123. Some courses in senior high school overlap with those in college. Youth participants mention that some general college courses have already been taught in senior high school, missing their chance to take other subjects and wasting their time and resources. Evaluation of the first few years of implementation 124. There is a lack of monitoring of K to 12 graduates, particularly in public schools. Youth participants and public school administrators alike would want to monitor the graduates in different pathways because such data are crucial to know in which phase or what aspects in the process students need help or intervention for their school-to-work transition. However, as much as the public schools want to do the monitoring, they lack the resources to do so. Issues Specific to COVID-19 Pandemic National government and LGUs Vaccination requirement for face-to-face classes 125. The vaccination policy for face-to-face classes is deemed discriminatory. CHED and the Department of Health (DOH) published a joint memorandum on the Guidelines on the Implementation of Limited Face-to-Face Classes for All Programs of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Areas under the Alert Levels System for COVID-19 Response, which specified only fully vaccinated students as well as teaching and nonteaching personnel of HEIs, private HEIs, and LUCs located in areas under Alert Levels 1,2 and 3 are allowed to join limited face-to-face classes.174 The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved the recommendations of CHED in conducting limited face-to-face classes but noted that only fully vaccinated teaching, non-teaching personnel, and students shall be allowed on the school premises, while unvaccinated or partially vaccinated students will continue under flexible learning modalities.175 On the other hand, there is no clear vaccination requirement included in DepEd’s Operational Guidelines on the Implementation of Limited Face-to-Face Learning Modality, stating that “All teachers and employees who are 65 years old and below and with no diagnosed co-morbidities shall be eligible to provide service during the conduct of the face-to-face classes. Likewise, teachers and employees who are considered persons with disabilities, are pregnant and lactating, whose services are indispensable under the present circumstance may be considered eligible.”176 Moreover, it specified that “Regardless of the vaccination status, teachers and other employees are eligible to participate, while those with stable co-morbidities may join 174 Commission on High Education and Department of Health, 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, Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2021 – 004. 175 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Resolution No. 164, Series of 2022 (Mar. 10, 2022). 176 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Resolution No. 164, Series of 2022 (Mar. 10, 2022). 49