Multi-purpose civic center to rise in CSF

Facility to spark ‘Metro San Fernando’ roadmap

ITY OF SAN FERNANDO - “A growth area where can live, play, work, retire and have fun.”

This was how Mayor Edwin Santiago described the establishment of the city’s civic center in an 11.3-hectare compound north of this capital city in Barangay San Isidro.

Santiago, who led the groundbreaking ceremonies yesterday morning,

17,988 for Grade 1; 6,641 for Grade 7; and 3,056 for Grade 11 as of January 28.

The agency implemented the early registration every Saturday in anticipation of the influx of enrollees coming from other schools in nearby places, according to Torno.

“Especially with us since we are near Manila and other regions like Region I and Region II, many transfer to our schools,” she said.

The early registration will continue until February 22.

With the big number of students for the 2019 school-year, Torno disclosed that there will be shifting of classes in some areas in the region because of “lack of classrooms.”

In some schools in Central Luzon, there will be two shifts of classes – 6:00 am to 12:00 noon and 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm — to accommodate all of the students, the DepEd official said.

Torno said the backlog in the number of classrooms has increased in Central Luzon because of the slow implementation of school building projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways ( DPWH) .

“We fund the project but the implementor is the DPWH, it is in the law,” the DepEd official added.

Some 11,373 classrooms in the entire Central Luzon need to be completed by the DPWH, Torno sai d.

“For the classroom needs, our backlog the DPWH needs to address is 11,373 regionwide.”