23 SCHOOLS AFFECTED BY TYPHOON
BAGUIO CITY
The Department of Education Baguio City Schools Division reported 23 schools affected by typhoon
“Egay” and placed the initial damage cost estimate at P1,114,050. In the Rapid Damage Assessment Report included in the situational report of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office as of 5 p.m. of July 27, 2023, the division reported a total of 41 classrooms and 39 other facilities that incurred damages during the calamity.
A total of 310 learning materials were also damaged. No Deped Baguio employee was affected but one 16-year-old learner perished in a landslide at their home in Bakakeng Central barangay at the height of the cyclone on July 26, 2023. The DepEd condoled with the family of Noel Lopez Jr., a
Grade 10 Special Program in the Arts learner from Pines City National High School.
PIO-Baguio/Aileen P. Refuerzo
