THE City Government of Davao has chosen to build a school computer laboratory out of the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) it received after it bagged the Seal of Good Local Governance Award for 2016.
Emilio Ramos National High Scholl was chosen as beneficiary of the PCF financial award.
The project includes the construction of a one-storey building that will function as a computer laboratory. It will be equipped with 18 computer sets with computer tables and two units of printers.
Based on the draft of the memorandum of agreement (MOA), which has passed the first reading at the Davao City Council and which will be signed between the City Government of Davao and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the project aims to technologically update the school for the learners' advancement and abilities for global competitiveness.
Based on the MOA, the eligible projects for the PCF subsidy are those that support the national priorities of the present administration aligned to the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, such as those achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); preparedness in disaster and adaptation to climate change; sustainable environmental management; local economic development and transparent and accountable local governance, which are implementable within one year from the date of receipt of the Notice to Implement signed by the DILG regional office.
The PCF is being administered by the DILG in collaboration with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to recognize governance performance particularly in the adoption of "good local governance" along the governance areas of (1) Good Financial Housekeeping, (2) Disaster Preparedness (3) Social Protection (4) Business Friendliness and Competitiveness (5) Peace and Order and (6) Environmental Management.
The City Government of Davao was among the 60 local government units in the country that passed the validation of the DILG for the 2016 validation period, wherein the results were announced last year.
Having passed on first reading at the 18th City Council, the item on the MOA was referred to the committee on ordinances, laws, rules, privileges.