The Department of Education assured that it will continue to support schools that are located in far-flung areas after its Last Mile Schools Program marked a milestone with the first-ever completed school in Eastern Visayas.
DepEd unveiled its first-ever completed Last Mile School in Eastern Visayas during a turnover ceremony in Calbiga, Samar last month. Meanwhile, DepEd Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del B. Pascua stressed that funding must be allocated to Last Mile Schools like Patong National High School , which has classrooms and roofs made of sala-sala, bamboo, sawali, nipa, and pan-aw, and have unpaved flooring.Aside from the building, Pascua said that the school will also receive furniture, the system for solar power, and water which are the “essential elements of the last mile school.
Bonga National High School Principal Wilma Montejo also shared the status of the undergoing construction of one concrete school building with four classrooms to replace their six makeshift classrooms.