DAGUPAN CITY -- After becoming national finalist in the 2017 Search for Most Child-Friendly City for three consecutive years, the city of Dagupan continues to put up projects designed to enhance the welfare of children.
Mayor Belen Fernandez said on Tuesday, the city government is now constructing a two-storey building for use of children with special needs at the West Central Elementary School 1.
She also instructed City Engineer Virginia Rosario to construct a gymnasium right beside where school events may be held.
Once completed, the building for Special Education (SPED) will only be for the use of children who have hearing impairment, blind or have autism.
Fernandez said she thought of putting up a SPEd building because when she was once visiting West Central Elementary School 1, she saw the pitiful condition of children with special needs, who were mixed with the other children, thus were deprived of special care and attention that they need.
With the SPED building, “we can encourage other children with special needs to go to school,” she added.
The mayor also said the school has an old, dilapidated gymnasium which the city government intends to repair and elevate so that it would not be flooded during the rainy season.
When repaired, she expects the old gymnasium to serve as training center for the school's athletes participating in the Ilocos Region Athletic Association meets and other sports competitions. (PNA)
