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PNP to deploy 37,000 cops for School Year 2025-2026 opening
Some 37,000 police officers will be deployed by the Philippine National Police for the opening of School Year 2025-2026 this month, PNP spokesperson Police Brigadier General Jean Fajardo said Saturday.
"Nakahanda na tayo... Nasa 37,000 police officers ang ide-deploy natin," Fajardo said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.
(We are ready. We will deploy around 37,000 police officers.)
"Five thousand ang ilalagay natin sa mga police assistance desk sa mga paaralan," she added.
(Five thousand [police officers] will be assigned to police assistance desks in schools.)
"Mayroon ding police mobile at foot patrollers malapit sa mga paaralan," Fajardo said.
(There will also be police mobile and foot patrollers near schools.)
In Northern Mindanao, the Police Regional Office-Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) has heightened security across the region ahead of the opening of classes.
PRO-10 director Brigadier General Jaysen De Guzman ordered all provincial and city police offices to deploy maximum personnel in strategic areas, including schools, transport terminals, airports, seaports, malls, business centers, and other areas where people converge, according to an earlier report by GMA Regional TV.
The Department of Education earlier announced that public schools across the country would open classes for School Year 2025–2026 on June 16, 2025
This shift marks a return to the pre-pandemic school calendar, as outlined in DepEd Order No. 12, Series of 2025.
The school year will run until March 31, 2026, covering 197 class days, including the End-of-School-Year (EOSY) rites. —KG, GMA Integrated News
