by Noel Baguio/DavNor PIO
Davao del Norte – Residents of a remote community were grateful to the provincial government for giving them a new classroom and for repairing the access road leading to the small school.
Dionesia Bustamante, President of the Parents, Teachers Association of Mabuhay Elementary School in Sitio Mabuhay, Capungagan, Kapalong town, expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Governor Rodolfo del Rosario for realizing their dream of an additional classroom.
“We have been longing for this new classroom,’ she said at the inauguration of the project, which was funded by the Special Education Fund of the province in the amount of P813,874.26.
She cited the obvious lack of facilities in the distant school that is only manned by eight teachers.
She also recalled how school activities were easily disrupted by floods before the repair of the access road.
The province sliced P430,000 from its calamity fund to elevate the road and for the installation of culverts.
Del Rosario said the Capitol prioritized the projects as it continues to invest on the future of the children.
“Providing better education is the key measure of our success and the best legacy for the Dabaonons,” he said.
The province intends to build about 20 new classrooms in various deprived schools under the SEF this year through a loan agreement with the Land Bank of the Philippines.
The governor said the effort of the province is in support to the education reform agenda of the Aquino government, which seeks to build better human capital and more employable people.
Mayor Edgardo Timbol assisted the governor in launching the projects, together with Vice Mayor Ma. Theresa Timbol, Education Supervisor Dr. Alma Agayan, Barangay Captain-elect Melchor Royo and other local officials.
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