LAGAWE, Ifugao (PIA) — A two-storey school building with four classrooms will soon rise at the Kalanguya National High School (KNHS) in Tinoc town through the Adopt-A-School Program.
The Department of Education (DepEd) – Ifugao, Philippine Army Finance Center Producers Integrated Cooperative (PAFCPIC),KNHS, Wangwang Barangay Local Government (BLGU), and the 54th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the ALFA ALFA construction signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on December 20, 2023.
This is for the realization of the DepEd Adopt-a-School Program (ASP), strengthen community support for continuous learning, expand and extend voluntary services on the ASP, and establish partnership agreement in the implementation of programs such as but not limited to ASP.
To ensure efficient and effective implementation of the project, the DepEd will provide guidance and directions, coordinate with PAFCPIC-donor and BLGU Wangwang, and KNHS and other related obligations contained in the MOA.
The PAFCPIC will pay the labor and material cost of the building in the amount of more than P16.6 million to the contractor, execute a deed of donation in favor of the KNHS for the completed project, submit all pertinent documents, and render periodic assessment of the project as deemed necessary.
The BLGU and community of Wangwang shall execute laws and ordinances applicable in the school for the safety of the donated project, provide DepEd with monitoring and inventory reports and information, and undertake other duties and responsibilities.
The 54th IB shall also provide assistance in the labor and ensure safety and security of individual while the ALFA ALFA Construction build the two-storey school building to be completed not more than 365 days after works commenced.
For the KNHS, to properly use and take care of the donated school building, and to sustain the usability and proper reporting and inventory of the donated books in the DepEd Partnership Data Base System.
Barangay Wangwang is among the beneficiaries of the whole of nation approach program of the government to end local communist armed conflict. (JDP/MBL- PIA CAR, Ifugao)
