Friday, May 24, 2013

DepED orders no clean-ups on day of class opening


DAVAO DEL NORTE, May 23 (PIA):  No teachers should be seen either cleaning the classroom  or the school ground on June 3,  Davao del Norte Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division superintendent Dr. Josephine Fadul said.

She cautioned public school teachers whom she expected to start  the regular classes of school year 2012-2013 on June 3.

In an interview she bared plans to move around and check public elementary and secondary schools placed under the  supervision  of Davao del Norte Schools Division, whether teachers  are indeed holding classes.

She expressed the warning for teachers but she was confident that public schools in her division would be able to start off the classes well on June 3, barely two weeks from now, because “schools are clean and prepared”.

Dr. Fadul  noted high response of stakeholders in this week’s Brigada Eskwela as it generated participation of groups not very much active in the past such as the civil engineers, members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), the Karancho,  the school alumni, the military , among other groups. She also knew of local government officials who distributed donations to public schools.

“It’s very heart-warming.  We have raised the level of awareness and involvement of the community.  We  are really dependent on the support of the community,” she said.
Taking part in the Brigada Eskwela has become a “moral and social obligation that those who have much are duty-bound to share,”  she said.

Fadul explained that improvement of a public schools  involves  the participation and cooperation of  not only the parents and teachers but all sectors in the community.
 “The less stake, less is gained,” she said in explaining  the big boost to public school improvement if  the community shows involvement.

As a  particular instance,  she bared the Tuganay Elementary School as among  the public schools she expected to grab a Brigada Eskwela award due to high level of community participation and number of received donations.

Tuganay Elementary School principal Angelita B. Camacho in a separate interview said she gathered support of  purok leaders who agreed  to spend, by batch, their bayanihan  or community work locally called as “Dagmay.”

“I really made it a point to meet with purok leaders during  the month April to ask their support  for the Brigada,” she said.

Aside from Tuganay residents, Camacho generated support other Brigada partners such as   Davao Light and Power Company, the municipal government of Carmen,  DepEd officials among others. She received paints, sand and gravel, among other materials.

Meanwhile, Dr. Fadul said acts of volunteerism to help public schools will go beyond the Brigada Eskwela Week which has been extended year-round and tagged as Brigada Eskwela Plus.

“They can donate or extend services beyond this week,” she said.

She, however, stressed the prohibition for teachers to receive cash, to require donations and services  from parents, or to cite the Brigada as basis of admitting students to a particular class.   (Jean Duron Abangan PIA-XI)

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