Barangay officials asked to assist enrollment in Antique

Barangay officials in Antique are requested to assist in the enrollment of pupils in public schools as the June 30 deadline for the modified regular enrollment of the Department of Education (DepEd) nears.

“I am requesting the barangay officials to help explain to parents that they should not fear about their children being exposed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) when they enroll them with the DepEd this school year,” said Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao in an interview Wednesday.

She also requested personnel of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to assist school-age children of beneficiaries to enroll.

Jeffrey Gabucay, 4Ps provincial link in Antique, said that as of Wednesday, 29,744 school-age children have been enrolled while 19,754 are yet to register.

Difficulty in accessing online registration, lack of information on the enrollment process, and health security are among the reasons why 4Ps members have yet to enroll their children, he added.

Cadiao said the provincial school board has allocated PHP5 million for the purchase of the transistor radios to be distributed to poor families with school-age children.

“DepEd will be having the lessons aired over the radio without yet the face-to-face classroom instruction,” she said.

Cadiao said that barangay officials should also assist DepEd to make sure that enrollment forms are available for parents to fill in.

In a recent press conference, DepEd Division of Antique Superintendent Dr. Felisa B. Beriong expressed her gratitude to barangay officials who help distribute in the house-to-house distribution of the enrollment forms.

“We have enrollment forms made available in the barangay halls,” she said.

She added that while forms are available in barangay halls, there were barangay officials who took the initiative to distribute them to households in their village.

“I am appealing to the other barangay officials if they could also distribute the forms house-to-house,” she said. (Content and photo reposted from Philippine News Agency)

In photo: Governor Rhodora Cadiao on Wednesday (June 24, 2020) requested barangay officials to assist in the enrollment as the June 30 deadline for the modified regular enrollment nears. Some 29,744 school-age children have been enrolled while 19,754 are yet to register in the province’s 590 barangays. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay)