DepEd to sign pact with DILG for tanod deployment in schools

Inquirer.net - Oct 12, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) are set to forge a memorandum of agreement formalizing the deployment of village watchmen or barangay tanods in public schools. DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger Masapol said on Monday that village watchmen have been deployed to schools since

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