SUPPLEMENT FOR KIDS. School children in Tolosa town, Leyte province queue up to get bottles of vitamins. Over 200,000 elementary learners enrolled in all schools in Leyte province will be provided with PHP40 million worth of vitamins this academic year, the Department of Education announced Wednesday (Sept. 7, 2022).(Photo courtesy of Leyte provincial government) PALO, Leyte - Over 200,000 elementary learners enrolled in all schools in Leyte province will be provided with PHP40 million worth of vitamins this academic year, the Department of Education (DepEd) field office here announced on Wednesday. The project dubbed "Pangakong Proteksyon, Immunity for All Kids" will be providing a 60 ml bottle of Vitamin C and 120 ml bottle of multivitamins to every pupil in more than 1,500 public and private elementary schools in the province. DepEd Leyte schools division superintendent Manuel Albano said the vitamins provided by pharmaceutical firm Unilab will help in recovering the learn
NO TRESPASSING. Teachers and learners wait outside the campus of a public elementary school in Burauen, Leyte after a claimant padlocked the gate early Wednesday (Sept. 7, 2022). The school opened after a few hours with the help of local officials and police.(Photo courtesy of Gil Tamayo) TACLOBAN CITY - Some 150 students in a public elementary school in Burauen, Leyte resumed their classes on Wednesday after a family padlocked the campus for hours due to lot ownership claims. Herbert Del Pilar, principal of Maghubas Elementary School in Burauen town, said teachers and elementary pupils waited for the gate to open on Wednesday morning after a property claimant padlocked the gate and posted a no trespassing sign. "We managed to open the school gate past 8 a.m. with the help of local police and village officials. Early Wednesday, the claimant even threatened our students to stop coming to school. He has no court order to do that," Del Pilar said. Some children will be subject t
NO TRESPASSING. Teachers and learners wait outside the campus of a public elementary school in Burauen, Leyte after a claimant padlocked the gate early Wednesday (Sept. 7, 2022). The school opened after a few hours with the help of local officials and police.(Photo courtesy of Gil Tamayo) TACLOBAN CITY - Some 150 students in a public elementary school in Burauen, Leyte resumed their classes on Wednesday after a family padlocked the campus for hours due to lot ownership claims. Herbert Del Pilar, principal of Maghubas Elementary School in Burauen town, said teachers and elementary pupils waited for the gate to open on Wednesday morning after a property claimant padlocked the gate and posted a no trespassing sign. "We managed to open the school gate past 8 a.m. with the help of local police and village officials. Early Wednesday, the claimant even threatened our students to stop coming to school. He has no court order to do that," Del Pilar said. Some children will be subject t
DROP IN ENROLLMENT. A teacher at the Cacao Primary School in La Paz, Leyte distributes face masks to her five kindergarten pupils in thisphoto taken on Aug. 22, 2022. Schools in Leyte province have noticed a decline in kindergarten enrollment in remote communities in recent years.(PNA photo by Roel Amazona) TACLOBAN CITY - Schools in Leyte province have noticed a decline in kindergarten enrollment in remote communities in recent years largely due to decreasing birth rate. This was disclosed by the Department of Education (DepEd) - Leyte division after monitoring the trend in several schools in the province. "We asked affected schools to conduct (a) survey to find out the cause of the decline of enrollment in kindergarten classes. Initial information reaching our office points to the reproductive health program of the province," DepEd-Leyte schools division superintendent Manuel Albano said in an interview Thursday. In Cacao Primary School in La Paz, Leyte, the campus register
NEW SCHOOL YEAR. The Department of Education Leyte division office in Palo, Leyte. With less than two weeks left before the opening of classes, the Department of Education in Leyte is stepping up its efforts to encourage over 150,000 learners to enroll for the new school year.(PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) TACLOBAN CITY - With less than two weeks left before the opening of classes, the Department of Education in Leyte is stepping up its efforts to encourage over 150,000 learners to enroll for the new school year. DepEd Leyte schools' division superintendent Manuel Albano said in a press briefing on Wednesday that they have been meeting with more stakeholders to solicit support in addressing the problem. "The enrolment was a bit slow during the first two weeks, but based on recent reports, we are seeing an increase in number of parents and children coming to school for the enrollment. We still have until August 22 to enroll the target population," Albano said. In the previ