Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 2) — The Philippine National Police is set to deploy at least 120,000 personnel to secure schools, transport terminals and commercial establishments on the first day of classes on June 3.
PNP Spokesperson PCol. Bernard Banac also reminded parents to refrain from allowing their children to bring valuable items to school that may put them as a target for thieves or pickpockets.
“Lahat ng mga kahina-hinalang mga tao or mga bagay ay dapat maipaabot agad sa mga kinauukulan, sa school authorities, or sa ating PNP personnel sa mga visibility patrols diyan sa labas ng mga paaralan,” Banac told CNN Philippines.
[Translation: Any suspicious person or object should be reported to authorities, or to PNP personnel in the visibility patrols outside schools.
Classes for school year 2019-2020 will begin Monday, June 3, and is expected to end on April 3, 2020.
The Department of Education is expected to welcome 27.8 million students this academic year, an increase of 2.85% from the number of pupils in the school year 2018 to 2019.
