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| MMDA Chairperson Benhur Abalos personally leads agency personnel in extending assistance to public schools in Metro Manila. (MMDA photos) |
PASIG CITY, (PIA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) joins the Department of Education (DepEd) in this year’s ‘Oplan Balik Eskwela’ in preparation for the upcoming school year opening on September 13.
MMDA Chairperson Benhur Abalos recently inspected Doña Juana Elementary School in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City and Silanganan Elementary School in Barangay Bagong Silang, Caloocan.
According to Abalos, the MMDA accommodated requests for assistance from schools in cleaning their premises.
“We are focusing not just on addressing the pandemic but also on our anti-dengue efforts, through our misting operations especially since we are expecting typhoons these ‘ber’ months,” said Abalos adding that the agency will also clean canals which are the usual breeding grounds for dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
Personnel from the MMDA’s Metro Parkways Clearing Group, Health, Public Safety, and Environmental Protection Office, and Traffic Engineering Center conducted misting (anti-dengue) operations, cleaning, roof gutter declogging, drainage cleaning, pruning of trees, planting, and painting of pedestrian markings.
Abalos explained that while there are no face-to-face classes yet because of the COVID-19 pandemic, these cleaning efforts and initiatives are still very important especially since teachers and parents still go to school for distribution and submission of modules as part of the distance learning system or blended learning.
The MMDA is part of the DepEd’s ‘Oplan Balik Eskwela – Inter Agency Task Force’ which is tasked to provide guidelines in health and safety, peace and order, transportation, and other forms of support before opening of the school year. (MMDA/PIA-NCR)
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