ILOILO CITY – The city government through its Local School Board is giving importance to the expansion of school projects, especially those that are situated near relocation sites.
Board secretary Nathaniel Guillergan cited among others the expansion of the Jose L. Tiongco Elementary School which is located near the city’s 16-hectare relocation site in Barangay San Isidro, Jaro.
Guillergan said there is a possibility that enrollment in schools such as the Jose L. Tiongco Elementary School will surge given the number of relocatees that are being accommodated in relocation sites.
The 2010 annual budget for the Special Education Fund (SEF) has allotted around P26 million for the construction and completion of classroom buildings and other structures both for elementary and secondary schools.
The Jose L. Tiongco Elementary School was allotted P1.5 million for the construction of its additional two-storey building.
Just recently, the board also approved Supplemental Budget No. 7 containing another P3 million for building construction at the Lapaz National High School and at Fort San Pedro High School.
DepEd Ready To Give Sexual Education To Students
The Department of Education (DepEd) here is ready to teach sex education (SexEd) to students in public schools this school opening.
City schools division superintendent, Dr. Erlinda Gencaya said that teachers in the city are equipped to teach sexual education to elementary and high school students.
Dr. Gencaya is optimistic that teaching the subject will be a breeze especially among science and social studies teachers who have been incorporating the said subject matter in their previous lesson plans.
Sexual education is already discussed as part of the reproductive system and biology classes among elementary students. This is while family planning methods including the use of contraceptives such as IUD, pills, condoms as well as ligations and sterilization is fully discussed in social studies, she said.
Teachers are up to the task of educating students on sexual education as it will definitely be included in the new curriculum of the DepEd.
Likewise, Gencaya said that unless there is a separate guideline provided by DepEd on how to teach the SexEd, they are going to teach it in the same manner that they have been teaching it for years.
TF Adams Apple Strengthens Monitor On Sex Workers
The city’s Task Force Adam’s Apple here is intensifying its monitoring of commercial sex workers as the school opening approaches.
Task force chairman Jorge Doron said that they were doubling their night roving and monitoring of sex workers in the city since they usually came in droves when classes were about to start.
Meanwhile, Doron said they were cracking down freelance sex workers who did not have permits.
He said that they would detain the illegal freelancers and send them to the city social hygiene office for smearing and health examination.
"We cannot allow these unpermitted commercial sex workers to spread infections and other sexually transmitted diseases," said Doron, adding that the policy remained stringent: no permit, no duty.
There are around 399 registered sex workers in the city. At least 189 of them are dancers in clubs, 122 guest relation officers (GRO) and 93 masseurs based on latest data of the task force.
There were about 200 freelance sex workers in the city alone, said Doron.
Doron said that the task force would also round school premises and main city streets frequented by sex workers.
The task force is reminding managers and owners of clubs that hire commercial sex workers to coordinate with their monitoring. They must regularly check their employees to avoid detentions of undocumented sex workers and penalties from the city. (PNA)/MP
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