Outlying Albay village gets new school building

LEGAZPI CITY — Sixty-one learners who have been holding classes at the school stage and covered court of Burgos Elementary School in Albay’s Daraga town, will finally have classrooms of their own following the inauguration of a new two-classroom building on Friday (Sept. 25)

The P9.65-million building was constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) through an initiative of the Ako Bicol party-list group under the Department of Education’s Basic Educational Facility Fund.

The one-storey building has separate comfort rooms for boys and girls, including a facility for persons with disabilities.

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Its classrooms were also designed to allow better airflow through strategically placed windows, providing ventilation amid the anticipated heat associated with this year’s El Niño phenomenon.

Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. said the project was part of efforts to address the shortage of classrooms and provide learners with proper facilities for quality education.

“We are addressing the classroom shortage so our learners can attend classes in proper classrooms and receive quality education,” Garbin said.

Burgos Elementary School has 151 enrolled learners, 61 of whom attend makeshift classes at the stage and covered court after the school’s building was destroyed by fire.

School Principal Lilian Bolo said the new classrooms would give the affected learners a more suitable place to study. “Learners will be more focused and comfortable, and studying will be more effective,” Bolo said. INQ