PGIN shoulders 235 poorest schools’ power bills

By Leilanie G. Adriano

Staff reporter

Laoag City—The Ilocos Norte government is extending its financial assistance to the poorest primary schools in the province by paying their average monthly electric consumption of its students and teachers.

Dubbed as the “Kuryente mo, sagot ko” program, the Ilocos Norte government under the administration of Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos has been paying the electric bills of some selected school beneficiaries in support of one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of the provincial government to achieve 100 percent free education among primary schools here.

This August, Ms. Marcos has approved a total of P267,461 to pay the accounts of some 171 MDG schools covering the poorest schools of Bacarra, Badoc, Bangui, Banna, Burgos, Carasi, Currimao, Dingras, Dumalneg, Marcos, Nueva Era, Pagudpud, Pasuquin, Piddig, Pinili, Sarrat, Solsona and Vintar including 64 non-MDG schools in the remote primary schools of Vintar, Solsona, Pinili, Piddig, Pasuquin, Paoay, Pagudpud, Marcos, Currimao, Burgos, Banna and Bangui.

In her letter addressed to Schools Division Superintendent Araceli Pastor, the governor said that the province will only pay for the school’s average monthly bill and not the actual total amount due in every month. The excess amount from the total amount due shall be paid by the school.

Based on the latest billing, the school-beneficiaries’ average electric consumption ranges from P5,000 to P115.

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