On October 6, 2022, the people of Barangay Lun Padidu in Malapatan, Sarangani Province were jolted awake by the sound of sirens from speeding fire trucks. The Bureau of Fire Protection had reported a raging fire at Lun Padidu Central Elementary School, and eleven classrooms were quickly consumed, along with all the furniture, TVs, chairs, tables, and reading materials. In the face of this disaster, the community sprang into action, grabbing pails to put out the fire with water, showing the true spirit of Bayanihan. But despite their efforts, the damage was extensive, and the school's future hung in the balance. Thankfully, the Sarangani Division and the local government of Malapatan immediately took swift action to help the affected school, recognizing the importance of education for their community's children.  Various organizations and individuals stepped in to fill the gaps left by the fire, providing support to ensure that learning would not be disrupted. Despite the chall

Staying true to the commitment of the Schools Division of Sarangani to improving reading skills among its learners and with a goal of achieving functional literacy for all students according to their grade levels, the Curriculum and Implementation Division, together with Save the Children, has launched the Catch-up Clubs (CuCs) Project. In SY 2022-2023, with the return of the full in-person classes, DepEd Sarangani and Save the Children signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote and protect children's right to quality education. This project is aimed at providing reading remediation to upper primary grade students (Grades 4-6) who have been affected by the pandemic and supports the Division Reading Program Implementation and the 3Bs initiative or the "Hamon: Bawat Bata Bumabasa" and the Brigada Pagbasa of DepEd. The program employs a fun-based learning approach and incorporates play-based social and emotional learning activities.  To support the implementation of the

Learners at Tangali Integrated School in North Malungon district will soon experience digital learning as the Department of Education Region XII turned over 170 tablets that they could use in their classes. As part of DepEd's basic education learning continuity plan, DepEd XII procured tablets to be distributed to identified schools in the region, with a preference for schools in far-flung areas, whose learners are usually deprived of learning opportunities enjoyed by learners in more accessible schools. The tablets contain digitized self-learning modules and stories that are intended to support the development of the learners' reading skills and address the unavailability of books and other reading materials. The Schools Division of Sarangani has committed to enhancing the learners' use of said tablets by adding interactive learning materials such as automated quizzes and videos that are currently being developed. Assistant Regional Director Rebonfamil R. Baguio, Schools D

Leaders of the different Indigenous Cultural Communities in Sarangani, led by Indigenous People Mandatory Representative Fred Basino and Provincial Tribal Chieftain Datu Edmund Pangilan, gathered in Upo, Maitum, Sarangani Province to renew their support for the implementation of IP education during the culmination program of IP Month celebration dubbed as Kasbakas, October 20. Kasbakas is a Blaan word that is used to mean working together or unity. The theme of the celebration, "Kasaysayan, Karunungan, at Wika ng mga Katutubong Pamayanan: Mga Saligan ng Katutubong Pagkakakilanlan at Tulay Tungo sa Inklusibong Kaunlaran," recognizes the wealth of the Indigenous Cultural Communities' history, knowledge, and language and their role as foundations of cultural identity and as a means for achieving inclusive growth. According to the Division IPEd Coordinator Melchor Maguan that the Schools Division of Sarangani is aiming to build Cultural Heritage Learning Centers (CHLCs).  The

In support of the celebration of the Global Handwashing Day, the SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers a.k.a. Sox Bloggers conducted an event called Fun Day with the Kids of Pag-asa Integrated School, today, October 13, 2022. Sox Bloggers is a community of bloggers, vloggers, and social media influencers who are creating content to show the “real image” of SOCCSKSARGEN to the world and help promote local businesses, events, places, and activities. For their project SPOT (Service. Partnership. Outreach. Thanksgiving.) the Sox Bloggers partnered with International Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IPI), which donated over 100 hygiene kits, containing Bioderm soap bars and Casino Rubbing alcohol, for the learners of Pag-asa IS. Bloggers Jake Claudius Clave and Michael Carbon facilitated fun games with the kids, while Chiclet Rillo taught the kids proper handwashing and the importance of good hygiene practices. “Aside from proper hygiene, we also think that kids should develop the habit of hydration at a young age.

A month before the targeted return of 100% in-person classes this school year, learners at Lun Padidu Central Elementary School may have to extend its blended learning delivery modality after a fire razed nine classrooms to the ground and severely burned two others just before midnight of October 6. The affected classrooms were used to be occupied by 461 grade one and grade two learners. RUINS. A fire incident at Lun Padidu Central Elementary School razed nine classrooms to the ground and severely damaged two others on the night of October 6, 2022, displacing 461 learners. Expecting that the construction of new classroom buildings would take time, the Schools Division Office of Sarangani announced that funding will be made available to build 12 temporary learning spaces. “I have already informed our finance personnel to set aside funds for the temporary learning spaces for the learners of Lun Padidu Central Elementary School, while waiting for new classrooms from the Central Office,”

Nakipag-ugnayan ang tanggapan ng Philippine Statistics Authority sa pamunuan ng Malalag Cogon Elementary School upang magsagawa ng libreng “late registration” ng sertipiko ng kapanganakan ng kanilang mga mag-aaral. Isa sa mga rekisito tuwing enrollment ang birth certificate na madalas ay hindi naisusumite ng ilang mga magulang. Dahil sa layo ng tanggapan ng PSA, karamihan sa kanila ay hindi nakakakuha ng kopya ng PSA-authenticated birth certificate. Ang ilan naman ay hindi talaga nakakapagrehistro ng kanilang mga anak. 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘭𝘫𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 Ayon kay Eljon Geonzon Buan, Registration Supervisor ng Malungon, dahil dito, sinisikap nilang makatulong sa mga magulang at magampanan din ang kanilang mandato. “Ginawa po naming ito para sa mga hindi nakakapunta sa ating opisina para sa registration. Kami na po mismo ang kusang lumalapit sa kanila," aniya. “Target po naming na mapuntahan ang lahat ng paaralan sa Malungo

The construction of a three-classroom building at Likon Elementary School is expected to begin soon, after the groundbreaking ceremony that was held there yesterday, August 17. "It’s a dream come true indeed! Finally, Likon Elementary School will have its own concrete classroom building very soon," Likon ES administration posted on their social media page. School head Bryan Ramirez is thankful to Friends of Hope Foundation, Inc., and Vita Coco for realizing the school's eight-year dream of having its own school building. Senior Education Program Specialist Romeo L. Martin of DepEd Sarangani Social Mobilization and Networking section was present at the groundbreaking ceremony along with April Barrientos representing Friends of Hope Foundation, District Supervisor Johnny Bantulo, Noel Morido from the municipal LGU, and representatives from the Barangay Council of Domolok, Alabel. Friends of Hope Foundation has been a long-time partner of DepEd Sarangani in providing classro

Sarangani is poised to win another set of awards on the national level -- this time, from the 2022 National Literacy Awards. For their contributions to the improvement of literacy, the Municipality of Malungon and the Conrado and Ladislawa Alcantara Foundation, Inc. (CLAFI) were chosen as the representatives of Region XII-SOCCSKSARGEN for outstanding local government unit and outstanding literacy program, respectively, in the National Literacy Awards 2022. The Municipality of Malungon has been actively supporting the programs of DepEd Sarangani through its ICAN in Education (Innovation and Collaboration in Attaining No Limitation in Education) Program. During the pandemic, the LGU of Malungon established the One Malungon Radio, which helped bridge education through tele-RBI or Radio-Based Instruction. Meanwhile, CLAFI has been a constant partner of the Division of Sarangani in various programs and projects, especially through its Summer Big Brother, a volunteer-led reading program, whi

The provincial local government unit of Sarangani turned over 100 antennas to DepEd Sarangani in support of the implementation of LRonWHEeLS. Photo by Joel Andres Provincial Administrator Atty. Ryan Jay Ramos led the turnover of the antennas amounting to Php 150,000.00 during the flag-raising ceremony at the provincial capitol, Alabel, Sarangani Province. DepEd Sarangani was represented by Education Program Supervisor Judith B. Alba and Information Technology Officer Roy J. Detoyato, lead implementers of the project. LRonWHEeLS stands for Learning Resources on WiFi Hub for Expanded e-Learning in Sarangani, an innovation of the Division of Sarangani during the pandemic when learners could not attend classes in school. It uses a local wireless network to connect learners’ gadgets to a learning management system. LRonWHEeLS is being implemented in over 50 schools in the Division of Sarangani and has been replicated in other provinces and cities in the country like Batangas, Baguio City, Z

More learners in Sarangani will now have access to technology-aided learning as Smart Communications turned over School-in-a-Bag packages to seven IPEd implementing schools in the province in a ceremony held at the Kasfala Hall, Provincial Capitol Compound in Alabel last February 23. PARTNERSHIP FOR IP LEARNERS . Smart Communications through Haydee Bernabe (center) turned over School-in-a-Bag packages to DepEd Sarangani. The Division IPEd focal person Melchor Maguan and Provincial Tribal Council accepted the donation during a ceremony held at the Kasfala Hall, Provincial Capitol, Alabel, Sarangani Province on February 23. Each School-in-a-Bag package contains a laptop, 10 tablets with care bags, 10 64GB micro SD cards, pocket WiFi, flash drive, Smart load worth P500, and Oyayi learning materials and teacher’s guides. The recipient schools are Wata-wanan IP School in Maitum, Falel Kesbung IP School in Kiamba, Datal Basak IP Integrated School in Maasim, Kibac Integrated School in Alabel,

Sitio Datal Basak may not always be visible in the eyes of the people in the flatlands, but it is never forgotten.   Cradled by the mountains of Maasim, Sarangani Province, and usually wrapped in thick mist, Sitio Datal Basak is home to a community of Blaans who rely on farming for their sustenance. Once sullied by the presence of a left-leaning organization, the establishment of the DepEd-run Datal Basak IP School and the road project, connected the once-isolated community to imminent progress.   Although it remains unenergized, the community relies on solar power to provide light at night. The solar power system donated to the school by its partners is an opportunity that the Schools Division of Sarangani took advantage of to realize one of its projects to help learners in last-mile schools. Beyond learning continuity At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Education in Sarangani has always had as one of its priorities the continuation of learning in the far-flung co

The Local Government of Sarangani has committed to support Radio-Based Instruction, one of the learning delivery modalities to be implemented in the Division of Sarangani, by giving 5000 radio units. This was discussed in a meeting with Atty. Ryan Ramos, Chief-of-Staff of Congressman Ruel Pacquiao on September 24.  Radio-Based Instruction will be implemented alongside the Dynamic Learning Program, which is seen to minimize expenses on self-learning modules.  "Instead of printing modules, teachers will only be printing learning activity sheets (LAS), which is much cheaper than printing complete self-learning modules," says Curriculum and Instruction Division Chief Donna S. Panes.   Orientations on the preparation of LAS have been conducted in the different districts.  The radio units will also be accompanied with flash drives containing recorded lessons.  "The learners will be able to replay the lesson for as many times as they want until they understand the lesson,"

DepEd Sarangani receives 22 boxes of bond paper from Smart Foundation for the Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) Program. In Photo: ALIVE Program Focal Person Bedaria Tan receives 22 boxes of bond paper from Smart Foundation through Celito Terando, Program Manager of Sulong Tribu Program of the Sarangani Provincial Governor's Office  The paper will be used for the printing of Learning Activity Sheets (LAS) of the CVIF- Dynamic Learning Program (DLP), which DepEd Sarangani has been implenting.  Initially implemented at the Central Visayas Institute Foundation, CVIF-DLP is an alternative approach in teaching that develops independent learners through validated learning activity sheets. This teaching pedagody is designed to be disaster-resilient and low-cost, which could work best in the new normal teaching-learning setup, where there is very little teacher intervention due to social distancing protocols. "With the support from Smart, we can reproduc

Sarangani was featured in today's episode of "Handang Isip, Handa Bukas!" press briefing with DepEd Sec. Leonor Magtolis-Briones. Board Member Bascuña and CID Chief Donna S. Panes joins the virtual Press Briefing with Sec. Leonor Magtolis-Briones Board Member Jess C. Bascuña, Chairperson, Committee on Education, Science and Technology of Sarangani Province represented Gov. Steve Chiongbian-Solon in said press briefing. Hon. Bascuña highlighted the partnership between DepEd Sarangani, the local government units, and other stakeholders in preparation for the different learning delivery modalities. DepEd Sarangani's innovation, LR on WHEeLS or Learning Resources on WiFi Hub for Expanded e-Learning caught the admiration of DepEd officials as well as of the viewers. "With the continuing support and commitment of our stakeholders, the Department of Education will always do the best we can to make sure that education continues in Sarangani. We can make it happen in th

MEETING WITH MAYORS . SDS Gildo G. Mosqueda and CID Chief Donna S. Panes discuss with the mayors of Sarangani details on the preparations for the opening of classes. Local government units of Sarangani have expressed support for DepEd Sarangani’s innovation on alternative learning delivery, LR on WHEeLS (Learning Resources on WiFi Hub for Expanded e-Learning in Sarangani). “The provincial school board has allotted P2-Million pesos for the purchase of LR on WHEeLS packages for 40 identified schools in the division,” Marife Gomez, Program Manager of Sulong Karunungan announced during the meeting of the Mayors’ League Sarangani, August 13 at Sun City Suites. “Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon has ordered to fast-track the purchase the first 10 packages for field testing,” Gomez added. The recipient schools were chosen based on the LR on WHEeLS decision-making tool, which factors in data on the number of learners with gadgets, size and household density of the school community, availability of t