Dulag ES to offer Grade 7 school level next year

 

By Lou Ellen Antonio

ILIGAN CITY (PIA) --The Dulag Elementary School (ES) is set to offer Grade 7 next year, according to Iligan Schools Division Superintendent (SDS) Roy Angelo Gazo.  

During the turn-over ceremony of Project Kahinyas and the community outreach program in Dulag ES, Gazo shared the good news for the graduating pupils of the said school. 

“Dugay na na nangandaoy kita na naa tay high school dinhi. Nagplano kita na sumpayan sunod tuig sa umaabot na pag-abre sa klase, sumpayan na ang Grade 6 ug mag-offer na kita ug Grade 7, aron dili na mulakaw ang inyong Grade 6 na mugraduate karong tuiga,” he said. 

[We have been wishing we had a high school here for a long time. We plan to continue the school level next year with the upcoming class opening. We will offer Grade 7 so that your Grade 6 graduates will not have to leave this school.]

Gazo said they have planned to provide additional classrooms in the said school and encouraged the parents to be eager to enroll their children in Grade 7.  

The SDS said that this is not just the effort of the Department of Education alone but the collaborative effort of the local government units and barangay officials.

School principal Frexie Maruhom was delighted with the project since their graduates will no longer have to enroll in Grade 7 in Barangay Lanipao which is 4.5 kilometers away. 

“Nalipay kaayo ko na sa giingon ni SDS, ana siya na next year sugdan na jud ang formal na highschool diri. Sa Nabantayan nako na ang bata gamay kaayo makasurvive sa high school tungod ang bata gikan diri sa Dulag mubaklay paingon sa Lanipao naay high school didto. Ang disatansya ani 4.5 km ang baklayon plus ang ilang residence mga 5 km,” he said. 

[I am very happy with what SDS said, that formal high school here will start next year. I have observed that only a few can survive in high school because the child from Dulag will walk to Lanipao for high school. The distance is 4.5 km plus their residence is about 5 km.] 

According to Maruhom, there are 216 pupils enrolled for this school year. (LELA/ PIA Iligan City)