Millions of students in public and private high schools and colleges all over the country will undergo random drug-testing starting today in an effort to address the problem of drug abuse by the young people, the Department of Education (DepEd) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said yesterday. Education Secretary Edilberto de Jesus and CHED chairman Bro. Rolando Dizon, FSC, said they are ready for the random drug test which will be conducted on a regular basis starting today. Also covered by the test are vocational schools. [continues 495 words]
The Department of Education, Culture, and Sports (DECS) will give over 15,000 free resource books on drug education and prevention to selected public elementary schools nationwide this schoolyear as part of the Estrada administration's campaign against drug abuse. Education Undersecretary Dindo Manhit said under the National Drug Education Program of the DECS-School Health and Nutrition Center, the books were developed by curriculum writers as resource materials or reference manual for teachers. Under the program, lessons on drug abuse prevention and control are integrated in the elementary school curricula through Health and Science subjects. [continues 125 words]
