By Hirohito D. Cadion
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| ZDSur Gov. Tony Cerilles |
PAGADIAN CITY,
Zamboanga del Sur, July 9 (PNA) -– Gov. Antonio Cerilles is eyeing to establish
a Philippine Science High School (PSHS) in Dumalinao town in a bid to provide
quality education to the youths in this province.
Provincial
information officer Marivic Jongco said Wednesday that Cerilles has proposed
that the PSHS will be established in a nine-hectare area in Barangay Rebukon,
Dumalinao, this province.
Jongco said an
evaluation team headed by Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
undersecretary Fortunato Dela Peña inspected last week the site proposed by
Cerilles.
Jongco said Cerilles
and first district Rep. Victor Yu, who supports the establishment of the PSHS,
and other local government officials, accompanied Dela Peña’s team.
“The establishment of
the (PSHS) institution would be very beneficial to the Zambosurians as well as
to the neighboring provinces since students from poor families who have the
potentials can be accommodated in our locality. They will no longer go to
distant provinces,” Jongco quoted Cerilles as saying.
The PSHS is a
specialized public high school that operates as an attached entity of the
Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
The PSHS is the first
science high school in the country that nurtures students to become scientists
and technologists in the future.
Dumalinao Mayor Ace
William Cerilles said he fully support the establishment of the PSHS since it
is his dream to establish a top national high school in the municipality. (PNA)
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