Comval Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy celebrates his 34th birthday at the IP community with the Matigsalob Tribe in a far flung area in Sitio Side 4, Barangay Mangayon, Compostela, Comval on May 8, 2019. This is also the opportune time of the governor for the battlecry of ‘Walang Iwanan’ (No one is left behind) has been heard loud and clear by the recipients during the Social Preparation stage of building a 1-unit 2-classroom school building in the area.(Photo by M. Lasaca, PS Comval)
Social preparation for building of 1-unit 2-classroom building in a GK way held in Comval
Compostela Valley Province--- The provincial government of Compostela Valley in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Gawad Kalinga (GK) and the Tindog Comval Foundation hold a social preparation which is organized into two cluster teams to build one-unit two classroom school buildings in the IP and conflict areas in Sitio Side 4, Barangay Mangayon and Sitio Puting Bato, Barangay Ngan in the municipality of Compostela on May 8, 2019.
Attending the social preparation were the provincial and local officials led by Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy, DepEd officials led by Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Reynante Solitario, Mayor Lema P. Bolo, Provincial Government Heads, and the Barangay Officials of the said Barangays.
The identified areas for the building of school classrooms were being run before by the revolutionary New Peoples Army (NPA) and even have their Salugpungan schools built to influence the mindset of the local kids.
During the program, kids of the Matigsalob tribe in Sitio Side 4 gathered for the discussion of the plan for the ‘Bayanihan sa Paaralan’ which will commence on May 15 as it also requires the help of the community in building a classroom in bayanihan-way for 15-days with the help also of the capitol employees.
According to Solitario, “usa kini ka tubag nato sa panginahanglan sa katawhan labi na sa mga nagpuyo sa mga Sitios nga matagaan gyud sila ug building para sa mga kabataan. Tungod kay layo gyud ang next school ani makita nato nga dunay mga kabataan diri nga wala gyud maka skwela sa mga tulunghaan. In fact naay uban nag-undang nalang ug nay uban nga nag skwela pero kailangan pa mubaktas ug layo. Tungod sa panginahanglan nga mag put-up ug school building na tubag gyud nga butangan ug school building ang maong mga lugar.
“As of the moment on our mapping, we have a total of 28 students nga masulod ani nga tulunghaan and as of now continue atong mapping with the help of our learning teachers and mobile teachers and hopefully naa pa gyud lain mga kabataan nga masulod sa tulunghaan,” Solitario added.
“Next year we have allocation for this school from DepEd para permanent gyud unya maningkamot pud ta nga himoon nato ning integrated school in the future para atong mga studyante dili lamang ma cater ang Grade 1 hangtud Grade 6 pati na ang Grade 7 – 12. Maningkamot ta nga ma budgetan ni puhon ug national paid teacher unya gikan pud sa ilahang tribu ang mutudlo para sa contextualize nga ginasunod nato sa pagtudlo,” said Solitario.
The said school building is for the school children who were deprived of education due to distance. Part of the budget that will be used are the proceeds from the Fun Run which the province regularly undertake every year during the opening of the Bulawan Festival celebration.
On the other hand right after the program Governor Uy celebrates his 34th birthday at the IP community in a far flung area in Sitio Side 4. This is also the opportune time of the governor for the battlecry of ‘Walang Iwanan’ (No one is left behind) has been heard loud and clear by the recipients during the Social Preparation stage.
Governor Uy also expressed his gratitude to all the partners and the members of the different community for making it possible. “Bisag unsa kalayo sa lugar kung tuyuan gyud nato sa paghatod ug serbisyo ug programa sa gobyerno nga makatabang sa atong katawhan sama niani wala gayuy imposible kung naa ang pag tinabangay.”
“As much as possible we want to reach those un-reached children and bring them to school for them to really learn because this is one of the advocacy of DepEd,” Solitario ended. (Rey Antibo, ID Comval)
