To help ensure that the displaced students of Colegio de San Lorenzo will be able to continue their studies this incoming school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) asked for help from other private schools to absorb the learners.
“We’re hoping that other private schools would also follow suit and help us absorb yung mga learners,” DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa told reporters on Aug. 17.
CdSL is a private Catholic educational institution located in Quezon City. The school suddenly announced its permanent closure due to financial losses on Aug. 15 despite accepting enrollees for School Year (SY) 2022-2023.
While DepEd can ask the public school system to help the displaced students, Poa said that the affected learners might prefer to continue their studies in a private school.
“This is a private school, so it’s more likely that they would want to move to private schools,” Poa said.
“We’re really hoping that other private schools will help us because our concern is to make sure that these students can still go to school,” he added.
Meanwhile, Poa confirmed that another private school expressed willingness to absorb CdSL’s displaced learners.
Poa said that Thames International, through a formal letter given to DepEd, offered to accommodate these students to help ensure that they will continue their studies this school year.
On its Facebook page, Thames International also announced that it is also extending assistance to CdSL students who are in Senior High School (SHS) and college with partial scholarships and financial assistance for a “seamless transfer” to ensure “education continues for the students.”
Aside from the Thames, other schools offered to take in CdSL students.
Based on their respective posts on Facebook, more schools extended their assistance to CdSL students.
In support of the affected CdSL students and their parents, Villagers Montessori College also posted on FB that it is offering assistance. “We are willing to accommodate and offer our help, in anyway we can,” the school said.
The UST Angelicum College also opened its doors to the displaced students of CdSL and offered assistance through scholarships, low down payment, a one-day admission process, seamless transfer of records, and assistance to obtain government subsidies.
The National University (NU) Nazareth School announced that it also formed a team to ensure the “smooth transfer” of CdSL students from enrolment to their first day in class.“We also have a program to help them adjust and cope with this unexpected change of environment,” the school said.
In solidarity with the CdSL community, the Acelina School, Inc. Also offered the affected learners and their parents “not an alternative but a refuge in the pursuit of quality basic education amidst the development.”
CdSL students from grade school to high school are also welcome to transfer to the San Sebastian College-Recoletos in Manila (SSCR-Manila).
As posted on its Facebook page, the College of St. Catherine in Quezon City said that the administrators of CdSL “personally endorsed” their students so they can now cross-enroll. The schools also waived the entrance test for the CdSL students and allowed them to submit the requirements at a “later time.”
The University of the East (UE) is also extending enrollment assistance for CdSL students from elementary to college.
On its Facebook page, the Philippine Women’s University Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (PWU JASMS): “We will open our doors to the families of the students who need a second home where they can open a new chapter with the PWU-JASMS family.”
Aside from private schools, Quezon City University also assured the college students from CdSL that they will be assisted in “crediting their classes and helping them have a smooth transition to our university.”
Meanwhile, Poa said that the DepEd-National Capital Region (NCR) is scheduled to meet with the representatives of CdSL regarding their sudden closure and their plans to assist their displaced students.
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https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/17/deped-to-meet-with-colegio-de-san-lorenzo-on-closure-issue/