The students and staff of Pasay City National Science High School demonstrated their readiness during the third-quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) held earlier today.

At exactly 9:05 a.m., the school’s bells rang, signaling the start of the drill. Under the guidance of school officials and teachers, students promptly followed evacuation procedures.

According to Randie Pimentel, it took just 2 minutes and 40 seconds for all students to evacuate the building—a significant improvement from last year’s time of 3 minutes and 55 seconds.

“I’m very glad about the improvement in our time, from 3:55 minutes during the last 1st Quarter NSED to 2:40 minutes this 3rd Quarter NSED. The PaScians performed really well during the earthquake drill,” said Maricon Danieles, Batang Empowered Resilience Team (BERT) President.

She expressed gratitude to school personnel and barangay officials for their support and emphasized that while she hopes these practices will never be needed, their goal for the next drill is to reduce the evacuation time to 2 minutes, which she believes is achievable.

The drill was part of a nationwide effort to enhance earthquake preparedness in educational institutions and raise awareness of disaster response protocols.