Madaya ES started out in private houses
MAGUING, Lanao del Sur: If there is one school that started virtually from nothing, it is this school located within DepEd-ARMM District 2 of Maguing, Lanao del Sur –I division.
Formerly Madaya Primary School, it first started holding classes for its learners in private houses of the community - no building of its own. It started to grow until it reached its present status as an elementary school.
Ms. Norhina Comaradang, principal of Madaya Elementary School, told her audience when she delivered in Filipino language her State of the School Address (SOSA) on Tuesday, March 27, that the school was just an ordinary primary school sometime ago which had only one teacher and had no DepEd building. So the head teacher, she said referring to herself, worked hard to provide the need of the learners and borrowed private houses for the teachers and learners when it became an elementary school.
Comaradang, an LlB graduate, pointed out: “Today, we have one DepEd building with three classrooms but it is still not enough to accommodate the pupils, and private houses are still being used by the other three teachers.”
Comaradang said they have eight brilliant active teachers who are all LET passers except one “whom we call sister and mother because we get advice from her and she is about to retire.” She said three of the teachers hold Masteral degrees.
She said almost all the teachers are residing in Barangay Madaya so that very seldom they are late in their classes.
She said the school has a Vision and a Mission in accordance with the Unified Vision and Mission of the whole of DepEd in the entire country which is K-12 Unified Mission, Vision’s Core Values.
Accomplishment:
Comaradang also bared awards and accomplishments received by the school:
Year 2015. Level 1 in NAT Champion in English Spelling Bee; 1st Runner-Up in English Quiz Bee in the Division English wizard; Outstanding Principal (2014) given by the MLGU; awarded as Ethnic Dancer of the Year (District level -2015)
She also bared the following: PhP170,000 was given by Mayor Molok for the concrete compound; Steel Flagpole from the PTCA P8,000.00; concrete playground from Barangay chairman amounting to P30.000.00; School Gate Signage worth P10,000.00 from the Vice Mayor Jamal Pangandaman Abinal and Barangay chairmen Sultan Acob Bonsalagan Vice Gambao Abinal Prizes during the 2017 beauty pageant P5,000.00 from Mayor, Vinta typhoon P5,000.00 for some minor damage from the Vice Mayor.
Finished Program and project Accomplishment:
56 children not in school were given free bags and educational school supplies during enrollment by the PTCA.
42 learners in Grade 2 non-readers belong to frustration level up reading reproduction of reading material are from PTCA Barangay chairman worth P30,000.00.
Comaradang said teachers went on house to house advocacy and found out 56 children who were not in school and identified three reasons why: 1. Low family Income; 2. Educational Attainment of the parents; 3. Child labor.
Solutions provided are: Free bags, school supplies during enrollment and follow up after every grading period.
P50,000.00 from PTCA, mayor, vice mayor and BLGU
41 learners in Grade 2 belong to slow Learners;> Remedial class every Friday and Saturday> reproduction of reading materials P30,000.00 from PTCA and BLGU.
INCOMING PROJECTS: She said they need toilets for teachers, male and female pupils respectively.
Comaradang hope that all those who did their best in helping the school improved for the sake of thei children continue to do so.
The affair was graced by municipal mayor Mamaulan Mohammad Ryan Abinal Molok, Vice Mayor datu jamal Pangandaman Abinal, Municipal administrator ,engr. Mamondiong gurar , MIO Engr. Ayobkhan H. Zainoden, Municipal Budget officer Soliman H. Nasser, Education Program Supervisor of LDS 1 Dr. Boniara Usngan Mustapha, the very active friend of education superior Cadidia L. Minirigue of Maguing 1, teachers, parents and other stakeholders. - RYO/RSP
