IMUS CITY, Cavite (PIA) --The Imus City Schools Division Office will hold the Brigada Eskwela 2021 virtual kick-off this Friday, 20 August 2021 pursuant to the Department of Education (DepEd) Memorandum Circular no. 48 s. 2021 that sets the Brigada Eskwela activities from August 3 – September 30, 2021.

According to Imus Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Rosemarie D. Torres the Brigada Eskwela is focused on strengthening the support and cooperation of the stakeholders, and parents to ensure the proper and orderly implementation of the plans and projects included in the basic education continuity plan of the DepEd.

Part of the undertaking is the ‘Brigada Pagbasa sa Panahon ng Pandemya’ in which parents are encouraged to guide and teach their children to read in support of the teachers particularly to those who are slow learners or have difficulty in reading.

Another program of the Brigada Eskwela is the Bayanihan sa Paaralan that enjoins parents to participate in other activities such as in distribution of learning modules, as well as distribution of food packs for the school-based feeding program.

Other stakeholders and parents may donate learning gadgets, materials for printing, as well as CoViD-19 supplies such as face masks, face shields, alcohols and sanitizers to support the teachers and educators as they perform their crucial role in shaping the character and the future of the Imuseño youth.

The online activities include teaching parents to practice their creative skills on providing and creating a conducive learning space for their children within their homes. Some activities guide the parents to ensure that their children are truly learning with the online classes.

In support of the SDO programs, the city government had developed several projects such as the granting of gadget loans for students, provision of laptops and other equipment to help with the blended learning system, and the partnership with network providers to strengthen the WiFi connectivity for use with the online classes of the students shared Imus City Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi.

He also disclosed that despite the apprehensions of the parents’ for their children’s education during the pandemic, the city had a high enrollment rate last year.   

Maliksi lauded the city’s SDO thru the able leadership of SDS Torres because it had been cited as the Top SDO not just in the whole region but in the country as well.