Ready or not, classes may have to resume in January for students
in areas hit hard by Tropical Cyclone Pablo (Bopha), the Department of
Education said.
DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro
said students in some 445 schools may have to attend classes in tents,
radio dzBB reported Monday.
For now, Luistro said the students in the affected areas will undergo stress debriefing.
The report cited DepEd figures indicating at least 877 classrooms in
the affected areas were washed out, half of them in Baganga town in
Davao Oriental.
In Compostela Valley, another area hit hard by Pablo, as much as 95 percent of schools were destroyed, the report added.
Luistro said resuming classes early would help the students recover from their loss.
Water supply, graves
A separate dzBB report said the Department of Health is working to
address the problems plaguing the water supply in three villages in
Cateel in Davao Oriental.
This was after the water supply in three villages were found positive for E. coli bacteria, which may cause diarrhea.
At least 27 of 30 patients at the Cateel District Hospital were diagnosed with diarrhea.
Meanwhile, residents in New Bataan in Compostela valley are digging
graves for their dead, after the DOH rejected the idea of a mass grave
for those who died.
The DOH said those who died deserve a proper burial. —KG, GMA News
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