South Cotabato, Philippines—The Provincial Government of South Cotabato recognized the creativity of the South Cotabato students who excel during the Regional Festival of Talents (RFOT), representing Region XII as qualifiers in the National Festival of Talents.
Maria Teresa S. Haligado, Education Program Supervisor, announced the achievers of the following categories while Governor Hon. Reynaldo S. Tamayo Jr. along with Vice-Governor Arthur Y. Pingoy and several other individuals awarded the medals and certificates to their respective recipients on stage.
The province garnered awards in the following categories:
Student Researchers
SPFL Standard Exposition
SPFL Spanish Composition
Braille Reading using Unified English Braille
Readathon Filipino
Readathon Filipino Tahirawan
Readathon Filipino Videoasiga
SPFL Spanish Exposition
SPFL Spanish Composition
Sining Tahanan Likhawikan
Special Needs Education Story Interpretation in Sign Language
Techno Olympic Food Processing
Sining Tanghalan Sinaliksik
Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas Quiz
Governor Reynaldo S. Tamayo is proud of the result of the RFOT which proved that South Cotabato is home of talents.
“Nagdagdag tayo more or less 19 million pesos coming from General Fund. Idadagdag ito sa mga pangangailangan ng mga paaralan natin sa probinsiya ng South Cotabato,” he said. One of theallocated funds is to support activities that enhance the talent, skills and competence of students.
Meanwhile, the governor stressed the implementation of free education in elementary and high school.
“Iwasan sana ang magkoleksyon sa mga classrooms natin para yung mga mahihirap nating kababayan, hindi na sila mag-alala pag nagpaaral sila ng kanilang mga anak. Dahil marami pa rin tayong mga kababayan na hand-to-mouth yung kanilang trabaho.”
The free-education program is one of the flagship programs of Gov. Tamayo. ( With reports from Albert Sionosa, NDMU Intern)
