LIMITED FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES. At least 88 public schools in Central Luzon reopened limited face-to-face classes on Monday (Jan. 10, 2022). Of these figures, 52 public schools are in the province of Aurora, and 36 are in Nueva Ecija.(Photo by DepEd Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Eighty-eight public schools in Aurora and Nueva Ecija provinces reopened Monday as the Department of Education (DepEd) started the mass expansion of limited face-to-face classes in Central Luzon (Region 3). May Eclar, director of DepEd Region III, said on Tuesday the first batch of schools that participated in the expansion of limited face-to-face classes include 52 public schools in Aurora and 36 in Nueva Ecija. Aurora and Nueva Ecija are among the provinces in the region that remained under Alert Level 2 and the conduct of face-to-face classes in basic education is allowed. Face-to-face classes in areas under Alert Level 3 in the region such as Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, and Zambales were deferred