LUBAO – The municipal government of this town has recently launched a project dubbed as ‘Linaw Mata, Talas Talino’ benefiting elementary pupils in all public schools here.
According to Mayor Mylene Pineda-Cayabyab, the project has been beneficial to at least 1,349 pupils with visual deficiency.
“Si Doctora Vivian ay nakapag screen pa ng may 909 na estudyante sa elementary karamihan sa mga ito ay napag alamang may problema sa paningin hindi nga lang nila pinapansin dahil akala nila ay normal lang na malabo ang mundo. Sa kabuuan ay umabot sa 625 ang nabigyan natin ng libreng salamin,” Pineda-Cayabyab said.
The mayor pointed out that pupils could not focus with their study if they are having problem with their vision. “Nagkakaroon ng stigma ang bata, akala nila bobo sila dahil hindi sila nakakasunod sa mga lessons nila sa school dahil malabo ang kanilang mga mata, pero kung tutulungan natin sila ay gaganda ang kanilang performance at gaganda ang kanilang kumpiyansa sa sarili nila,” she added.
Dra. Vivian Sarabia, member of the Board of Optometry, who conducted the screening, stressed that, school officials particularly the teachers should be equipped with basic knowledge regarding visual deficiency for them to identify this early pupils suspected to be visually impaired.
Sarabia claimed that Lubao is only a pilot test for this project as this could be duplicate in other towns in the province and even nationwide with the help of former President and now Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
As this developed, Pineda-Cayabyab vowed to continuously support the said project in order to increase the number of the beneficiaries annually.
“Pipilitin po natin na magawa ito taon taon, mabigyan ng salamin ang ating mga estudyanteng nangangailangan, gagawin natin ang lahat ng ating makakaya upang magtuloy tuloy ang proyekto,” she said.
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