Classes of Liga College to start on June 13

By Robert E. Roperos

Tuesday 5th of June 2012

BUTUAN CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- Classes of Kolehiyo de Liga ng mga Barangay (Liga College) will start on June 13 as confirmed by Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) President and Banza Brgy. Captain Nestor Amora.

Amora said with classes in the higher education institutions are set to open next week; the Liga College will initially open with BS in Entrepreneurship and BS in Real Estate Management.

Amora said a total of 180 students have already enrolled in the school, the first to be established by an organization of barangay captains in the country.

The official further said the two-storey building is composed of six classrooms that was constructed early this year.

The Liga College, constructed in a two-hectare lot in Barangay Pigdaulan here was established through the initiatives of the 86 barangays in the city through the Liga ng mga Barangay.

The Liga College is the first education institution in the country established through a Liga ng Barangay, which aims to help poor but deserving students to receive college education with scholarship grants given to those who will qualify.

In an early interview with a local radio station here, Brgy. Capt. Amora said the school will offer scholarship to more than 600 students in the city where each barangay is required to send scholars.

The Liga College also houses a dormitory for students and teachers who cannot afford to spend daily transportation expenses. Aside from this, Amora said, laboratories and canteen are also housed in the two-hectare lot.

The project is supported by the city government through Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. who approved the allocation of P2 million for its construction.

Also, Abante Mindanao (ABAMIN) Party-list Representative Maximo Rodriguez has also extended P1 million when the latter visited the city early this year. (RER-PIA13 Caraga)