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P1 B for DepEd’s restoration of heritage sch bldgs
By J.Lo
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will spend over P1 billion will be spent for restoration and conservation of hundreds of heritage school buildings in the Philippines.
In news release, DBM has approved P1.134-billion Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for Department of Education (DepEd) to restore 654 classrooms in 83 heritage schools nationwide.
SARO includes necessary improvements for restoration of Gabaldon schoolhouses, which are school buildings put up during Americsan colonial period.
SARO is in accordance with special provision in 2024 national budget that complies with Republic Act 11194 or Gabaldon School Buildings Conservation Act, which state that heritage school buildings, including Gabaldon school buildings, must be preserved and restored as part of the country’s cultural conservation efforts.
Gabaldon schoolhouses, built between 1907 and 1946 under colonial regime of Americans, are noted for their architecture, mimics traditional Filipino bahay kubo and bahay na bato.
Around 2,045 Gabaldon schoolhouses remain in the country today.
Schools are named after the late lawmaker Isauro Gabaldon, who authored Gabaldon Act of 1907 or Republic Act 1801, provided for P1 million for construction of school buildings in every municipality in the country.
Restoration process of Gabaldon schoolhouses includes site improvements such as school ground site leveling and grading.
Infrastructure improvement also includes removal of obstructions and unsafe structures around the Gabaldon buildings.
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