BARANGAY San Isidro will now have three (3) multi-purpose covered courts in the area as City Mayor John Geesnell “BABA” Yap led the ceremonial turn-over of the Special Education Funded (SEF) project – the San Isidro Elementary School Covered Court on June 14, 2022. To date, two SEF funded projects are already completed, the perimeter fence in Manga Elementary School and the repair of the Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School (DCPNHS) Gymnasium. Just recently, Mayor Yap also turned over the completed flooring in the gymnasium of Tagbilaran City Science High School.
The SEF under the term of Mayor Yap increased exponentially, from Php25 million in 2013 to Php78 million in 2020. “The prompt payment of taxes by the Tagbilaranons made this initiative possible. Tagbilaran City’s Special Education Fund has been exponentially increasing since 2013 resulting to improved services in education. The SEF has been instrumental in providing additional classrooms to all the City’s public schools, security guards, laboratories, multi-purpose covered courts, uniforms, and equipment. We can really feel our taxes working to improve the lives of our constituents,” Mayor Yap said.
The deployment of security guards to all the public schools, procurement of toner, rehabilitation of the library, repair of roofing and trusses of the Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School, deployment of teacher aides, and the procurement of equipment for the senior high school were just few of SEF funded priorities.
In fact, the SEF proved to be indispensable during the peak of the pandemic. The SEF assisted the needs of the City DepEd through the provision of printing gadgets for the blended learning. The gadgets were stationed in the Learning Resource Management System at the Tagbilaran City Central School to hasten the production of modules, while heavy-duty photocopiers were provided to all the City’s public schools. For calendar year 2020, the City DepEd produced and reproduced thousands of self-learning modules for K-10 and senior high school. (Jeanette Busano)
