DepEd, Calbayog gov’t break ground for reg'l senior high school campus

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CALBAYOG CITY, Samar ( Oct. 14) – The Department of Education (DepEd) Eastern Visayas and the city government here broke the ground on Wednesday for the region’s Senior High School (SHS) for Arts and Design campus.

The stand-alone school, which will be named Calbayog City Regional Senior High School for Arts and Design, will solely offer Arts and Design track starting next year on the course of the K to 12 program full implementation.

It will rise in a 2.7-hectare land owned by the local government located in Tomalon Estate, Gadgaran village, which will be lent to DepEd through a Deed of Usufruct.

On the other hand, construction of infra structures like classrooms, laboratories, dormitory and other facilities will be shouldered by DepEd.

Calbayog City is known to be the Center of Arts and Culture in the region and the presence of artists in the various fields in art and culture in this locality inspires DepEd to choose the city as the site for the Regional Senior High School for Arts and Design under the K to 12 program.

DepEd Region Director Luisa Bautista-Yu said the Calbayog City Regional Senior High School for Arts and Design will cater to students of this city other parts of the region who have interest in arts and design with specialization in media and visual arts, performing arts and literary arts.

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Posted by LGU Calbayog Bulletin on Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The DepEd official also seeks public’s support to make the project a reality, and advocate the school to other divisions in the region.
“Let us help one another to make this a reality, this is not only for Calbayog, this is for the whole region and for the whole country,” Yu said.

Mayor Ronaldo Aquino on his State of the City Address mentioned that education was one of the city’s priority programs.

Aquino said that aside from lending to DepEd a parcel of land for the senior high school, the city also allotted Php 60 million under the 2016 budget for the construction of circumferential road leading to the campus.

The official added that choosing Calbayog as the seat for the regional SHS for arts and design only proved that the city remained and would always be the seat of arts and culture in the region.

“With this campus in Calbayog only proves that the city remains and will always be the seat of arts and culture in Eastern Visayas.” Aquino said.

Meanwhile, education program supervisor Noel Sagayap is very optimistic that they will reach the 160 target of enrolees for the first batch of Grade 11 at the new campus next school year for the full implementation of K to 12.

Sagayap said that based on the career guidance they had conducted with the present Grade 10 student showed that a lot of them was interested to enroll in the said track.

The former division office in Calbayog East Central School will be the temporary school site of the Regional Senior High School for Arts and Design while waiting for the construction of classrooms in Tomalon Estate to be finished.

He also assured the public that whatever facilities needed for the said senior high school would surely be provided.

“DepEd assures the public especially those who are interested to enroll in the said school the facilities will be available and laboratories will be well-equipped to meet the needs of the students since the department had already allocated a budget for the 17 senior high school for arts and design across the country and one of this is in Calbayog,” he added.

The education department has scheduled Oct. 19 to 23, 2015 as early enrollment for the senior high school. (PNA)