By Rey Anthony Chiu - PIA
Dispensing with the school uniform is optional and not mandatory.
Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus clarified this over the speculation that the new DepEd's directive on uniforms for public elementary and high schools is in fact adding more burden to parent's expense for education.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has directed DepEd through Lapus to make a directive to forego the uniforms to spare the parents of additional load of buying a new set of uniforms especially for those stepping into the first level of formal school and those enrolling into a new school.
Lapus however stressed that the overall goal of the directive, is to offer public school students an opportunity to avail themselves of a truly free education as envisioned by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
On this, he added students who already have school uniforms are free to wear them, but those who cannot afford uniforms are not compelled to buy them.
According to DepEd's office in charge of the assistant Bohol superintendent, Maria Linda Namocatcat, the Divison has yet to get a copy of the directive. Nevertheless, she said if they implement, it has to be for new pupils and students.
Old students may still wear their uniforms, she said.
Some parents, upon learning of the new directive however said that the move may even be more expensive for them.
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