Tanauan, Leyte -- In his continuous crusade for relevant and quality education for the young people of the province, Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho Petilla visited the municipality of Tanauan on March 7, 2008 to inaugurate Secondary Education Development and Improvement Project (SEDIP) Buildings and to turn over five computer sets.

Governor Petilla has always been consistent in his desire to provide not only quality but relevant education to the young people of Leyte. He believes that the best legacy to the future generation is being able to prepare the youth to become good future leaders.

First, the Governor together with Tanauan mayor Roque Tiu and the municipal officials, Board Member Malou Go-soco and DepEd Leyte Division Asst. Superintendent Pedro Escobarte, went to Barangay Kiling where he inaugurated two SEDIP Buildings for Kiling National High School which serves the students in the Northern Barangays of Tanauan.

Mayor Tiu said that the SEDIP building has various components like a home economics building, library building with faculty room and Guidance room. The DepEd project calls for counterpart funds from the provincial government and the municipal government.

Meanwhile, in Barangay Cabuynan, Governor Petilla inaugurated the SEDIP Building at the Tanauan School of Arts and Trade, the newest high school in the municipality serving the youth in the southern part, who are in the first year, second year and third year secondary education. The School will have its first graduates next year, Mayor Tiu informed, even as he expressed his joy that all the four public high schools in Tanauan now have SEDIP Buildings.

Governor Petilla also turned over five computer sets while another five sets were turned over by Mayor Roque Tiu to the Tanauan School of Arts and Trade, in order to make the public high schools in the municipality all connected to the cyberworld.

Governor Petilla has chosen the Tanauan National High School in Tanauan as a pilot ICOT- P IT high school while the Kiling National High School is a pilot school for the ICOT-P farming.

These will ensure that the high school graduates will already be able to engage in economically productive activities equipped with modern technologies, Governor Petilla said.