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BAGUIO CITY: The Department of Education announced on
Thursday that the Baguio Teachers Camp, a premiere destination for
teachers and heads of public and private schools from all over the
country, will have its grand centennial celebration for the whole
month of May.
Education Assistant Sec. Jonathan
Malaya said President Arroyo is scheduled to visit the camp over the
weekend or next week to check the status of the redevelopment of the
popular landmark. Malaya and other DepEd officials are overseeing
the rehabilitation of the camp.
Located along Baguio City ’s
Leonard Wood Road, the Teachers Camp has 23 hectares of tree-laden
land area. It accommodates 12 dormitory facilities, some 48
semi-furnished guesthouses with two to six bedrooms, eight
conference halls, two mess halls, seven other structures and a
world-class athletic oval. The total occupancy of the 12 dormitory
facilities at a given time is 1,500 guests.
DepEd Sec. Jesli Lapus, through
the Office of Usec. Teodosio Sangil Jr., is currently focused on
giving the Teachers Camp a face-lift with their effort to repair,
rehabilitate and upgrade its facilities and surroundings.
While maintaining that the Camp
should be the primary destination for public school teachers
whenever teacher-related conferences are held, Lapus is considering
the possibility of opening it to the wider market.
“I see the importance of
utilizing the most appropriate strategy to effectively maintain the
upkeep operation of the Camp. Believing in the principle of
self-sustenance, the operation of the Teachers Camp has to be
economically viable and self-sustaining. Anchored on this belief, we
ventured into the idea of opening the Teachers Camp not only to its
regular DepEd clienteles but also to other prospective clienteles in
the bureaucracy and the private sector,” Lapus said.
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