Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION II – CAGAYAN VALLEY
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF QUIRINO
BALLIGUI HIGH SCHOOL, MADDELA 2

I. INTRODUCTION

A school is a second home, and someone’s identity, so make it clean. It is definitely a

factual observation that humans have different ways on how to look at and handle things whether

they are still useful or not anymore. The same with how they properly dispose their wastes.

However, there are chances especially in the school where students even educators are not aware

or have less knowledge on proper waste disposal and segregation.

To bring enlightenment on this concern, the country has provided improvement on the

management of solid waste through the proclamation of RA 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste

Management Act that renders a comprehensive management program to ensure the protection

and safety of the community where the school is a part of it. Solid waste management plans and

policies are imposed to implement the program and could be adopted easily and seriously by the

public. And it has been gradually embraced by the different localities. One of these is the

Municipality of Maddela where it strictly implemented not only within each of its barangay in

general but also it targeted specifically its implementation within the different schools.

Since then during the previous years when our country is awakened to the dangers caused

by the mismanagement of wastes which is also experienced practically and observed by the

teachers and students of Balligui High School. There were chances where the school faced with

dealing with the accumulations of wastes which were not properly segregated and disposed. But

with the adaptation of the sustainable approach of the ESWM Program, it paved way to an

effective response and better outcome on the waste management needs of the school.
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Department of Education
REGION II – CAGAYAN VALLEY
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF QUIRINO
BALLIGUI HIGH SCHOOL, MADDELA 2

It is just normal that any activities of the students and school personnel generate waste

from time to time. So, the practice of proper waste segregation and disposal becomes a cycle of

their life and becomes a part of their day to day experiences. So instead of slashing it, better

strategies and techniques are adopted and practiced like recycling, composting, increnation and

land filling. The school also follows the continuous flow of setting goals and benchmarking from

good practices of other schools and community to help control the generation of waste.

As Balligui High School considers the implementation of ESWM Program as one the

school’s priority to address, learning and development, contested activities, and making

emphasis on school’s activities and meetings are some of the best ways to teach and remind the

students and teachers its importance.

In materializing the program for sure, the students and teachers of BHS will become the

number one warriors to save Mother Earth from its extinction.

II. OBJECTIVES

This different programs and activities were strictly implemented to promote cleanliness

around the school campus and to achieve the following objectives:

1. Strengthen the implementation of ecological solid waste management based on the

mandates of LGU-Maddela

2. Develop the sense of responsibility among students, teachers and stakeholders on the

importance of RA 9003.
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Department of Education
REGION II – CAGAYAN VALLEY
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF QUIRINO
BALLIGUI HIGH SCHOOL, MADDELA 2

3. Engage both the internal and stakeholders of school in managing wastes.

4. Reduce and eliminate adverse impacts of waste materials on human health and

environment to support economic development and superior quality of life.

5. Maintain cleanliness of the school surroundings.

6. Promote and inculcate ecological awareness action and commitment in the school and in

the community.

7. Support safe and sustainable life style.

8. Monitor the implementation of ecological solid waste management in the school.

III. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

The following are the activities of the ESWM team of Balligui High School:

1. PREPARATION OF TRASH BINS: During the opening of the school year, we prepared all

the trash bins in each classroom. we made it sure that they are properly labelled with stand cover

and color coded for the students to easily identify the category of the waste. We made it sure also

that there must be a special trash bins for the covid-19 waste, place in an area that is not

congested. Each classroom and office must have 6 trashbins. During the collection time we

made it sure that they are properly segregated before placing in the collection area for the

barangay to collect it and transport it in the SLF of the municipality. Un segregated waste will

not be collected as it is stated in the rules and regulation of the school, students will bring it

home or they will segregate it first.

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Department of Education
REGION II – CAGAYAN VALLEY
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF QUIRINO
BALLIGUI HIGH SCHOOL, MADDELA 2

2. ATTENDED AND CONDUCTED MEETINGS: As the ESWM coordinator I was able to

attend meetings conducted by the LGU specifically the MENRO Office. News and updates were

given during the meeting. The contest on the Best Implementer School were also discuss. The

criteria were updated and was agreed by all the coordinators both of the school and the barangay.

I also conducted a meeting to reports the updates from the local government office and to

ask help from my co workers in the preparation of the school in participating on the contest. To

remind the rules and regulation of the school with regards to eswm.

3. ECO-WALK. An activity of the school that helps in maintaining the cleanliness not only the

school but also the roads around the school. Students will walk around while talking with each

other while picking up trash that are scattered around. Doing this activity really minimize the

waste scattered around the school campus.

4. CLEAN UP DRIVE/ COMMUNITY SERVICE: Clean up drive is one of the programs of the

municipality which were fully supported by the school. During the scheduled time we made it

sure that we participated by simply cleaning the school surroundings. We also conducted a

community service by picking up trash around the barangay during the different programs of the

school.

5. PARTICIPATED ON THE CONTEST ON THE BEST IMPLEMENTER SCHOOL ON

ESWM OF THE MUNICIPALITY: We the BHSIANS participated in the said contest because

we believe that we are responsible enough in implementing waste management in our school.

The MENRO office conducted an technical assistance in every school last November 2022 for
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Department of Education
REGION II – CAGAYAN VALLEY
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF QUIRINO
BALLIGUI HIGH SCHOOL, MADDELA 2

them to share updates from the regional office with regards to implementation of the solid waste

management in every school. After the orientation they visited all the facilities of the school and

give their suggestions and recommendations.

We then prepare the school for the pre evaluation that will be conducted on March 2023.

We made it sure that the school is always clean and in order, the facilities were ready to its

purpose. BHSIANS always move as one, as a result we were able to get the 100 points that was

based on the criteria given by the MENRO Office during the pre-evaluation.

We then continue all our activities to prepare the school for the final evaluation on May

2023. With the support of our school head, teachers, stakeholders and all the students we were

able to come up in the stage and to receive our awards as one among the 12 schools who

garnered a total of 100 points during the pre and final evaluation.

6. For the opening of the new school year 2023-2024, we together with the BHSIANS Family

ensure to it that we are continuing the different activities conducted to achieve clean and friendly

environment.

It is true then that if a group will work together all their dreams will always be near to the

word WINNER or in ilokano the school stand itself “BALLIGUI"