LGU Gamu launches Kabataan Tutorial Services Program

Erwin G. Datu

Gamu, Isabela- To continually promote the

importance of education and to continue the
Department of Education's campaign "Walang
Batang Maiiwan.", On November 6, 2021,
Municipal Mayor Nestor M. Uy and SK Federation
Chairperson Eric John Cauilan presented the
Kabaatan Tutorial Service Program in Gamu,
Isabela.

Mr. Cauilan commended the effort, noting that it is

the Local Government Unit's first tutorial service
program. "This is the first tutorial service in the
history of our Local Government Unit given on a digital platform in compliance with the social distancing
norm caused by the Covid-19 pandemic," Cauilan said. He further stated that the LGU's services will be
provided in partnership with Gamu District instructors.

The tutors for this project, in addition to the teachers,

are College and Education graduates and Education
students. The volunteer tutors will provide their
services on Saturdays, depending on their availability.

Bonifacio P. Marquez, a Bachelor of Secondary

Education graduate, believes that this project would
benefit not only the students but also the project
volunteers by giving them the chance to practice the
profession that they are pursuing. "The Kabataang
Gamu Tutorial Service Program is a bridging tool for
volunteer tutors, particularly education students, to be
prepared in their future employment as educators who
nurture children in order to deliver and get great
education," Marquez explained.

Mayor Uy thinks that this supplementary program will

help to improve Gamu's educational quality. "In fact,
this was created as a result of a series of dialogues with
our Gamu district school heads in order to advocate for
improving the quality of education for our children here in Gamu district," Uy stated. Mayor Uy also
underlined the significance of each LGU in carrying out the DepEd's mission. "...every LGU should
support the Department of Education in providing great quality education, and this is one-way Gamu
Local Government Units are innovating on intervention," Uy noted.
The Kabataan Tutorial Service Program seeks to improve learners' adaptability and competitiveness in the
New Normal education system.