ZAMBOANGA CITY: Education and municipal government officials thanked Vice Gov. Sakur Tan for his advocacy and strong support to literacy and education after he handed over a brand-new school building in Patikul town.

Faculty members also praised Tan for the building project, which is expected to benefit hundreds of students once face-toface classes resume.

The gated building has four classrooms, two toilets, a waiting shed, a covered stage and path walk and an office for the school principal and is well-secured by a high concrete wall.

The cost of the project was not immediately known.

Tan handed over the symbolic key of the school building to Education Superintendent Kiram Irilis and District Supervisor Lina Asjali during a simple ceremony whose attendees followed health protocols imposed during the current Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) situation.

Among those who witnessed the handover of the school building were the town’s Vice Mayor Pulaus Tarsum, councilor Abdulgafar Mangkabong and Tandu barangay (village) chief Muptha Tarsum.

The project will benefit students and teachers of the Tandu Dagmay Elementary School.

In his speech, Tan said, “This project should make it possible for young learners and teachers alike to have an environment conducive for learning, which in the long run, will contribute significantly to achieving the goals of good education, especially for the Tausug.”