Ifugao school board okays P19M budget

By Marcelo B. Lihgawon

LAMUT, Ifugao -- The second Special Education Fund (SEF) supplemental budget was  approved recently to improve education programs.

 Officials of the  provincial school board (PSB) led by Gov. Eugene Balitang unanimously approved the P19,562,186.43 SEF during a meeting of the PSB.

The amount was constituted from the one percent additional real property tax paid by SN/Aboitiz Power (SNAP) Inc. to the provincial government after the court ruled last July on the basis of agreement entered into between and among the provincial local government unit of Ifugao and Isabela.

Furthermore, the approved amount will cover the Department of Education (DepEd) programs and activities, infrastructure projects and other expenditures in pursuit of quality education.

Infrastructure component will focus on the repairs and improvement of different schools facilities provincewide.

Earlier, the PSB had approved the amount of P6.752-million as SEF annual budget for the salaries and wages of mobile teachers from January to March and July to December 2012 and for the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (CARAA) meet.