Education Secretary Armin Luistro ordered yesterday all schools to screen their students, particularly kindergarten pupils, for diseases and other medical conditions. Luistro, who opened the 11th School Health and Nutrition Congress at the Teachers’ Camp in Baguio City, said he would like for the Department of Education to have a complete profile of the health and nutrition conditions of every public elementary and high school student so DepEd could determine which school should have health interventions. … [Read more...]
DepEd health initiative for schoolchildren bags international award
December 21, 2009 by · 1 Comment
Pasig City (20 December) -- The Essential Health Care Program (EHCP) being implemented by the Department of Education has been recognized as one of the world’s best practices in primary health care among school children. The award was bestowed by the Global South-South Development Expo, a United Nations-wide annual event. It was handed out in ceremonies at Washington DC, USA last December 17, 2009. … [Read more...]
“Wonder Bread†help nourish the children — DepEd
May 4, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
MANILA, May 4 (PNA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday expressed optimism the “interventions†being done by the department will help reduce the number of under-nourished students feared to reach more than 20 percent or more than two million this school year. … [Read more...]
