DepEd says opening of classes nationwide went smoothly
DepEd says opening of classes nationwide went smoothly
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00:00 A little over 23 million kids, or just about the entire population of Syria, took their
00:05 bags, notebooks, pens, pencils, and notepads, and lunch brown bags, many with moms or pops
00:10 in tow, to school campus for their first day of classes in the new school year.
00:14 Overall, this year's annual mass ritual went generally smooth, with perhaps a handful
00:19 of miscues due to lack of classrooms to accommodate all enrolled students.
00:23 Our Kenneth Paciente has the full story.
00:28 The return to school of students today all over the country went smoothly according to
00:32 the education department.
00:34 However, some places cancelled their first day of face-to-face classes due to bad weather.
00:39 We have region 6, CAR, region 1, region 2, region 3, and Batangas in region 4A and Oriental
00:49 Mindoro in region 4B.
00:51 So those are the identified areas that were reported to our DRRMS that did not open face-to-face
00:58 classes today.
01:00 Almost 23 million students have enrolled this year, and it's likely to increase in the following
01:04 days as schools continue to accept late enrollees.
01:08 But what if all classrooms in a school are full?
01:11 If it's not enough, if you can't really fill it, the quality of instruction suffers.
01:19 So long as that accepting school will refer it directly to another school that is also
01:25 within the area, and the child will not have additional expense in going to either school.
01:33 The DepEd also continues to address the lack of teachers.
01:38 At the break of dawn, parents already brought their children to Fort Bonifacio High School.
01:43 And now that Taguig City covers the 14 EMBO schools, formerly under the jurisdiction of
01:48 Bacara City, the DepEd still ensures that the operation here is smooth.
01:54 The DepEd went to the schools to check on their transition, and the DepEd said there
01:58 was no unexpected problem.
02:00 However, the DepEd is still focusing on the transition especially as the schools are directly
02:05 under the supervision of the department.
02:07 A transition team now conducts inventory in school to determine who really owns the properties
02:13 and even the materials within the EMBO schools.
02:16 The inventory will really help in really establishing who owns the property, the school, the equipment
02:21 inside the school, the buildings, and so on.
02:24 Because we have the properties of Makati City, we have the properties for DepEd, and all
02:29 others.
02:30 So we are trying to establish that so that everything is clear.
02:32 A transition plan is expected to be finished within two weeks and will be submitted to
02:37 the Office of the Secretary for its review and approval.
02:40 But the parents have different perspective on the issue.
02:43 Makati is just letting the kids in.
02:52 They are already complete with what they will use.
02:53 We don't have any more problems to buy.
02:54 Unlike this, we were able to buy an advanced school supply because I'm not sure if the
03:00 kids will be able to use it.
03:01 If this is a problem, we don't have any problem with it.
03:02 Because for the kids, we accept it.
03:03 At the moment, my son is wearing a uniform, Makati.
03:04 He's wearing a bag.
03:15 The DepEd also ensured students' learning in the 14 schools will remain unhampered,
03:20 and it asked the students to keep off limits on the issue.
03:23 The department is in full control of the operations of the schools.
03:26 All parents, don't worry.
03:27 Your children's education will continue.
03:31 The DepEd also assured its personnel in the schools are non-partisan and MBO schools are
03:37 open to the help of the two LGUs, so long as it is approved by the department.
03:42 Kenneth Paciente, for The Nation.