Philippines Plans Nationwide School Safety Drills and Hires Thousands of Counselors

Philippine education officials intend to conduct pilot safety drills across schools before expanding the program nationally. The initiative accompanies a plan to recruit approximately 10,000 additional student counselors following a series of campus shooting incidents.

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PMA seeks pilot run of school safety drill before nationwide rollout

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) on Thursday called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to first conduct a pilot run of its school safety drill for active attack incidents before holding a nationwide implementation in September. In a letter addressed to Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara posted on Facebook, the group

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