READINESS. Learners at the Baguio City National High School, the biggest secondary school in the city in terms of student population, listen to their teacher on the first week in this undated photo. The Baguio City Schools Division, in a report dated Sept. 18, 2023, said schools in the city are marked “ready” in terms of chairs and classrooms, based on a Department of Education rating form. (Photo courtesy of Jeanne Campana)
BAGUIO CITY – Public and private schools in Baguio have recorded a “ready” rating in terms of their preparations based on assessments less than a month after the opening of classes on Aug. 29, an official said in a report released Tuesday.
“We have to make sure we are ready by doing remedies that allow us to make the opening day until now smooth for the teachers, especially the students,” Soraya Faculo, officer-in-charge superintendent of the Department of Education (DepEd) - Baguio, said in a report to the city government.
The report said the sufficiency of chairs in both elementary and high school garnered a “ready” mark with 96.4 percent and 97.8 percent ratings, respectively.
Data show 1,238 chairs are needed in the elementary and 633 in the secondary levels.
The rating is based on the school readiness form of the DepEd where a 75 to 100 percent mark is tagged as “ready”; 50 to 74 percent “nearly ready”; and 49 percent and below “not ready.”
For classrooms, the elementary and secondary levels also obtained the ready marks of 94.8 percent and 97.8 percent, respectively.
At least 54 classrooms are lacking in the elementary while 17 more are needed in high school.
Early on, the DepEd-Baguio welcomed the city government's plan to use lumber from felled trees during typhoons to make chairs for public school learners. (PNA)
