THE SM Foundation and SM Prime turned over a newly built two-story school building to Sta. Barbara Central Elementary School in Zamboanga City, which was heavily ravaged during the Zamboanga siege in 2013. School principal Anna Liza Martin says that none of the three multi-story school buildings of Sta.
THE SM Group, through SM Prime and SM Foundation, turned over a newly built two-story school building to Sta. Barbara Central Elementary School in Zamboanga City.
As the campus fell under the control of the insurgents who barricaded themselves inside the classrooms, all school facilities were either completely demolished or considered dangerous to use for everyday classes. “Six of us teachers had to follow them there so that we can teach them because those schools can barely accommodate them and we did not want them to lose any more school days,” Yusop says.
“I remember one specific instance when, in one of our makeshift classrooms in a host campus, there was an explosion, but it was just an electric fuse box. I remember how the learners ran scared and crying. That was the toll on them. It was not only about losing school days, but it was also about their mental health,” she says.Going back to the campus after the month-long attacks, they found almost nothing to build from and the memories of the attacks scattered all around them.
SM Foundation Executive Director for Education Carmen Linda Atayde, SM Mindpro Mall Manager Aileen Ann Enriquez, SM Mindpro OIC and Assistant Mall Manager Jodie Durens, Dr. Basilio Uy, Acting Chief for School Governance and Operation, Department of Education -Zamboanga City, Sta. Barbara Central Elementary School Principal III Anna Liza Martin, and Parents-Teachers Association president Nidznalyn Kasim led the turnover of the new school building.
They also furnished the classrooms with 25 left-handed armchairs, which were made by the PWD community in Manila, as well as facilities that can cater PWD learners and teachers.Sta. Barbara Central School caters to almost 3,000 enrollees, 99 percent of whom are Muslim learners from nearby Barangays Sta. Barbara, Rio Hondo, Marique, and Kasanyagan.
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