In support of BIDA Kid COVID-19 prevention campaign, Bong Go reminds proper implementation of health protocols in schools

PASAY Metropolis — Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go renewed his phone to intensify and appropriately apply the essential safety and health protocols in colleges as a lot more instructional institutions are established to sign up for the progressive expansion section of facial area-to-face lessons throughout the nation.

Go reiterated his charm during the launch of the national BIDA Kid COVID-19 prevention campaign on Tuesday, April 5, wherein he stressed that Filipinos nationwide have to keep on being disciplined and carry on functioning hand-in-hand with the authorities for the nation to faster return to normalcy.

“My expensive Filipinos, permit us not put our guards down. Certainly, the pandemic has been a excellent obstacle for the schooling sector but as long as we remain disciplined, I am confident that we, as 1 nation, will defeat the health crisis we are dealing with these days and we will quickly return to normalcy,” the senator remarked in his video concept.

“Hinihimok ko pa rin ang gobyerno at mga faculty officials na siguraduhin ang kapakanan at kalusugan ng ating mga estudyante habang unti-unti na pong nagbubukas ang mga paaralan sa bansa. Sa ngayon, kalusugan at buhay ng mga estudyante ang aking prayoridad. Importante na tuluy-tuloy ang kanilang pag-aaral at hindi nailalagay sa panganib ang kanilang mga buhay,” he extra.

The BIDA Kid campaign is led by the Section of Instruction and the Department of Health, with each other with the United States Agency for Worldwide Improvement, to aid the harmless growth of confront-to-deal with courses nationwide.

The campaign encourages learners, instructors and other education and learning stakeholders to preserve practicing COVID-19 health and basic safety rules in schools and general public areas. Specially, it highlights the great importance of 3Bs: Bakuna, Bayanihan, BIDA (Bestfriend natin ang masks, Ingatan at hugasan ang kamay, Dumistansya upang makaiwas sa sakit, Airflow ay panatilihin).

DepEd claimed that as of April 4, 17,479 public and private universities were being nominated by its regional offices to join the growth of experience-to-experience courses.

In the meantime, Go once again urged the parents to let their qualified nonetheless unvaccinated little ones participate in the countrywide inoculation method, expressing, “As the Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, I would like to motivate dad and mom to enable their small children, specifically all those who are qualified, get inoculated quickly as this would not only increase their defenses against COVID-19 but would also maintain their college environment safe.”

Previously, the senator proposed that universities and colleges really should be specified extra assist to host vaccine clinics to maximize the vaccine coverage amid the youth.

Concluding his information, Go lauded DepEd, DOH and USAID for kickstarting the said campaign. He also reaffirmed his determination to proceed offering the aid that the education and learning sector requirements to make certain that a lot more Filipino young children will have access to high-quality schooling even amid the pandemic.

“As an advocate for high-quality instruction and as your husband or wife in the Senate, hope that I will go on extending vital help to the education sector primarily if it would make improvements to and reinforce the high quality of studying in the place,” he vowed.

In line with his commitment to increase the shipping and delivery of services for the instruction sector, Go is a single of the legislators who co-authored Republic Act No. 11510, or the Substitute Learning Process (ALS) Act of 2021 which presents underrepresented and disadvantaged students with specialised packages and substitute schooling ways not readily available beneath the formal studying method.

Also, the lawmaker also submitted Senate Invoice No. 396 in 2019 which seeks to amend the Local Authorities Code of 1991 by expanding the application of the Distinctive Education Fund. This aims to allow community federal government models to improve their methods and adopt new education procedures and mastering techniques. (OSBG)