Bacolod City broke ground for what is going to be the biggest school building project in its history yesterday afternoon, a press release from the city said.
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson and DepEd Superintendent of Schools Gemma Ledesma led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Educational Training Center Schools I P48 million, 3-storey, 48-classroom school building, to be constructed on the city's one-hectare property at the BREDCO area, under Barangay 16 headed by Bgy. Capt. Junjun Ligaya. City officials present were Councilors ElCid Familiaran, Archie Baribar, Em Ang, Elmer Sy, Caesar Distrito and Mona Dia Jardin, as well as DepEd officials, ETCS teachers and students. Fr. Norbert Cañada officiated at the blessing of the site. The façade of the school building is patterned after that of the Bacolod City Government Center. “We are very happy that DepEd, under Secretary Br. Armin Luistro, has chosen Bacolod City for its first city partner in its 50/50 school building partnership program. This way, our city only had to spend P24 million on the P48 million ETCS I project,” Leonardia said. “ETCS deserves to be expanded, because it caters to students coming from almost all barangays of the city,” he said. “Education is a great equalizer as exemplified by the lives of some prominent officials like Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and former President Diosdado Macapagal who rose from lowly beginnings to national prominence because of being able to acquire good public education,” Leonardia added. “ETCS I is right in the heart of lower income families and, who knows that through the good education they get from this school, one of its students will rise to prominence like Sen. Enrile and President Macapagal,” Leonardia also said. “This is why I have always been supportive of the education sector of our city, and very thankful to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, led by Vice Mayor Thaddy Sayson, for their support in the construction of the Sum-ag Elementary School and also the Bacolod City College 3 storey, 18 classroom school building, costing P22 million, and now the ETCS I,” he added. Ledesma called the construction of the ETCS I “an answered prayer” for ETCS students and said she is very grateful to the City Mayor, the Vice Mayor, the Sangguniang Panglungsod members, and the School Board for their very strong support to public education. “ETCS I will decongest the existing ETCS area and the students there will no longer have to wake up very early, and will be able to sleep longer which is good for their health and growth,” Ledesma said, drawing an enthusiastic response from ETCS teachers and students. VISAYAN DAILY STAR
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