An ordinance establishing the Bacolod City Special Children’s Board, was approved on third and final reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday.
The ordinance said Section 24(2) of Batas Pambansa Bilang 232 or the “Education Act of 1982”, recognizes the State’s responsibility to provide Specialized Educational Service to persons who are physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, or culturally different from the so-called "normal" individuals that they require modification of school practices/services to develop them to their maximum capacity. It said children with special needs, particularly those who were born to families of meager income, is a sector of society which does not receive the kind of educational attention they deserve due to financial constraints. It also said the city needs to provide necessary facilities such as Day Care Centers for the special children, and technically skilled teachers who can comprehensively effectuate the subject of this measure. The World Health Organization estimates that 98 percent of children with disabilities in developing countries do not attend school, the ordinance said. The ordinance was authored by Councilor Em Legaspi Ang and co-authored by Councilors Homer Bais, El Cid Familiaran, Sonya Verdeflor and Caesar Distrito. Meanwhile, the SP also approved on third and final reading Wednesday an ordinance creating freedom walls in the City of Bacolod. Its proponent, Councilor Caesar Distrito said the ordinance will take effect after 15 days from publication in two newspapers of local circulation. He said the ordinance requires the city tourism to construct or identify at least two freedom walls which the SP will be notified prior to its construction or identification. Distrito said the ordinance provides that people can write or express freely in the freedom wall without fear of arrest or be charged of whatever crime, except those who are sexually depicting drawings or those that defame another person.*CGS
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