The Bacolod City government has allocated about P8 million for the purchase of school supplies to be given free to public elementary school children, Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said yesterday.
Leonardia said the Department of Education will process the project that will include bags, notebooks and other things normally provided the school children. The city will also continue to provide free miscellaneous fees to public elementary and high school students as it has been doing since his administration took over, Leonardia said. The purpose is to help the poor and encourage them to send their children to school, he said. “We feel it is an essential service needed by the people and it is also needed by the educational system in general,” he added. Meanwhile, the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution yesterday requesting City Health Officer Dr. Salome Biñas, through the Office of the City Mayor, to inspect the comfort rooms/toilets of all public elementary and high schools in Bacolod City. Authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran, the resolution said there are many issues the city government has to consider during the start of classes, especially with regards to the sanitation of facilities which is required for the health or well-being of the community, particularly for school children, among them the comfort rooms or toilets provided by the schools, it said.*CGS CHRYSEE SAMILLANO visayan daily star
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