MANILA, Philippines – The country is pushed to revisit its safety protocols in schools following the fatal school shooting in Tacloban City on Monday, June 22.
Two minors, aged 14 and 15, were arrested after carrying out the shooting that left three students dead and 20 others injured.
The tragedy came months after the Department of Education (DepEd) released Department Order (DO) No. 6 in March, which provided simplified and more coherent guidelines in addressing learners’ rights and protection concerns such as child abuse, violence, exploitation, discrimination, bullying, and gender-based sexual harassment, among others.
Cases in both physical and virtual settings are covered by the guidelines.
The issuance is crucial in securing roughly 25 million students in the basic education system. Many are enrolled across the 40,000 public schools nationwide.
