BGY. MANUALI, Porac, Pampanga :President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday instructed Education Secretary Jesli Lapus to provide funding for the construction of a two-classroom school building here.
The Chief Executive issued the instruction during a site inspection for the new school building. She also told the Lapus to source personnel who would work as teachers from this remote village.
In an interview, Lapus said that funds were readily available for the construction of the school building.
He said the P1.2-million needed to put up the two classrooms would be processed so that construction could start immediately.
The classrooms, measuring 7x7 meters each, would soon provide a suitable learning venue for elementary school students.
Also joining the President were DepEd Region III Director Mario Ramirez and local government officials led by Pampanga Rep. Carmelo Lazatin, CORD 3 Ed Pamintuan, Presidential Management Staff Director General Hermogenes Esperon and Manuali Barangay Captain Fernando de Leon.
