FACULTY MEMBERS thanked Mayor Beng Climaco for the newly-constructed two-storey school building at the Southcom National High School.
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| Mayor Beng Climaco inaugurates the newly-constructed two-storey school building at the Southcom National High School in Barangay Calarian. (Bong Serondo) |
Climaco who was joined by government officials formally turned over the building to Education officials and Elena Balan, the school principal; and witnessed by Barangay Calarian Chairwoman Flor Arcillas and San Jose Gusu Chairman Joel Esteban and other officials.
“Our support to the education sector is unending amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” the mayor told Balan and other teachers during a simple ceremony held recently at the school compound.
“The City Government will always support programs and projects for the benefit and welfare of our children, the future of Zamboanga City. Let us make our children’s future a reality today,” Climaco said.
The mayor vowed to continue providing more infrastructure projects to different barangays as part of her administration’s priorities in Security, Health and Education.
Last September,
Climaco also inaugurated three climate-resilient school buildings in Barangay Tetuan,
Canelar and Pasobolong.
In Tetuan, the mayor inaugurated a
four-storey, 20-classroom building for the Zamboanga City High School.
Climaco also
led the handover of the new school buildings at Canelar Elementary School and
Pasobolong Elementary School. All the ceremonies were also attended by faculty
members who thanked the mayor for continuously prioritizing education and other
literacy programs that benefit the students.
Notably, it
was only during Climaco’s administration that the new schools have no initials
of the mayor unlike in the previous administration of Mayor Celso Lobregat
where virtually all window grills had CL welded on it and roofs painted with
“Adelante Zamboanga.” But in Climaco’s administration, only the “love for
Zamboanga City” - I love ZC - are emblazoned in many infrastructure
projects.
Education officials led by Dr. Victoria Mangaser previously praised
Climaco and thanked her for donating 32 printing and digital hubs intended for
different schools in Zamboanga City to help teachers cope with the demands of
mass production of printed materials and modules needed for “blended learning”
which combines both traditional classroom and online classes or courses.
The printing and digital
hubs are complete with Acer Veriton S desktops which provide high reliability and a long lifespan due to
its 100% solid capacitor and Acer V7 Series computer monitors that provide professional
performance with a 4K resolution screen. All the hubs also come with Risograph,
a brand of digital duplicators manufactured by the Riso Kagaku Corporation that
are designed mainly for high-volume photocopying and printing.
Mangaser praised the mayor for the continuing and overwhelming support
the local government has provided the Department of Education since becoming
mayor. Climaco is now on her third and last term and running for Congress in
next year’s polls.
Just this
year, the mayor also turned over the
newly-constructed two-storey barangay hall to the officials of Barangay Tolosa
and Barangay Ayala. The
buildings have a brick façade and stainless hand rails and ramp for people with
disabilities. The two buildings also have their own covered terrace in the
front. The mayor said the new barangay hall is the commitment of her
administration to the barangays and its residents. (Zamboanga Post)