By NONOY E. LACSON
ZAMBOANGA CITY – About 6,000 teachers will be deployed in different polling centers across the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for Monday’s elections.
ARMM Education (ARMM-DepEd) Secretary Rasol Y. Mitmug, Jr., said there will be three teachers for every precinct in this year’s barangay elections.
Each will receive an allowance amounting to R6,500.
Sec. Mitmug assured the security of the teachers noting ARMM’s security forces are ready to protect them.
He also added that the education department is implementing a mechanism which will monitor the safety of the teachers during the elections, known as the DepEd-ARMM Emergency Response Network.