Friday, April 19, 2013

Marine troops launch literacy program in Sulu

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 19): Marine troops launch literacy program in Sulu

Philippine Marine troops have embarked on a literacy program, which prove they could also be educators aside from being warriors and peacekeepers.

The undertaking, dubbed as summer literacy program, was launched recently by the Marine Battalion Landing Team-11 (MBLT-11) in the Municipality of Patikul,Sulu.

Patikul, which comprises of 30 barangays, is a fourth class municipality in the province of Sulu.

It has a population of 34,396 people in 5,939 households as of the 2000 census of the National Statistics Office (NSO).

MBLT-11 commanding officer Lt. Col. Nestor Narag, Jr. said the target beneficiaries of the literacy program are the children of Patikul town’s remote barangays.

Narag said the program is aimed to hone the knowledge of children and prepare them for the next school year.

The MBLT-11 is also assisting the government through construction of school buildings in Patikul municipality.

One of the school buildings they have constructed is ready for use in the coming school year, Narag said.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=517874

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