DepEd-Pagadian City ready for school year 2014-2015 opening

By Hirohito D. Cadion

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 30 (PNA) -– The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that all is set for the opening of classes on June 2 for the school year 2014-2015 in this city.

City Schools Division officer-in-charge Superintendent Felix Romy Triambulo said Friday they have hired new teachers to solve the problem on the shortage of teaching staffs in the different schools.

Triambulo said they have hired additional 78 new teachers to be assigned in the different schools both in the elementary and secondary levels.

Triambulo said that 39 of the 78 newly-hired teachers will be assigned in the pre-school and elementary levels while the remaining 39 for the secondary.

Triambulo has an existing teaching staff comprising of 750 in the elementary and 400 in the secondary levels.

The local schools division has a total of 60 public elementary and 19 secondary schools located in this city’s 54 barangays.

City DepEd Administrative Officer David Lingue

City School Division Administrative Officer David Lingue said the number of enrollees in the elementary level is set to reach over 27,000 students and more than 12,000 in the secondary level.

Lingue said they will accept enrollment of students to include transferees until August 30 this year.

Triambulo said that regular classes, as scheduled, will immediately start on June 2 both in elementary and secondary schools in this city.

Triambulo said the classrooms in all of the local schools are ready to be used since all repairs and other preparations were completed during the conduct of the National Schools Maintenance Week or the “Brigada Eskwela.”

The Brigada Eskwela is a nationwide voluntary effort of teachers, parents, students, community members, and other organizations to do minor repairs and clean-ups on their schools in preparation for the start of the school year. (PNA)
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