In time for the
school year opening, SM Prime through SM Foundation turned over a fully
furnished two-storey building to the President Manuel Roxas Memorial Integrated
School-South in Roxas City, Western Visayas.
The 104th school
building made through the collaboration is built in accordance with
specifications set by the Department of Education (DepEd). It holds four
classrooms, each furnished with desks, chairs for left-handed students, toilets
per classroom, including a special toilet for PWDs on the ground floor.
It also includes
concave blackboards, electric fans, and LED lighting. Emergency lights were
installed in the stairways for emergency-preparedness.
Supporting DepEd’s
commitment to ensure that learners have access to water for hygiene and
sanitation, SM Foundation installed a handwashing facility along with liquid
soap for the community’s use.
To further assist,
the SM group will help with the maintenance and upkeep of the said school.
Social Good
SMFI School Building head, Juris Soliman
(center) leads the preparation if the school building turnover.
It was earlier
announced by DepEd that roughly 21 million students enrolled this school year
2023-2024. Amidst this, the agency reported that only over 100,000 out of the
more than 300,000 school buildings are in good condition.
Believing in the
power of education in uplifting communities, SM Foundation has been an active
member of DepEd’s Adopt-a-School Program since 2002, turning over more than 100
school buildings to grassroots communities nationwide. The said program intends
to address overcrowding in schools and provide an environment conducive for
learning.
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