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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Psychiatric Association (PPA) and the Philippine Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PSCAP) called for the deferral of the Department of Education’s nationwide live-shooter drills, saying the exercises expose learners to “hyper-realistic scenarios of violence.”
DepEd earlier issued a memorandum ordering schools nationwide to conduct a “Nationwide Simultaneous School Safety Drill for Active Attack Incidents” on Aug. 25, Tuesday.
“The conduct of a simulation of a live shooter attack drill should be deferred,” the PPA and PSCAP said in a joint statement on Saturday.
“Such simulations differ from routine safety drills like earthquake or fire exercises, which are necessary and beneficial,” they added.
