Yap: More classrooms to be built in Benguet towns

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – More classrooms are needed in Benguet and for this, Rep. Eric Yap said he was working out allocation of P200 million for these in the province.
    The budget will cover school buildings that will be built in Tacadang, Kibungan, Bangao, Buguias; Kapangan; Itogon, Tuba among others.
    Yap said funds for said school buildings range from P25 million to P40 million as earlier requested by the education department following reports on damages to school facilities because of Typhoon "Egay."
Establishment of conducive learning environment for children and exposing them to sports that will mold them to become well-rounded leaders in the future, he added.
     Education, the congressman said, is the best inheritance that parents and guardians could give their children because it cannot be easily taken away from them and at the same time they could use the same to become productive citizens of the country through various activities that will uplift the living condition of their families in the future.
    Yap said he will source out funds to sustain implementation of high impact development projects in the province.

Projects include especially the rehabilitation, upgrading, opening, and construction of roads in remote villages.