SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEARNER'S SAFETY
In the wake of school shootings that rocked the nation, various agencies from the region gathered to join the “nationwide simultaneous school safety drill for active attack incidents” at the DepEd-CAR office on September 3.
The inter-agency activity is the start of a collaboration for the planning and implementation of proactive safety measures in response to active attack incidents in schools according to DepEd-CAR Assistant Regional Director Ronald Castillo.
Castillo said the agency is already planning on strengthening the teacher-parent-child collaborations such as engaging the parents by mounting trainings on responsible parenting and other competencies to guide children, and training of student governments on peer-related activities.
The agencies joined the nationwide activity via Zoom livestream where the simulation, shown on the screen, was conducted at C.F. Conzales High School in Bulacan.
“We are hoping to institutionalize these activities such as conducting safety drills so our children would build muscle memory just like during earthquake drills,” Castillo said.
Mayor Roderick Awingan, in his message, acknowledged the responsibility in being part of the village that raises a child. He assured coordination with the Department of Education, schools and agencies to ensure safety in the municipality, with the town currently beefing up its communication equipment in its emergency operation center to help in peace and order and public safety.
La Trinidad Municipal Police Station Chief Lt.Col. Zacarias Dausen said the Incident Command System should be first established in order for the agencies to know their roles during incidents. He said aside from the planned safety drills, another proactive measure would be to strengthen security in schools to prevent contrabands from getting in which could deter potential attacks from within.
Also present during the activity were Department of Interior Local Government (DILG)-CAR Assistant Regional Director Ruperto Maribbay Jr. who presented the 911 national hotline, DepEd Benguet Division Superintendent Carmel Meris, representatives from the Benguet Provincial Police Office, Benguet Mobile Force Company and representatives from the Napolcom.
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