The Teachers' Dignity Coalition (TDC) urged the government to follow the initiative conducted by the Department of Education's (DepEd) office in Caloocan City which organized a separate vaccination schedule for its education personnel.
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The group wants the government to organize the same initiative and hold COVID-19 vaccinations across the country and not in select localities only.
This initiative should also be done in every locality in the country. The key to this is proper coordination between the DepEd field offices and the local government units,
said TDC Chairperson Benjo Basas.
Currently, teachers, who are part of the A4 priority group or essential workers, line up in long queues in vaccination sites assigned by their local government units (LGUs) to get vaccinated.
Basas said that a targeted vaccination for education personnel will boost an LGU's protection against the spread of COVID-19 because teachers continue to work in the frontlines of education service.
If successfully vaccinated, the more than a million teachers and other school personnel who are actively working and interacting with their respective communities could surely boost the herd immunity,
he pointed out.
Basas also added that vaccination against COVID-19 should be a pre-requisite before the implementation of any plan for face-to-face classes.
According to TDC, similar efforts have also been implemented by the cities of Manila, Mandaluyong, Valenzuela, Baguio, Davao, and Antipolo.
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Teachers group calls for wider, exclusive COVID-19 vaccination for education workers
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