Uniform Controversy Villanueva to condone specs on banning students not wearing uniform

By: Chrizael Feona Ongyot

School Prefect of Discipline, Jose R. Villanueva Jr. refuted speculations of students going home after being prohibited to enter Compostela National High School’s (CNHS) premises due to not wearing complete school uniform.

“Preventing malicious outsiders from entering the school campus is one of the reasons why we encourage students to wear prescribed school uniforms,” said Villanueva in an interview after being asked why these issues are arising despite the mandate of the Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte in accordance with DepEd Order (DO) No. 065, s. 2010.

Villanueva also added that it is the students’ responsibility to wear complete uniform as it was proposed and agreed during the Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) general assembly right before the face to face classes were resumed, He stated that the majority of the parents agreed on letting their child wear uniform instead of wearing civilian all throughout the week.

“We are not allowed to prevent the students from entering the campus, we just get their names, list it on the student log book and remind them to wear their uniform next time, but we still let them enter the school. We also just abide by the higher ups in regards to the school rules and regulation,” stated Jay-ar Dehayco, one of the security guards in CNHS.