The Department of Education (DepEd) will focus on the rehabilitation of quake-hit schools in Batangas and Surigao del Norte provinces, and the training of students and teachers for disaster response as part of "Brigada Eskwela 2017," a report on Balitanghali said Friday.
"Maraming natural disasters ngayon, nangyayari during the day when the children are in school. Ayun ang mga teachers, kina-capacitate, ang mga bata tine-train, kasi these are very traumatic experiences for the children," DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones said.
The DepEd said it is currently assessing the damage sustained by schools recently hit by calamities, noting that temporary classrooms would be built while damaged schools are being rehabilitated.
"Ito yung temporary classroom muna na magamit nila habang tinatayo o kinukumpuni yung mga nasirang silid aralan," Undersecretary Jesus Mateo said.
Surigao City was hit by a magnitude 6.7 quake in February, while Batangas was rocked by a magnitude 5.5 tremor last month.
Meanwhile, the DepEd will also push for a mandatory drug testing for both students and teachers.
The DepEd is also eyeing to convince about four million out-of-school youth to join the Alternative Learning System (ALS).
About 53,831 teaching positions are open for vacancy as part of the program, in which 20,000 teachers will be assigned to kinder and junior high school and 30,000 to senior high school.
The DepEd earlier released its implementing guidelines for the 2017 Brigada Eskwela with the theme, "Isang DepEd, Isang Pamayanan, Isang Bayanihan Para sa Handa at Ligtas na Paaralan."
This will be conducted on May 15 to 20, 2017.
"Brigada Eskwela" is the national schools' maintenance week, DepEd aims that this would bring all education stakeholders together to participate and contribute their time, effort and resources.
DepEd said that its regional and school division offices will hold a caravan on May 15 to launch the first day of Brigada Eskwela.
The national kick-off ceremony will be in Cebu City on May 15. — Marlly Rome Bondoc/MDM, GMA News
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