True to its commitment to the education sector, the provincial government has carried out some P27-million worth of classrooms and various school facilities as of May this year.
The amount was alloted for the construction and repair of 8 schoolbuildings, including other structures such as computer rooms, H.E. buildings, school stages and fences.
The allocation for school facilities made up 11.74 percent of the total fund alloted for all the completed and on-going infrastructure projects implemented by the province in the first semester, which amounted to P203 million.
Governor Rodolfo del Rosario said the province has mobilized its Special Education Fund (SEF) in responding to the pressing need for more classrooms, especially those schools situated in depressed and distant areas.
Last week, the governor inaugurated a two-classroom building in Mabuhay Elementary School worth P1.4 million, which he promised to villagers when the province launched the convergence program in the barangay early last year.
He said the project embodies not only the fulfilled promise of the provincial leadership to the residents, “but also our strong commitment to education.”
Two more school buildings were completed in time for the school opening.
Under the governor’s P.E.O.P.L.E. agenda, the province has strengthened its support for basic education in pursuing its commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
Del Rosario said additional classrooms are in the pipeline this year, which will be funded through a loan facility worth P17 million from the Land Bank of the Philippines that will be charged against the annual SEF of the province.
On top of the operational support that Capitol is providing to the DepEd division, the province has also appointed 81 elementary and 88 secondary LSB teachers, with counterpart funding from the respective LGUs and PTAs.
As a result, the teacher-student ratio in the province has significantly reduced from one-is-to-61 to one-is-to-45 in the elementary, as well as, from one-is-to-60 to one-is-to-33 in high school.
The governor also revealed more schools in the province are now also observing the classroom-student ratio of one-is-to-40, minimizing the practice of merging two grade levels in one classroom under one teacher. [Noel Baguio/DavNOr]
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