BAYANIHAN SA PAARALAN. Residents and provincial employees join the ceremonial passing of hollow blocks as a sign of 'bayanihan' to commence the construction of two classrooms in Sitio Bongloy, Pagsabangan in New Bataan, Compostela Valley on Friday (Sept. 20, 2019). The Bayanihan Para sa Paaralan is a program of the provincial government to address the shortage of classrooms in the different public schools with the assistance of the local business sector. (Photo courtesy of Gov. Jayvee Tyron Uy)
COMPOSTELA, Compostela Valley -- Eleven classrooms are being constructed through the 'Bayanihan para sa Paaralan’ in five far-flung barangays in this province to cater to the learners of Salugpungan Ta"Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center Inc. (STICLCI), which was recently suspended by the Department of Education (DepEd).
The construction of the classrooms simultaneously started last Friday are expected to benefit schoolchildren in Barangays Panansalan in Compostela, Danawan Manurigao in New Bataan, Sitio Side 4 Mangayon in Compostela, Sitio Bongloy, Pagsabangan in New Bataan, and three in Sitio Sapanglubog, Tibagon in Pantukan town.
Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy on Friday said all 11 classrooms are expected to be completed next month.
Uy said the "Bayanihan Para sa Paaralan" is a program of the provincial government to address the shortage of classrooms in the different public schools of the province.
Funding, he said, comes from the different private partners and stakeholders.
"The donation is about PHP9 million to finance these projects and this will answer the issue of classroom shortage even without undergoing the usual lengthy government process of constructing classrooms," Uy stressed.
Apart from the classrooms, the project would also include facilities such as solar panels and a water tank.
The governor also bared that prior to the suspension of STICLC's operations, he had a meeting with the Department of Education (DepEd) to discuss possible alternatives for its learners.
“Once finished, we encouraged the parents to enroll their students in these schools,” the governor said, referring to the schoolchildren who would travel for hours just to get to the schools in the Poblacion area of this town.
DepEd suspended 55 STICLC-managed schools in Davao Region following a report from National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon detailing Salugpungan's links with the communist New People's Army (NPA).
Meanwhile, Dr. Reynante Solitario, superintendent of Department of Education (DepEd) Compostela Valley Division, said the sites chosen for the project have existing STICLCI schools.
Solitario said DepEd will move for the accreditation of the new schools and integrate the existing Salugpungan schools in the province.
Solitario said Compostela Valley province has 24 STICLCI-managed tribal schools covering about 317 students.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1081106
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