Friday, May 24, 2013

DepEd cites media help in growth of Brigada Eskwela


DAVAO CITY May 24 (PIA)- An official of the Department of Education in the region has cited the help of media outfits in helping to foster the growth of the decade-old Brigada Eskwela.

The official said that media’s help in reporting and promoting the event has increased the acceptance and awareness of the project by the community.

The project is a nationwide community activity which aims to spruce up public school classrooms before the opening of classes.

Volunteers help clean classrooms and school grounds, repaint schools, repair school furniture free-of-charge, working under the spirit of volunteerism.

Dodong Atillo, spokesperson of the DepEd-XI said that Brigada Eskwela 2013 in Region XI  had  146,654 volunteers these adds to about 586,616 working hours or a labor cost amounting to P22.07-million. Resources generated from the activity were pegged at P6.163-million.

Atillo said that the growth of the number of volunteers for the Brigada has been skyrocketing estimating to be 80-90% per year.

He said that bankers, businessmen, uniformed personnel have even joined the Brigada. Even parents of schoolchildren who once were not keen on joining the activities are now actively involved in the project.

Even private schools are adopting the Brigada Eskwela concept for their own institutions, Atillo said.

“We saw the maturity level of the public particularly in acceptance and in volunteering for the work is steadily rising.” Atillo said unlike in the past when they were so intense in promoting Brigada, now it has somewhat tapered off as the community is now more aware and is very receptive to the project.

He attributes much of these to media’s positive reporting which aside from reportage some media companies are also joining the Brigada as volunteers. (RG Alama/PIA-XI)

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