To prepare and assist held offices and schools in their gradual transition to a new policy, the Department of Education (DepEd) has temporarily suspended the conduct of division and regional School-Based Management (SBM) validation activities.
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The said moratorium was announc
CONTAMINATED? The Department of Education (DepEd) 7 (Central Visayas) has temporarily suspended the milk feeding program in public schools in southern Negros Oriental due to an alleged food poisoning incident on May 20, 2022. DepEd and health authorities are awaiting the results of laboratory tests on samples of the milk (in photo) that downed more than 200 students and more than 20 adults who consumed it. (PNA file photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - The head of the Department of Education (DepEd) 7 (Central Visayas) has ordered the suspension of the milk feeding program in some public schools in southern Negros Oriental due to the suspected food poisoning incident last month. Dr. Salustiano Jimenez, DepEd-7 director, said in a phone interview on Friday the suspension is only temporary as they await the results of a laboratory test on samples of the "contaminated" milk distributed in Sta. Catalina town. "I have directed the N