The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) has piloted Project READY in Magallanes Elementary School (MES) along Magallanes Street in Davao City to increase awareness of students against illegal drugs.
To harmonize the outcome-based approach of the Department of Education (DepEd) , the Philippine National Police (PNP) formulated Command Memorandum Circular No. 41-2016- Project READY (Resistant Education Against Drugs for the Youth) last 2016.
The PNP Drug Enforcement Group (PNP DEG) through the Demand Reduction and Education Division (DRED) coordinated with the Department of education, Region 3 for the initial implementation of project READY in order to continue the formulation and institutionalization of the preventive information and education program of the PNP.
Captain Gillian Rose Birondo, deputy head of the Davao City Police Office Police Communications Relations (PCR) told media the project is being piloted to the Grade 6 students of MES.
“Meron tayong Project READY and we already launched this in cooperation with DCPO station 1 to 12. Meron tayong naka deploy na mga police personnel na magtuturo sa mga estudyante sa Grade 6 ng basic rules and how to follow the rules in school and the community. We will inculcate to them that obeying the law is for their safety,” Birondo said.
Fourteen police personnel from DCPO main office underwent training for the said project.
” These police personnel were trained to teach the students,” Birondo said.
In 2018, PNP DEG, DRED crafted the Spiral Mythodology framework for Project READY to ensure continuous quality education on anti-illegal drugs awareness thus equipping the READY participants and officers with the knowledge, skills and right attitude needed on anti-illegal drugs awareness campaign.
The READY curriculum is a comprehensive lecture crafted by a group of profesisonals in the field of education, with years of experience in the streetas law enfrocers. The four lessons were tailor-fitted for the youth, providing information on the danger of harmful substances as well as methods to keep them safe and free from illegal drugs.
The Project READY is a four-day course, spread in four weeks for Grades 1 to 12 students presented by a uniformed police officer trained in the field. At the end of each lec} ture, the students are expected to learn and develop the following life skills: obedience to the law and considering consequences, combatting pressure to use drugs by saying no, learning moral values and building self-esteem, and making decision during risky situation.
