Mapantao Primary School: School of Little Dreamers
State of the School Address
of Principal Merhana D. Rataban
of Mapantao Primary School
Saguiaran-2, Lanao del Sur-1
March 29, 2018
Our Barangay Chairman Honorable Kiram Adar Cabugatan, Brgy. kagawad Hon. Nasser Hadji Salem, PTCA officials headed by Mrs. Mariam Hadji Salem, Division Representative Education Program Supervisor Atty. Junaid G. Saligoin Jr., District Supervisor Dr. Norhanifah T. Angin, District Coordinator Maam Samia Amaikorot, Teachers, Parents, Pupils, Friends and visitors, Good Morning and assalamo alaikom.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 1st State of the Address of Mapantao Primary School.
The word “Mapanatao” means highly elevated place, it’s about 100ft above the sea level. The neighboring surrounded barangays are nicely seen when you are there. A one lane concrete road was constructed during the time of late Governor Mamintal Tamano as Provincial Governor of Lanao del Sur but until this time it was not completed. This school was established in June 1986 (32 years). There are two school buildings in the said school.
1. Bagong Lipunan Type II, which was constructed in the year 1986 composed of 3 rooms (needs major repair),
2. DepEd School Building (Standard), constructed in the year 2012 composed of 2 rooms. These two buildings were donated to us by our very active and supportive Brgy. Chairman and his Family.
Moving on to the accomplishment of our school, increasing rate of enrollees is one of the accomplishment of our school, for the past school year we have 104 enrolled pupils and now we have 121 number of pupils so it shows na nag increase po ito. And it is because of the Early Enrolment Campaign, Home-Visitation and the Feeding Program of Gawad Kalinga. Double benefits din po ito para sa ating paaralan dahil maliban sa pag increase ng enrolment ay nakatulong din po ito sa mga malnourish na mga bata.
And then, on the aspects of performance indicators on access and quality the school gain high rating. The promotion rate was successfully maintained at 100%. The school also keep the zero dropout rate for the past 3 years.
In terms on stakeholder’s participation. Alhamdulillah 99% are supporting and cooperating with all school activities and programs.
And this year Alhamdulillah, nagkaroon na kami ng Comfort Room which is isa sa mga problema namin before. For the first time na may nakarating dito sa amin na Non-Government Organization (NGO) - ito po ay ang ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - nag donate po sila sa atin ng CR consist of 4 rooms, 2 para sa mga babae and the other 2 para sa mga lalake. And not only that, nag donate din sila ng water pump which is napakalaki po ng naitulong nito hindi lang sa school natin kundi sa buong community, dahil ang main source of water ng mga tao dito sa ating community ay rain catchment.
Future Plan.
In sha Allah, for the next school year among our priority improvement in terms sa academic ng mga bata ay: 1st will be about Reading specially on Grade 2 pupils; 2nd, more trainings and seminars for the teachers para mas ma enhance pa ang knowledge nila sa pagtuturo sa mga bata to gain more techniques and strategies in teaching the learners.
And on the Physical Aspect.
Insha Allah we are planning to repaint our building para mas maging attractive ito sa mga bata, second will be magpapatayo kami ulit ng panibagong fence dahil as you can see sira na yong fence natin sa labas, because of the two typhoon (Urduja and Vinta) that hit Mindanao, especially Lanao Del Sur, so ongoing na po siya step by step lang dahil mahirap maiakyat dito yong mga materials na gagamitin like yung bamboo. And lastly, insha Allah, we’re also planning to change our flagpole to a cemented metal pole from a bamboo pole.
Insha Allah unti-unti po natin aabutin ang mga improvement plan natin dahil hindi natin pwede biglain o madaliin ito. Sa tulong ng mga Barangay officials, the stakeholders and the community as a whole, ay maabot din natin lahat ng plano natin para sa ating paaralan.
As a present school principal of Mapantao Primary School Insha allah, I will do all my best to duties and responsibilities together with my co-teachers. Gagawin namin ang lahat ng aming makakaya para sa bright future ng ating mga mag-aaral at para sa ikauunlad ng Mapantao Primary School.
When we work together, we can achieve great thing
Thank you very much. (End)
