Oscar S. Moreno: sopa 2009

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Classroom projects

Gingoog schools receive classrooms from Gov. Moreno

Gov. Oscar Moreno has turned-over 4 units of classrooms at Mimbunga Comprehensive National High School and another 2 units at Magallanes Primary School, all in Gingoog City Thursday.

Mimbunga Comprehensive National High School started from humble beginnings with only a couple of makeshift classrooms made of coconut leaves in 2001.

The school was created by virtue of Republic Act 8818, one of the numerous bills authored by then Congressman Oscar Moreno when he was the still the Representative of the First District of Misamis Oriental.

About five classrooms were eventually built inside the school premises which were also funded from the congressional funds of then Rep. Moreno.

When he became governor of the province, he continued to build classrooms at Mimbunga. The governor judiciously used the Special Education Funds to finance the provincial government’s classroom projects.

The latest four units are intended to replace some of the school buildings that are still made of bamboo.

Gov. Moreno engaged the assistance of Sangguniang Panlalawigan member Jimmy Caina, chairman of the committee on infrastructure and the chair of the committee on education Oliver Actub in this daunting call to build school buildings.

The province has now built 127 fully refurbished school buildings in three years time and more are coming.

Mimbunga National High School is also a beneficiary of the Gearing Internet Literacy and Access for Students (GILAS), a project that intends to connect all national high schools in the country to the internet. The provincial government bought ten computer units for each school-beneficiary.

Gov. Moreno said the quest to give the children the best is never ending.

“As we see our people happy, we are inspired to do more the best way we can,” he said at the simple turn-over ceremony Thursday.

Gov. Moreno was overwhelmed when he learned that the school he founded now ranks as the third highest performing school in the entire Gingoog district in the recently concluded National Achievement Test.

In other developments, Magallanes Primary School also received a 2-unit classroom from the provincial government in partnership with the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Gingoog City Mayor Ruth de Lara-Guingona and the barangay captains of nearby villages thanked the governor for providing better opportunities for Gingoog's children.