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DepEd says processing funds for repair of typhoon-hit schools

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/08/20201106-rolly-aftermath-catanduanes-gc-14.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Teachers clear a room of debris from the destroyed ceiling of the Sibacungan Elementary School in Bato, Catanduanes on November 6, 2020. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The disaster office under the Department of Education said the agency has started to process funding for the repairs of schools damaged by super typhoon Rolly.</p><p>&quot;We have started to process funds for immediate clean-up and minor repair for affected schools, to be followed with the distribution of hygiene and teachers&#x27; and learners&#x27; kits,&quot; Ronilda Co, head of DepEd&#x27;s disaster risk reduction and management service (DRRMS), said in a meeting with non-government organizations and partners earlier this week.</p><p>&quot;Our engineers and DRRM coordinators have begun conducting the detailed assessment of infrastructure and non-infrastructure damages to determine the funding requirement for the comprehensive rehabilitation and recovery of affected schools, learners, and personnel,&quot; she added.</p><p>The department earlier reported that 226 schools, mostly from the Bicol region, incurred damages amounting to P489.5 million after Rolly, the world&#x27;s strongest storm this year, battered parts of southern Luzon last November 1.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/03/20/typhoon-rolly-leaves-hundreds-of-schools-damaged">Typhoon Rolly leaves hundreds of schools damaged</a></li></ul><p>Education Secretary Leonor Briones has said the DepEd requested funds from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council for the repair of school buildings damaged by Rolly, a super typhoon at its peak.</p><div><strong>Strengthen mental health services</strong></div><p>Co bared the department&#x27;s response efforts in the meeting, which mainly tackled how the DepEd and its partners could strengthen mental health and psychological support services (MHPSS) for personnel, learners and parents.</p><p>In a statement, the DepEd said it would continue to broadcast MHPSS materials every weekend, resume online MHPSS activities, and conduct an MHPSS concert.</p><p>Some DepEd personnel, students and parents have admitted of feeling stressed, burned out or anxious with the education system&#x27;s pivot to distance learning after in-person classes were banned due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/20/20/deped-continues-psychosocial-services-for-personnel-students">DepEd continues psychosocial services for personnel, students</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/02/20/deped-mental-health-support-sa-mga-guro-estudyante-kailangan-palakasin">DepEd: Mental health support sa mga guro, estudyante kailangan palakasin</a></li></ul><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UUcFYlA0l5U?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The disaster office under the Department of Education said the agency has started to process funding for the repairs of schools damaged by super typhoon Rolly.</p>

The disaster office under the Department of Education said the agency has started to process funding for the repairs of schools damaged by super typhoon Rolly.

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DepEd says processing funds for repair of typhoon-hit schools

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published Nov 08, 2020 01:35 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 09, 2020 01:20 AM PHT

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