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Friday, June 2, 2017
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ILOILO City – Some 1.2 million students in various schools in Western Visayas are expected this school year 2017-2018, according the Department of Education Region 6.
That is a slight increase from the number of enrollees in the previous school year — 999,999 in public schools and 107,590 in private schools, or a total of 1,107,589 — said OIC regional director Ma. Gemma Ledesma.
The Learner Identification System has so far recorded 442,652 enrollees pending data from Antique province.
Meanwhile Ledesma disclosed that “six to eight schools” are unprepared for the opening of classes, based on the initial result of the regional office’s inventory of “crucial needs” of schools.
One factor is the lack of standard seats, or armchairs, that would fit the dimension required for each grade level.
“We have taken steps to fill the gap so that our target will be met — 100 percent of our schools ready by the opening of classes,” she said.
The inventory covered seats available, teachers, classrooms, and instructional materials, among others.
Other interventions include repair of chairs, fast-tracking of the hiring of teachers, purchases of chairs and production of tables.
The Department of Public Works and Highways is also trying to complete classroom building projects.
Meanwhile Superintendent Gilbert Gorero, Police Regional Office 6 spokesperson, said their “Oplan Balik Eskwela” was already in place since Brigada Eskwela, or the National Schools Maintenance Week.
Police officers will be deployed in areas of convergence, while police assistance desks will be put up at schools, Gorero said. (PNA)
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