ROXAS CITY, Capiz (PIA) -- Various education stakeholders conveyed their support and commitment for the School Maintenance Week or Brigada Eskwela 2023 from Aug. 14 to 19, 2023 in the various public schools in the province.

Department of Education Superintendents Dr. Roel F. Bermejo and Dr. Miguel Mac Aposin of the Schools Division Offices of Roxas City and Capiz, respectively, led the division kick off of the Brigada Eskwela ahead of the week-long campaign which will bring together education stakeholders to participate and contribute their time, effort, and resources to prepare public school facilities for the opening of the school year.

“To the men and women of the DepEd, hold on to our words, my word as representative of the parents. We will do our share, we will not only support but we will cooperate and deliver as expected,” said Division Federated Parents Teachers Association (PTA) president lawyer Rexter C. Tupaz.

The SDO Capiz kick off in the gym of Capiz National High School (CNHS) here, was graced by DepEd Central Office Project Development Officer and Capiceno Rolly V. Soriano.

“We are so lucky that Gov. Castro’s priority is education and health,” Reyes stressed, adding that a lot of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects were constructed in public schools provincewide through the Local School Board.

She is an alumna of CNHS and the school’s batch valedictorian.

Rural Bank and the Manila Teachers Mutual Aid System, Inc., among others, also expressed their support towards a quality learning environment in public schools.

For his part, Dr. Bermejo noted that the Roxas City government thru its local school board has allocated a budget for the feeding program on top of the DepEd’s supplemental feeding initiative to ensure proper nutrition of school-aged children.

“Education is everybody’s responsibility and we are glad that a sense of community is felt in Roxas City as our LGU officials, parents, and employees as officials of the private sector, non-government organizations, foundations are helping to ensure that each public school pupil will receive a quality education through our support,” he added. (AGP/AAL/PIA Capiz)