QUEZON CITY, (PIA) -- Barely 20 days before the school opening, Quezon City on Tuesday hosted the Metro Manila launching of the annual Brigada Eskwela led by the Department of Education (DepEd) National Capital Region.

At the Batasan Hills National High School in Quezon City, where it recorded the largest number of enrollees in the city, so far, the division of all the classrooms are also being prepared for the "in-school and off-school" approach by DepEd.

"There are students who will go to school for three days and stay at home for two days, which we call asychronous. Their assignments and homework will be done at home when they are there for two days," according to Dr. Eladio Escolano, school principal.

A number of teachers, some students, and even volunteers came early for the start of the Brigada Eskwela, Wednesday morning.

Students and teachers had a short parade along IBP Road and some zumba exercises before starting the formal program.

According to DepEd officials, the Brigada Eskwela is an important practice, especially since school classrooms have not been used for more than two years by the students.

They helped clean the facilities that will be used for the opening of classes on August 22.

Batasan Hills National High School holds the largest population in the secondary education in the entire Quezon City, and one of the largest in the entire National Capital Region.

Until yesterday, the early registrants of Grade 7 to Grade 12 students reached 17,400.

The classrooms have been divided into two, and the students' attendance system will be in-school and off-school, where only half of each section will have face-to-face classes each day.

Before, during pre-pandemic, there used to be 50 students per classroom, now there are only 25 who will come to class.

Although some teachers and students have a little apprehension because the country is still under the pandemic, they, however, expressed excitement for coming face-to-face classes. (PIA-NCR)