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Makati LGU: Free laptops to remain with 'Embo' school teachers

Published Aug 24, 2023 10:21 am

The Makati City local government on Thursday, Aug. 24, denied allegations that it is taking back the laptops it provided to teachers working in 14 "Embo" public schools that are affected in the territorial rift between the city and Taguig.

"Patuloy na magagamit ng mga guro ang mga laptop na bigay ng Makati. Hindi totoo na babawiin ito. Babala : Huwag maniwala sa FAKE NEWS! (Teachers will continue to use the laptops Makati has provided them. It's not true that these will be taken back. WARNING: Don't believe in FAKE NEWS!)," the city government said on its official Facebook page.

The Makati LGU was reacting to a report from a news agency citing the claim of a teacher working at Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino High School, one of the 14 "Embo" public schools, that the city government is now slowly getting back the laptops it had given them to be used in their teaching. He added that they will possibly return to the traditional mode of teaching while still waiting for the gadgets to be provided by Taguig City.

On Aug. 23, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay spearheaded the distribution of free school supplies to the students of the 14 public "Embo" schools after receiving approval from the Department of Education (DepEd).

Binay said Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte has approved her request to proceed with the distribution of free school supplies to over 45,000 students of the public schools located in the 10 barangays affected by the Supreme Court (SC) decision.

These schools are:

1. Fort Bonifacio Elementary School

2. Cembo Elementary School

3. South Cembo Elementary School

4. Pitogo Elementary School

5. East Rembo Elementary School

6. Rizal Elementary School

7. Comembo Elementary School

8. West Rembo Elementary School

9. Pembo Elementary School

10. Makati Science High School

11. Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino High School

12. Tibagan High School

13. Fort Bonifacio High School

14. Pitogo High School

Under the expanded Project FREE (Free Relevant and Excellent Education), public school students from kinder to senior high school, including Special Education students in elementary and high school, receive school uniforms and supplies from the city. Students in all levels will each receive school uniforms and PE T-shirt and jogging pants. School bags, caps and dengue kits will also be given to Kinder pupils.

Elementary students will also each receive a pair of black leather shoes, three pairs of white socks, Randoseru bags (Grades 1 and 4), dengue kits, and school supplies consisting of 10 pieces of notebooks, five sets intermediate pads, and five pieces each of ballpen and pencil.

Junior and senior high school students will also receive black shoes and socks, and the same school supplies package given to elementary students, with a Math Graphing notebook added.

Grades 11 and 12 students will also get hooded sweatshirts.

For SPED students in elementary and high school, the city will provide school supplies package, school uniforms, leather shoes and three pairs of socks, and anti-dengue kits for elementary SPED.

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