Students, teachers pitch in to build more classrooms under DepEd’s TEN Moves

Another two-story, four-classroom schoolbuilding will be funded by TEN Moves at the Angelico Medina Memorial Elementary School in Iligan. Both schools are located near relocation sites for evacuees of Typhoon Sendong that wrought havoc to the country in December 2011.

Bayanihang Pampaaralan, the mother campaign of TEN Moves, reports the total number of classrooms pledged as of May 31 counts to 2,741 classrooms, of which 880 have already been built.

Luistro said some 17 public elementary and secondary schools, including the University of the Philippines College of Education have started the bandwagon of pooling resources to build more classrooms.

“These students and teachers have come up with novel ways of pooling resources, driven by the spirit to help one another by building classrooms for others,” Luistro said.

In one of the collection schemes, some seven teachers and 150 students dropped their loose change from their baon (allowance) in a tin can every day.

“Mapalad kami at may mga nadating sa aming resources so we share, kasi nakikita naman natin sa news na madaming school ang nangangailangan talaga,” said Lorrain Sangalang, principal of Suqui Elementary School in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.

In Pinagkawitan National High School in Lipa, Batangas, TEN Moves coordinator Joan Lonina said they agreed to collect every month from the faculty and school staff who were divided into three groups, each with five to six members.

“Kinakailangan po talagang magtulungan kaya okay ang TEN Moves!” she said.

Published in the Business Mirror,  http://businessmirror.com.ph/component/content/article/30-education/29598-students-teachers-pitch-in-to-build-more-classrooms-under-depeds-ten-moves ;  08 July 2012