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President leads groundbreaking rites for P164-M school building in Mandaluyong
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo spearheaded the groundbreaking today of a P164-million, 82-classroom building in Mandaluyong City as part of her administration’s effort to improve the country’s educational system under the “Labanan ang Kahirapan, Isulong ang Karunungan” program.
Immediately upon her arrival from Camp Crame, Quezon City where she addressed the 17th anniversary celebration of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the President led the lowering of the time capsule of the four-storey academic building of the Eulogio Rodriguez Elementary School (ERES) in Barangay Hagdan Bato Itaas, Mandaluyong City.
Set for completion, this year, the 82-classroom building will decongest the neighboring Mandaluyong High School (MHS) and the Andres Bonifacio Integrated School (ABIS) which have student-classroom ratio of 68:1 and 93:1, respectively.
Assisting the President in the lowering of the time capsule for the project were Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli Lapus, Mandaluyong Lone District Rep. Neptali Gonzales II, Mayor Benhur Abalos, and Department of Public Works and Highways-National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) Director Roberto Lalang.
In his welcome remarks, Congressman Gonzales said the establishment of another integrated school in Barangay Hagdan Bato Itaas “will dramatically reduce the students per classroom ratio of MHS to 47:1 and ABIS to 53:1,” while consequently maintaining an ideal class size in the proposed integrated school of ERES.
“We have to act as early as we can in order to address this concern in our education system. It is my priority that all the city’s children will have easy access to quality public education at least until high school,” Gonzales added as he thanked the President for gracing the groundbreaking of the ERES expansion project.
The expansion of ERES is included in the 10,000 classrooms targeted for construction by the Arroyo administration this year. It is also in preparation for the transformation of ERES to another integrated school soon.
Earlier, the President announced in her speech at the First Biennial Education Congress at the Manila Hotel last Jan. 31 that her administration is targeting to construct 10,000 classrooms this year.
Last Friday, the President inaugurated the newly-constructed three-storey, 15-classroom school building of the Gabriela Silang Elementary School in Phase 8, Bagong Silang, Caloocan City. She also inspected another six-classroom building being constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways at the compound of the same school.
On Saturday, she led the inauguration of the new three-storey, 16-classroom building at Sta. Lucia Elementary School in Pasig City.
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