Hope for Pag-asa Youth: DepEd Approves Integrated Elementary and High School in Pag-Asa Island in Kalayaan November 30, 2021 - Finally, hope for a shot at a better life for the youth of Pag-asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea. Sen. Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson stressed this after the Department of Education approved on November 29 the Pag-asa Island Integrated Elementary and High School effective next school year, 2022-2023. "Thank you, Department of Education for this: Approval of the Pag-asa Integrated Elementary and High School effective next School Year, 2022-2023. Certainly a big step of HOPE for the young people of Kalayaan," Lacson said on his Twitter account Monday afternoon . Last week, upon Lacson‘s manifestation during the DepEd’s budget plenary debates in the Senate, he sought additional school facilities and teachers in Pag-asa Island after learning of the plight of learners there when he visited the area last Nov. 20. He
