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Article: DepEd to deploy additional teams for random drug test.
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- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- February 10, 2009
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MANILA, Feb. 10 (PNA) -- Seeking to maximize the implementation of the random drug test, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday said it will deploy additional teams starting Wednesday this week to reach the minimum goal of 30 high schools tested on a daily basis. "We will augment the five testing teams initially deployed since last week's start of the random drug test in our schools with five more to speed up the program," DepEd Assistant Secretary for Special Concerns Thelma Santos said in an interview. This, Santos said would enable them to conduct test on at least 30 schools, up from the previous 15 schools tested on a daily basis. The testing team is composed ...