COTABATO CITY, Philippines – A significant drop in class attendance due to a series of gun violence prompted the education department to consider a return to remote learning instructions in tension-gripped Pikit town in Cotabato province.
The incident resulted in the death of Fahad Dianalan Guintawan, a 13-year-old Grade 7 student and a resident of Sitio Tambak Barangay Gli-gli, while two of his companions were wounded.Two days later, a 15-year-old high school student was shot and killed by unidentified assailants on February 16 in another village in the same town.
Duterte called for an investigation into the incidents and urged local authorities to take action to prevent further violence in the town.During a closed-door meeting with PNHS principal Abdulkadir Buda and Education Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo, Duterte tasked school officials with implementing the Alternative Delivery Mode or remote learning instructions for children who were still afraid to attend classes.
“The loss of young lives in our community is unacceptable, and we will do everything in our power to bring the perpetrators to justice,” Sultan said. The United Nations Children’s Fund has expressed concern over the violence against children in Pikit, and reminded the government about the Philippines’ legal obligation to protect the rights of children under international law.
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