ILOILO City – The introduction of a farm school in this city is expected to boost food sufficiency given the proper education and love for agriculture that will be instilled in the minds of learners.
Department of Education (DepEd) schools division superintendent Dr. Ma. Luz De los Reyes said that there are city residents who are into planting ornamental plants. It would also be better if they delve into “edible farming”.
“Our curriculum will be relevant to children because while at home, they can also create their agriculture farm. Our farm school has chosen organic farming because this is the most possible and feasible kind of farming in the urban area,” the official added.
The farm school will be introduced to initially 39 learners who chose to enroll in the curriculum, which is available at the Tiu Cho Teg-Ana Ros Foundation Integrated Farm School in Barangay Lanit in this city’s Jaro district.
The school has met the standards of the DepEd to offer the curriculum. It has a space that can be utilized for small organic farming or gardening.
It also has two agriculture teachers who can best teach the subject.
They will be using offline-online blended learning modality as face-to-face classes are still not allowed. Their practical activities will be done online.
The school official said that they are optimistic about the result of the innovation as they saw that even without the formal school, the interest in gardening and farming can already be seen in the community.(PNA)
