The Philippine Star
August 13, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Barangay tanods or village watchmen will likely be deployed to public faculties nationwide after current faculty taking pictures incidents in Nueva Ecija and Lanao del Sur, in response to the Division of the Inside and Native Authorities (DILG).
An 18-year-old male scholar reportedly shot his girlfriend, a 15-year-old pupil, at Sta. Rosa Built-in Faculty in Barangay Rizal on Aug. 7.
The suspect died after taking pictures himself, whereas the sufferer is recuperating. Police mentioned the sufferer had needed to finish their relationship.
On Aug. 4 on the Balabagan Commerce Faculty in Lanao del Sur, a scholar shot useless his trainer who had given him a failing grade in an examination.
The barangay watchmen will likely be tasked with monitoring and reporting incidents that would threaten the security of scholars, academics and faculty workers.
Site visitors administration, patrolling faculty premises and securing faculty zones may also be carried out by the barangay tanods.
Native chief executives ought to give full logistical assist to barangays, the DILG confused.
The Division of Schooling is aiding the sufferer, who reportedly suffered in depth mind injury.
Lessons on the faculty had been suspended and counseling has been supplied to households, college students and academics, Schooling Secretary Sonny Angara mentioned.
The shooter, who was a scholar from one other faculty, had reportedly been denied entry into the campus, however managed to evade safety inspection by mixing right into a crowd.
Amid the Nueva Ecija incident, the killing of a trainer in Lanao del Sur and bullying of a nine-year-old in Iligan Metropolis, Angara confused that efforts are being made to handle faculty violence.
“We have to look into our safety protocols. Some say we should always have CCTVs. Some even say we should always have safety guards,” he informed Bilyonaryo Information Channel.
“Some really feel the police ought to be seen, however many don’t like having police inside the college. Police chief Nicolas Torre III mentioned he’ll improve police visibility round faculties… The group has to return collectively to actually combat these incidents and have a look at the deeper causes,” he added.
At a commerce faculty in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur final week, a senior highschool scholar shot useless his trainer after being given a failing grade.
In Iligan, a nine-year-old male scholar is in a coma after he was crushed up by highschool college students.
The DepEd is trying on the potential deeper causes of violent incidents, together with kids’s publicity to social media, Angara mentioned.
