DepEd’s Taal challenge: 30K students displaced

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Where do you put over 30,000 students displaced by the eruption of Taal Volcano on Sunday, now that most schools in unaffected areas are being used as evacuation centers?

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These children can just go to the nearest public school to resume their studies, said Education Secretary Leonor Briones.

The DepEd said the government was looking for alternate sites aside from public school classrooms where evacuees can be relocated. Affected schools would have to extend class hours or have additional class days so that students can catch up with the required number of school days.As for teachers who were also affected by the volcano’s eruption, the education secretary said that while she understands their plight, they’d still have to work if they want to get paid.“They can refuse, they can also not refuse. But in our experience, they don’t refuse,” Briones said.

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