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Establishment, conversion, recognition of schools: Sen. Win Gatchalian, chairperson of the Committee on Basic Education, presides over a public hearing on several bills seeking to establish a public high school in Hindang, Leyte and Tanay, Rizal as well as convert two public elementary schools into integrated schools in Barcelona and Irosin, Sorsogon. Also discussed during the hearing were the recognition of the Singapore schools in Manila, Cebu, and Clark as an educational institution of international character and granting them certain prerogatives conducive to their development and growth. Hearing no objections, Gatchalian approved House Bill No. 11185 or the Tanay National Science High School and House Bill No. 111038 or the Doos Del Norte National High School on the committee level. “We will submit these to the plenary for further discussion. We will move fast to have these approved before the end of the 19th Congress. We still have six session days before it ends,” Gatchalian said Tuesday, February 25, 2025. (Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau)