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By: Rhea Matilde A. Ballesteros, GPC β SP | Photos By: Leonel Eric L. Lim, SP | Date: August 16, 2022
The Department of Education La Union Schools Division Office headed by Division Superintendent Atty. Donato D. Balderas Jr. and School Governance Operation Division Chief Dr. Jose Mari P. Almeida of the City Schools Division Office assured the 23rd Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 during its 7th Regular Session, their readiness and preparedness for the re-opening of face-to-face classes starting August 22, 2022.
Atty. Balderas presented during the session their conduct of physical preparation for the 386 schools in La Union through the Brigada Eskwela and the class scheme options that will be implemented for the re-opening of face-to-face classes from August 22 to October 31, 2022. Likewise, he clearly discussed the School Operational Learning Continuity and Recovery Plan to ensure the safety and accessibility of quality education of the learners. He also mentioned their strategies, programs, projects, and activities including Brigada Pagbasa as reading remedial program for the learners as well as the 3 priority programs and projects for SY 2022-2023 and the comparative data on enrolment for SY 2021-2022 and SY 2022-2023.
On the side of the City Schools Division with 44 schools, Dr. Almeida presented their enrollment data for the past years wherein he said that there was a great decrease in the enrollment for the past 3 years in kindergarten but increasing in elementary, Junior and Senior High Schools.
He also presented the challenges they have encountered during the implementation of distance and face-to-face learning which includes increased number of classes and the remedies they applied to address the same such as construction of make shifts classrooms. It was also reported that there are dilapidated classrooms and even aggravated during the recent earthquake, however, they can still be restored and used as classrooms to meet the needs for additional classrooms for the face-to-face classes.
Several issues were also raised by the Vice-Governor and Sangguniang Panlalawigan Members particularly on the health and safety protocols of schools, vaccination, literacy and infrastructure programs and learning modalities and all were answered and noted by the resource speakers.
Overall, as assured by the DepEd Officials, the city and provincial public schools in La Union are ready for the face-to-face classes, both physically and academically with the help of the learners, teachers, public officials and the whole community in the spirit of #LaUnionPROBINSYAnihan.
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