30/05/2026
The City of Sto. Tomas LGU on Friday May 28, 2026 launched a city-wide “Brigada Eskwela” ahead of the Department of Education (DepEd) June 1-5, 2026 schedule to ensure conducive learning space to the city’s 41,025 registered students for school year 2026-2027.
More than 1,500 city hall employees were deployed for the early ex*****on of “Brigada Eskwela” of the city’s Schools Division Office.
As part of the city’s alternative work arrangement where city hall personnel were tasked to do community work to stay productive, dispatched local government staff were stationed in the city’s 33 public school; 27 elementary schools, 4 junior high schools, 1 integrated school and 1 senior high school, with 746 classrooms to help clean education premises and teaching corners.
City Mayor Arth Jhun Aguilar Marasigan on his message pointed out the importance of solid alliance between the city officials, educators and stakeholders in shaping the future of Tomasino students.
Marasigan is confident that the local government’s initiative will surely ignite the already established teamwork into a much stronger partnership, better participation and solidarity among duty-bearers, stakeholders and the community.
The mayor also promised for a yearly conduct of the LGU-initiated city-wide “Brigada Eskwela” program.
Under the leadership of Mayor Marasigan, securing proper education for young learners has been one of his many priorities, ensuring that no one is denied to equitable access to learning opportunities and formulating policies that would guaranty quality education for young Tomasinos.
School Divisions Office Head Dr. Neil G. Angeles, PhD, in his message has expressed his sincere appreciation and gratitude to the local government for its unwavering support in providing school essentials to address education challenges.
Aside from school clean-up operations, city hall employees simultaneously conduct mentorship and guided reading session in bid to escalate literacy development and at the same time encourage student to make reading part of their daily routine – a habit-forming initiative.
The City of Sto. Tomas Division of City Schools ranked number 1 in the Comprehensive Rapid Literacy Assessment (CRLA) conducted at the beginning of SY 2025-2026 posting the lowest percentage of 23.43% of struggling readers, a significant milestone that cannot be achieved without the help of the local government, Angeles added.