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DepEd exec clarifies issue on classrooms as evac centers

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -The Department of Education (DepEd)-Pampanga Office recently clarified that public schools may still be used by the evacuees but only as pick-up points.

DepEd Pampanga School Superintendent Malcom Garma said that in extreme cases, local officials may temporarily bring their flooded constituents to public schools while waiting to be transferred to the evacuation center designated by the concerned local government unit.

Garma made this clarification in a meeting with the provincial, municipal officials along with the barangay leaders held inside the Clark Freeport Zone Monday.

“Schools can only be used as pick-up points for evacuees but not as evacuation centers,” she noted. 

It can be recalled that Garma earlier announced that the use of public school classrooms as evacuation centers is no longer allowed.

She first made this announcement during the disaster preparedness meeting with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction  and Management Council (PDRRMC), Municipal Disaster Action Officers (MDAO), Municipal Engineer.

The school superintendent stressed after flooding season, they also need to clean the classrooms and repair damaged properties essential to studies of the pupils.

This according to Garma could not be done immediately with the prolong stay of the evacuees to public classrooms.

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