F2F PILOT SCHOOL. Preparations are underway at the remote Bato Elementary School in Makilala, North Cotabato, including the setting up of temporary learning shelters (inset), where face-to-face classes will be piloted starting Nov. 15, 2021. Officials said no coronavirus disease 2019 cases have been recorded in the village since the pandemic was declared in March last year. (Photo by Johan Andrew Tabugoc - PNA Cotabato) MAKILALA, North Cotabato - A quake-stricken primary school in remote Barangay Bato here has been chosen by the North Cotabato Schools Division (NCSB) to pilot the face-to-face (F2F) classes in the province set on November 15. Cristy Arbis, the principal of Bato Elementary School (BES), said they are almost done complying with all the requirements on the learning materials and facilities needed for the F2F classes. "We are now at 80 percent in our preparations for the upcoming opening of classes," she said. The school has a total of 184 enrollees and from that