800 Student Leaders and Advisers for Anti-Drug Seminars

The Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) with the Department of Education (DepEd) of Cebu province will conduct an orientation and seminars for the Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD). About 800 student leaders and their advisers will participate in the orientation on July 12 and July 19 at the Capitol Social Hall of the Cebu Provincial Capitol.

Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD) launched in the school year 2015- 2016 as a peer-based preventive education and information program that helps in educating students about the dangers of drug abuse. The BKD program is an annual activity supported financially by the Cebu Provincial Government with the guidance of CPADAO.

The orientation and seminar’s aim is to positively shape the perspective of elementary and high school student leaders regarding the issues of illegal drugs and so that they may propose programs that will tackle the problem of illegal drugs.

High school student leaders and their advisers will have their seminar and orientation on July 12 while elementary students and their advisers will have it on July 19.

After the seminars, there would be a campus tour throughout the different public schools with the launching of the drug information kiosk with the theme, “The Truth about Drugs.” (Aljun Cainghog/Cebu Provincial Government)