DepEd and Domex PH award schools for maintaining proper sanitation
IN partnership with Unilever Philippines’ Domex, the Department of Education (DepEd) has awarded schools and divisions from all over the country for their exemplary initiative to maintain proper sanitation.
The Eskwelang Unstoppable Awards recognized two school divisions and five in an event held last November 15 at the DepEd Central Office in Pasig City.
Based on the data obtained from the DepEd’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Schools (WinS) monitoring report for school year 2021-2022, the City of Navotas won as Best School Division and Bislig City of Caraga Region won as Most Improved School Division, showing the highest change in the total score for the same sanitation indicators across two school years.
Bangkulasi Elementary School, Dagat-Dagatan Elementary School, Navotas Elementary School, Filemon T. Lizan Senior High School and Bangkulasi Senior High School were awarded from the winning Best School Division as Best SDOModel Schools as they showed exemplary practice in keeping their schools clean and germ-free.
“This is an important partnership for Unilever and we’re very much honored because this initiative has helped our schools become a safer and better avenue for the youth to develop a clean school environment,” Unilever Communications and Corporate Affairs Head Ed Sunico said in a statement. “We hope to get everyone’s help throughout the year and in more to come so that we can maintain this standard across all schools nationwide.”
“We at the Department of Education recognize everyone’s concern over the health and safety of our learners within and beyond the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. As learning shifted from classrooms to homes in the last two years, we have witnessed the entire school community, including all partners and stakeholders, come together to support our learners as they continue engaging in distance learning, said DepEd Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs and Partnerships Gerard Chan.