DepEd CALABARZON conducts Tracking of Displaced Learners and Personnel

By Khaye Brizuela February 1, 2020 Usec. Revsee Escobedo instructing the team during the group orientation January 23, 2020 at the Sch...

By Khaye Brizuela
February 1, 2020

Usec. Revsee Escobedo instructing the team during the group orientation January 23, 2020 at the Schools Division of Batangas Province.

LUCENA CITY - Division Personnel from the eleven (11) Division Offices which includes Antipolo, Binan, Calamba, Cabuyao, Cavite City, Lucena, Quezon, Rizal, San Pablo, Sta. Rosa and Tayabas and Regional personnel convened January 23 - 27, 2020 to gather data on affected learners, teachers and non-teaching personnel in the Province of Batangas. Regional Wilfredo Cabral of DepEd VI-A created the Quick Response and Recovery Team in response to Taal Volcanic Eruption.

Usec. Revsee Escobedo emphasized the role of the team in normalizing the situation. Data gathered will be utilized in planning such as construction of temporary learning spaces, provision of learning resources and stress debriefing of learners and personnel.

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Team was headed by Bernardo Pascual and Allan Tipan. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Officer Wilbert Ulpindo gave ground rules and protocols to follow during the group orientation January 23, 2020 at the Schools Division of Batangas Province.

The group was divided into five (5) teams covering the DepEd and LGU led Evacuation Centers in the province of Batangas and Batangas City for Day 2 while Day 3 was focused on home-based tracking of learners and personnel in Tanauan City as well as DepEd and LGU led Evacuation Centers in Lipa. Day 4 and 5 was allotted for the creation of live site tracking and encoding of data gathered.

DepEd Central Office issued an Evacuation Cluster Report on the Taal Volcanic Eruption with 1 affected region, 7 Divisions including Batangas, Batangas City, Calamba, Cavite, Gen. Trias, Lipa and Tanauan while affected schools were 1,025.

As of Jan. 31, 2020, via the created live site tracking, 714 out of 2000 personnel and 26,776 learners out of 30,000 were tracked by Quick Response and Recovery Team the within the 14-kilometer danger zone.