Primicias Calls LGUs, Others to Build Gym in Every Village

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Here’s for the School Division Offices (SDO) of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the country.

The visionary head of the 15, 000 strong teachers of DepEd Pangasinan-1 exhorted the local government units (LGU) in the barangays and towns in Pangasinan to contribute sums for the construction of a gymnasium to every public school in the barangays.

“Iyon ang problema. Iyong mga bata wala sila mapuntahan na paglaruan kasi wala silang bubong kasi limited lang ang classroom. Tapos graduation nila mainit,” newly appointed acting School Division Office Superintendent Sheila Marie Angeles-Primicias, CESO VI, told subordinates and the 22 town mayors and their representatives during her recent State of the Division Address (SODA) held at the DepEd Division Office here.

 TOP EXEC. Department of Education - Pangasinan 1 Acting School Division Office (SDO) Superintendent Sheila Marie Angeles-Primicias, CESO VI, answers questions from reporters after her recent State of the Division Address (SODA) held at the SDO in Capital Town Lingayen, Pangasinan.

Encouraged by her experience as acting City SDO in the mammoth San Carlos City when she buoyed up 12 barangay chairmen, the mayor, and stakeholders there to build gymnasium that cost P1 million to P1.5 million each.

“Ibig sabihin noon iyong IRA ng mga barangay makipag tulungan ang mga barangay. So what they will do for the IRA they will build posts, then the mayor will take care of the bubong. Kasi mas ma multiply nga iyong funds for example share ng IRA ng LGU”.

When asked that the yearly Internal Revenue Allotments (IRA) of the village LGU from the national government is limited, Primicias cited that the endeavor is by phases through the cooperation of the village and their officials, solicitation from the alumni of the school there, and other means like fundraising.

Dr. Primicias during her State of the Division Address.

She told this laudable project to the 22 mayors from central Pangasinan to western Pangasinan during her courtesy calls to them when she was appointed as SDO acting superintendent in September 18, 2019.

“So ang gagawin ko ay follow up na lang. The initial step kung ano na ang mangyayari. Definetely, I will have a convergence of stakeholders sa mga barangay councils para marami sila matutunan,” she stressed.

Primicias, a school principal at age 25, said she told barangay officials to consult the specifications of the materials to the town officials before they construct the posts.

Meantime, just like the feat she  did to the City School Division Office in San Carlos by steering it to become the first full certified International Standardization for Organization (ISO) in the Philippines, she minted the SDO here in just 50 days from her target of 60 days.

It was her response to the national government’s Executive Order No. 605 of 2007 directing all government agencies to adopt the ISO standards as part of the implementation of the government-wide quality management program.

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