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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

2013 Brigada Eskwela set May 20-24

By Franklin P. Gumapon

DIPOLOG CITY – All is set for this year’s “Brigada Eskwela” in Zamboanga del Norte.

This was declared by Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Lourma Poculan of the Zamboanga del Norte schools division in an interview yesterday.

Poculan said the weeklong Brigada Eskwela (school preparation activity) will be capped by a search for outstanding Brigada Eskwela implementers among public elementary and secondary schools.

Education Supervisor Arcelita Zamoras, on the other hand, told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that two elementary schools and a secondary school in the province have been declared “Brigada Eskwela Hall of Fame” awardees after winning the said search for three consecutive years in the national level. These schools are Nabilid Elementary School in Roxas town, Tampilisan Central School in Tampilisan municipality and Gutalac National High School of Gutalac town.

Zamoras also said the division’s entry schools for this year’s search are Piñan Central School of Piñan town, Bacong Central School of Salug town, Tabon Elementary School of Jose Dalman municipality, Situbo Elementary School of Tampilisan town, Polanco National High School of Polanco municipality, Bacungan National High School of Leon Postigo town, Manukan National High School of Manukan municipality and Ubay National High School of Labason town.

Brigada Eskwela, which started in 2003, is a nationwide voluntary effort among teachers, parents, students, community members and other organizations to do minor repairs and cleanups on their schools in preparation for the opening of classes.

The provincial schools division was able to generate in last year’s Brigada Eskwela more than P4.2 million from voluntary contributions in the form materials, labor and other services rendered during the weeklong activity. (PIA9)