By Mary May A. Abellon
DIPOLOG CITY – The city government here in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) and Check My School (CMS), a non-governmental organization, conducted on Friday an orientation on “Check My School” program at the Dipolog Pilot Demonstration School covered court.
This program, which aims to promote transparency and social accountability in public schools, is designed to connect or create a link between the government and the people with the CMS serving as an overseer of all public schools by reporting to the local government unit (LGU) and DepED any problems arising in the schools like the lack of facilities, teachers, classroom and books, the need for database online record gathering and others.
These problems shall then be threshed out in a “round-table discussion” with the offices and officials concerned.
It was also learned that the CMS will only deliver and communicate to the responsible and accountable government officers and offices particularly the LGU and DepEd the problems it discovered.
The LGU and DepEd with the help also of other NGO like the Zamboanga del Norte Federation of Parents Association (ZNFePA) will directly act on the matter and formulate ways to solve certain problems.
The CMS has already built a database online which some schools have been using already. This made the data gathering from the different schools in the country faster and easier.
Mayor Evelyn T. Uy expressed her appreciation to the said organization, as it has contributed to the upgrading of schools, advancement of teachers and development of students in the country. (PIA9)