OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES ON THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF LIMITED FACE

TO FACE LEARNING MODALITY
March 10, 2022
Eligibility of Participation to the Implementation of F2F
Classes
A. SCHOOLS
1. Located in Minimal-risk area (Alert Level 1 and 2)
2. Pass the School Safety Assessment using the SSAT
3. Validated by the Composite Team from the SDO
4. Support from LGUs (Barangay, Municipality, City, Province)
5. Written Parents/Guardians Consent
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Eligibility of Participation to the Implementation of F2F
Classes
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B. TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES
1. 65 years old and below and with no diagnosed co-morbidities, or with
stable comorbidities
2. PWDs, pregnant and lactating, whose services are indispensable
3. Only Fully Vaccinated Personnel can participate
Eligibility of Participation to the Implementation of F2F
Classes
C. LEARNERS
1. Voluntary with Signed consent from parent/guardian
2. Learners within the city/municipality
3. Can walk going to school, with regulated public transportation or with
available private transport
4. Without existing comorbidities
5. COVID-19 Vaccination is not mandatory.
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Classes
C. LEARNERS
Prioritization:
1. Require Childcare (ex. Parents work outside home)
2. Heavily Dependent on F2F learning intervention (K-3)
3. Struggle to meet the required learning competencies
4. Senior High School learners enrolled in Technical-Vocational-Livelihood
5. Learners that are documented by Mental Health Concerns
Guidelines on Safe Reopening
A. SAFE OPERATIONS
1. Preparation for School Reopening
• Set up Physical Structures, WASH facilities and supplies, personal
protective equipment (PPEs), Health and Safety Protocols, learning
materials, class program, Human Resource Requirements
• Involve the community
• Adjusted Class Program According to their Alternative Work
Arrangements
• Orientation on eligibility for participation (learners, parents, guardians,
teaching and nonteaching personnel, External stakeholders, LGU)
• Vaccination Records of children (Routine Immunization)
• Simulation Activities
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2. Classroom Layout and Structure
a. Seats shall be 1 to 2 meters apart c. Working electric fans, open windows
and doors at all times (air-conditioned
b. Consider No. of Learners per class rooms with HEPA filtration air purifiers)
Kinder: Maximum of 12 learners
Gr. 1-3: maximum of 16 learners
Gr. 4-12: maximum of 20 learners
TVL workshop and science
laboratory: maximum of 12 learners
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3. School Traffic Management
• Safe entrance, exit, and contact tracing procedures
• Drop off and pick-up points should be identified and marked
• Installation of signages and markers for cueing and
unidirectional movement
• Hallway ground marking for walking direction guide
• School map at the front gate
• Designated entrance and exit
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4. Protective measures, hygiene, and sanitation practices and respiratory
etiquette
a. Availability of PPE and hygiene facilities
• Adequate and safe water supply
• Hand washing station or sink (school entrance)
• Antibacterial soap or 70% Isopropyl/Ethyl Alcohol
b. Access to the following upon return to school:
• Medical Face Mask
• 1 Toothbrush and 1 toothpaste (K-6)
• 1 Bar of soap (K-6)
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4. Protective measures, hygiene, and sanitation practices and respiratory
etiquette
c. Availability of PPEs and other Emergency Health Kits
PPE requirement depending on the type of activity
Activity PPE
Triage and Screening (Personnel in school Medical Mask
entrance)
Caring for a suspected case of COVID-19 with no Medical mask, gloves, gown
aerosol-generating procedure(personnel in school
clinic)
Caring for suspected/confirmed cases of COVID-19 Respirator (N95 or FFP2),
with aerosol-generating procedure (for personnel in goggles, gloves, gown
school clinics)
Assisting in transporting passengers to a Full PPE
healthcare
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4. Protective measures, hygiene, and sanitation practices and respiratory
etiquette
d. Child friendly IEC material on hygiene practices and respiratory etiquette
e. Daily health monitoring for learners and school staff
f. Mobilize the School COVID-19 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
(DRRM) Team, designate a Safety Officer
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5. School Disinfection, Sanitation and Waste Management.
a. Proper disposal of infectious wastes (used tissue and mask)
b. Disposal of disinfected PPE with general waste to the final disposal
facility
c. Dispose all used PPE in a separate leak-proof yellow trash
d. Ensure Routine Sanitation of Frequently touched Surfaces(tables,
doorknobs, lights switches) every after end of a school shift
e. Placing Trash bins in strategic locations
f. Students shall be assigned to their own desk/armchair. They shall
disinfect their own tables before and after use.
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5. School Disinfection, Sanitation and Waste Management.
g. Students/Teachers are not allowed to share school items (textbooks and
toys)
h. Outputs shall be placed in a sterilization box for disinfection
i. Availability of hand soaps/hand sanitizers/disinfectants in restroom and
classroom
j. School DRRM Team shall ensure necessary disinfection activities
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6. Communication Strategy
a. COVID-19 local hotline/ help desk
b. Database of contact details of parents/guardians(incase their children
show flu like symptoms)

7. Contigency Plan
c. Decision Points for school Lockdowns and Reopening
d. Distance Learning Modalities during lockdown
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8. School Lockdown and Reopening
a. When there is a suspect, probable, or confirmed COVID-19 case to
facilitate disinfection and contact tracing
b. Dependent on community transmission and quarantine Risk identified
by IATF (ALERT LEVEL 3)
c. Violations/instances of not complying with minimum health standards
d. During school lockdown, all learners shall revert to distance learning
e. Considered for reopening after school lockdown:
- Completed contact tracing
- Completed Disinfection activities
- 14 days without confirmed cases in the school
- School is in a barangay with low to no community transmission
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B. HOME-SCHOOL COORDINATION
a. Coordinate with Barangay Health Emergency Response Team(BHERT)\
b. Preventive Alert System in Schools (PASS) for COVID-19
c. Health personnel/designated clinic teacher present at school clinic
everyday
d. Orientation to parents/guardians: on safe drop off and pick-up
procedure or Safety precautions and preventive measures while
commuting
e. Learner’s practice of proper sanitation and hygiene upon arriving at
home from school
Well-Being and Protection
A. Strategy to Prevent COVID-19 B. Strategy to Detect COVID-19
1. Hand Hygiene 1. At the onset of symptoms: Contact Tracing
System
2. Thermal Scanner
3. Health Screening
2. Coordinate with Assigned School Nurse and
Local Health Authorities
4. Isolation Area/Private Screening Area
3. Parents report to School if their children
5. Daily Rapid Health Checks experienced flu-like symptoms
6. Establishment of School Clinic 4. Health Declaration Form for Visitors,
Learners, and Personnel
learners, teachers, personnel who
manifest symptoms, shall not report
physically to school, and shall seek
medical advise
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C. Strategy to Isolate and Treat COVID-19
1. Isolation room for individual with flu-like
symptoms
2. Transport from School to TTMF
3. School shall notify family
member/guardian of learner/personnel
with symptom
4. Provide necessary emergency care to the
personnel/learner
5. Refer to RHU for further evaluation
6. Home quarantine or isolation for identified
teacher/personnel. Learners will be given
alternative delivery mode of education,
personnel shall be on WFH
7. Personnel/Learner on Home
Quarantine/Isolation will be closely followed up
by assigned health personnel/designated
Clinic Teacher- report to SDO Health ad
Nutrition Section
8. All Personne/Learner who had HQ or
Isolation, shall secure Quarantine Clearance
upon resumption of Duty.
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D. Psychosocial Support
1. For the first 5 school days
2. Maintain/set-up a guidance office
3. SDO shall set up a hotline/online platform to provide counselling services
4. MHPSS to those under isolation/quarantine
5. Create a Positive Environment
6. Trained Psychological First Aid Providers)
Well Being and Protection
E. Immunization and Other Health Services
1. Coordinate with RHU for routine School-based Immunization(Deworming and
WIFA)
2. Intensive health promotion campaign activities
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RESPONSE PLAN 
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIMITED FACE TO
FACE CLASSES
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SCENARIO 1. A household member of a learner or school personnel shows
symptoms of COVID-19 but has not been tested. The learner or personnel are
not showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Involved Stakeholder Required Action

Household member Prior to the implementation of face-to-face classes parents/guardians of learners we

showing symptoms well as school personnel, shall be oriented of the protocol and guidelines. They shall
then be responsible of informing 

If a household member of a learner/personnel showing symptoms of COVID-19

inform the school regarding their condition and has not yet been tested, the school
may advise him/her to seek assistance from BHERT.

Learner or personnel Since the learner and personnel may considered a close contact, the school shall
in the same advise the learner or the concerned personnel to remain/return home and to self-
household monitor at home until the results of the available COVID-19test has been released.

If the identified close contact is a learner, provide appropriate support for a

temporary shift to distance learning modality while waiting for the COVID-19 test
result. 

If the identified close contact is a learner, provide appropriate support for a

temporary shift to distance learning modality while waiting for the COVID-19 test
result.
SCENARIO 1. A household member of a learner or school personnel
shows symptoms of COVID-19 but has not been tested. The learner
or personnel are not showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Learners or personnel in Provided that there is no confirmed or close contact in the school, the
the same class and week school shall still allow other learners and  personnel to attend face-to-face
as the exposed person classes.
If the identified close contact is a teacher, only the class that the teacher
is handling will be temporarily shifted back to distance learning until  the
teacher is allowed to return to school. The school shall inform
parents/guardians of learners in the class regarding the situation and the
temporary shift of in learning modality.

Other household If the close contact in the school is a learner, the school shall engage
member other household members regarding home-school arrangement, including
the time of pick-up of the learner ( if in school at the time the information
was communicated
They shall be informed by the LGU to self-monitoring at home until the
results of the available COVID-19 test has been released. 

The school is not required to give advice to other household members.

SCENARIO 2. A household member of a learner or school personnel
is a confirmed case of COVID-19. The learner or personnel is not
showing symptoms of COVID-19.
SCENARIO 2. A household member of a learner or school personnel
is a confirmed case of COVID-19. The learner or personnel is not
showing symptoms of COVID-19.