The Philippine National Police is set to conduct public talks in schools as part of the country's anti-narcotics campaign, the Department of Education said Wednesday.

Secretary Leonor Briones said police officials will visit the schools to brief the teachers and students on drugs and its negative effects.

She said police officials will start with Grade 4 pupils. All the talks will be age-appropriate, she said.

"We're talking about capacity-building. We're talking about briefings. We're talking about teaching children how to deal with the temptations, and how to be able to tell if there are offers to them, because, right now, drugs can be delivered to the school gates," she told Mornin[email protected]

Briones said she does not know of the reported plan to bring 'Oplan Tokhang' to schools as it was "not part of our dialogue with the PNP." She said the anti-drug drive in schools will follow strict guidelines.

"There is an existing practice, an existing policy that if PNP goes to school, of course, it has to be coordinated. They cannot just enter, as in U.P. (University of the Philippines) for example, they cannot just enter and if there is a suspect, pick up somebody. It has to be coordinated," she said.

Apart from the campaign, the DepEd is also preparing for an Education Summit this week that will present the government's 10-point agenda on education.

"The final output will be an input naman (then) to the National Economic Development Plan because by December next year, the National Economic Development Plan should be out, which is the plan of the entire government on development," she said.