PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Some 500 elementary and secondary school teachers participated in the caravan that kicked off the 2018 Regional Brigada Eskwela on Friday morning.
The caravan began at 5:30 a.m. at the Puerto Princesa City Sports Complex and ended at the Palawan National School (PNS) at 7 p.m.
City DepEd education program specialist Cristina Ferriol said the regional kick-off was done in Puerto Princesa because it won last year in two categories – elementary and secondary.
“In the whole Mimaropa region, the regional kick-off was done here because, first, this city is beautiful, and because last year, it won in two categories. We were awarded last year the ‘Brigada Eskwela Best Implementing Mega Schools’ for two schools, the PNS and the Puerto Princesa Pilot Elementary School,” Ferriol said.
She said the goal of the kick-off ceremony is to engage the community in the one-week preparation for the opening of the school year.
DepEd Mimaropa regional director officer-in-charge Gilberto Sadsad, on the other hand, said he expects surrounding communities in the city to participate in preparing the schools before classes open in June.
“I am expecting that the residents of Puerto Princesa and Palawan will continue to help in preparing our schools for our students,” he said.
Under DepEd Memo No. 85, Series of 2018, the national kick-off was rescheduled for May 29, “but regional offices may opt to conduct their regional kick-offs starting May 21.”
The theme of this year’s Brigada Eskwela is “Pagkakaisa Para sa Handa, Ligtas, at Matatag na Paaralan Tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan.” (Celeste Anna Formoso/PNA)
