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HIRE MORE SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS – GATCHALIAN

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date February 8, 2019
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Senator Win Gatchalian is considering filing an amendment to Republic Act No. 9258 or the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004 to enable the Department of Education (DepEd) to hire more school guidance counselors. Guidance counselors, Gatchalian said, are vital for schools to be able to adequately address the needs of children-at-risk (CARs) in order […]

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SCRAP PLANNED DRUG TESTS FOR STUDENTS – GATCHALIAN

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date July 12, 2018
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Senator Win Gatchalian called for the scrapping of a plan by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) to conduct mandatory drug tests on students, and instead proposed that the budget for the tests be used instead to hire more guidance counselors for the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd previously noted that with at least 14 […]

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