The Department of Education (DepEd) is encouraging all public and private schools to join a Guinness World Records-worthy initiative and collect 1 million pencils for schoolchildren in the poorest towns of the country. In a memorandum, Education Undersecretary Alberto Muyot said the DepEd fully supported the “One Million Lapis” campaign of the Council for the Welfare of Children to mark National Children’s Month in November. ADVERTISEMENTThe campaign would see the distribution of 1 million pencils to underprivileged students in elementary schools in fourth to sixth-class municipalities nationwide where many students don’t have the necessary supplies, Muyot said. The campaign is also envisioned to set a world record for the longest line of pencils, the education official said. “In support to this campaign, all DepEd offices—central office, regional offices and schools division offices—and all private and public schools in the country are hereby enjoined to participate,” Muyot said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 09, 2016 18:11 UTC