure that minimum public health
standards dissemination to HEls standards are met
Roles and Responsibilities
• Department of Education
• all levels of governance shall prepare an
implementation plan or strategy that is well
coordinated, synchornized and with clarity in terms
of coordination lines.
• Central(National)
• Region
• School Division
• Participating schools
Violations
• Ground for suspension
Eligibility of the Participation to the Implementation
of Face to Face Classes?
SCHOOLS TEACHERS & LEARNERS
EMPLOYEES

 Located in the minimal  65years old below with  voluntary, with signed
risk areas no comorbidities consent
 Pass the School Safety  Areas under ALERT  registered with
Assessment Tool (SSAT) LEVEL 2: ONLY FULLY PhilHealth or with
 SSAT validated by SDO vaccinated teaching, equivalent medical
 Expressed support non--teaching insurance
from the LGU personnel, and  Routine Immunizations
 Consent from students2
parents/guardians
OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK
• 4 MAJOR PILLARS
1. SAFE OPERATIONS
2. TEACHING & LEARNING
3. Including the MARGINALIZED
4. WELL-BEING & PROTECTION
OPERATIONAL
FRAMEWORK
Sources:
• Joint Memorandum Circular No. 01 s. 2021, September 27, 2021: Operational
Guidelines on the Implementation of Limited Face-to-Face Classes
• Joint Memorandum Circular No. 004 s. 2021, December 15, 2021: Guidelines on
the Implementation of Limited Face-to-Face Classes for all Programs of Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs) in Areas under Alert Levels System for COVID 19
Response
• Department of Education, Region VI-Western Visayas, Regional Memorandum
No. 680 s. 2021: School Contingency Manual for the Implementation of Face-to-
Face Classes
Great things are done by
a series of small things
brought together.
-Vincent Van Gogh