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Batac DepEd goes full throttle in senior high school preparation

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By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter

Batac City—With barely three months left to prepare, the City Schools Division here is in the thick of preparation for the full implementation of the new senior high school curriculum.

Division superintendent Vilma Eda said the registration for the senior high school officially started on January 30, 2016. The early registration, she explained, will give them an idea on the number of teachers and rooms would be needed. They will also have a peek at the number of students.

Ms. Eda added that they would not limit enrollees for the senior high school since they have contingency plans ready with the assistance of the city government here. She also disclosed that they would also accept enrollees from outside Batac.

For now, they expect all 920 Grade 10 pupils from both public and private schools to enroll.

Initially, they targeted 36 teachers for the senior high school; this however would still need approval from the Dept. of Education central office. After approval, the teachers will be hired and trained.

Of the five schools offering senior high school here, only Crispina Marcos Valdez National High School has yet to start its school building construction. The other schools—Bata National High School, City of Batac National High School-Payao, Mariano Marcos Memorial Elementary School and Billoca Elementary School—have already started construction and rehabilitation of school buildings and rooms.

As of February 2016 though, only the Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA) has permit to offer senior high school in Batac though other private schools have also applied for permits. 

In Batac, the field of specialization to be offered in senior high was aligned with the province’s development plan, which is agriculture and tourism.

For this reason, Ms. Eda said they will concentrate on agriculture and tourism-related subjects as well as other technical courses including caregiving, information and communication technology (ICT), science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Each senior high school will have their own principal. Integrated schools have a single principal for both elementary and high school.

In this regard, Ms. Eda said they have the most number of principal test passers for this year—four for the elementary and two for the secondary. She said this is “very timely” since they may need new principals.

Meanwhile, OIC-EPS school principal III Aileen Joaquin announced the ground breaking of a two-storey building with four classrooms intended for senior high school at the Mariano Marcos Memorial Elementary School.

Ms. Joaquin said this school will be offering creative industries, accountancy, business management and creative writing/nonfiction.


The school is expected to have 146 enrollees based on their early registration which was held earlier in November last year.
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