“Watch out for bullies”
POLICE TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS
AS the new school year opened last Monday, the Dagupan City police station advised school officials to maintain a watch list of student bullies in order to prevent harassment and intimidation among students inside the school premises.
P/Supt. Christopher Abrahano, chief of Dagupan police, said the database for student bullies will be helpful in their campaign against maltreatment of perceived weaker or timid students.
He said teachers and school officials have records or can easily detect who are prone to becoming bullies because they interact with the students even as he assured that the watch list will not be made public and “only serve as a database for counseling purposes”.
He stressed that aside from securing the school premises, assisting in traffic control and securing students outside the campus, policemen are also tasked to respond to complaints of bullying.
The police presence around school’s premises is also aimed at detecting distribution and use of illegal drugs.
“Drug trafficking usually increases on school days because pushers make the schools as prime market, ,” Abrahano said.
SMOOTH START
Meanwhile, the Department of Education (DepEd) Division of Pangasinan 1 reported that the opening of classes under its area has been smooth.
Carmina Gutierrez of DepEd-Pangasinan 1, said in an interview that there are around 1,000 new classrooms this school year, 860 of which were private-public partnership (PPP) projects and the rest were funded by the DepEd-Pangasinan 1’s quick response fund.
DepEd-Pangasinan 1 covers 130 high schools and 560 elementary schools, plus several newly-established primary schools in the barangays.
Gutierrez said those who are unable to attend regular classes can be accommodated through the alternative delivery mode (ADM) and alternative learning system (ALS).–Hilda M. Austria and Johanne R. Macob
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