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Municipal Government
of Isulan
PART ONE
Rationale for the Program
I. Planning and Development

Conducted during the 1st quarter of 2008, the Municipal Government of Isulan through the
Municipal Planning and Development Office generated the Community Based Monitoring System
(CBMS) of the Municipality of Isulan. Aside from its significance for collecting, processing and
validating location-specific information about human development, the CBMS is also utilized for
numerous times by this LGU as mechanism for social monitoring and gauging the effectiveness of
programs and projects.
In the preparation and finalization of the CBMS, the Municipal Government established
partnership with the different stakeholders in Isulan, including the following:
the national line agencies, including the PNP, BFP and AFP
the Womens Development Council, Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (KALIPI) and Rural
Improvement Club (RIC), representing the Women Sector,
the Isulan Chamber of Commerce and Isulan Bankers Association, representing the
Business Sector,
the United Isulan Youth for Progress (UIYP), representing the Youth Sector,
REACT Philippines, Inc., through Bantay Isulan Radio Group, representing the
Communications Sector;
National Auxiliary Chaplaincy Philippines (NACPHIL) Isulan PART, representing the

Religious Sector,
The Senior Citizens Association, representing the Elderly Sector; and
Other sectors: the DepEd for the Education Sector, and the Philippine National Red
Cross (PNRC) for the Health Sector.
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Total number of population

The Isulan CBMS includes, among others, a picture of the Isulan demographics.
Presented below is the bar graph extracted from the official 2008 CMBS of the Municipality of
Isulan showing total number of population divided according to gender, age, socio-economic
status and education profile.
Graph 1. Total Population by Barangay
Population by Age
Population below 15 years and over 64 years old are considered the dependent population
which total to 29,873 or 38.63% of the total population of Isulan while those in the age bracket 1564 years old or the productive/working population are placed at 47,467 or 61.37%. Age
dependency ratio for Isulan is placed at 74.91%.
Table 1. Population by Age Group
Age Group
Population 0 to 14 years old
Population 15 to 64 years old
Population 65 years old and over
Young Dependency Ratio
Male
13,794
24,511
1,335
Female
13,149
22,956
1,595
Total
26,943
47,467
2,930
56.76%
of Isulan
Old Dependency Ratio
6.17%
Age Dependency Ratio
62.93%
Population by Religious Affiliation

The Municipality of Isulan is predominantly a Christian community which shows a high
population of Roman Catholic which is about 51,316 believers accounting to 66.31% to the total
population. This is followed by the Islam religion with 15,063 followers accounting to 19.46%.
Table 2. Population by Religious Affiliation
Religion
Roman Catholic
Protestant
Iglesia ni Cristo
Aglipay
Islam
Others (specified)
None
Total
Male
Female
26,456
3,185
623
309
7,717
1,283
93
39,666
Total
24,860
3,217
608
293
7,346
1,306
93
37,723
51,316
6,402
1,231
602
15,063
2,589
186
77,389
Population by Ethnicity
The 2000 census of population showed a total of 68 tribal/ethnic or cultural groups in the
Municipality of Isulan. The people of Isulan predominantly belong to the Hiligaynon ethnic group
which totals to 42,580 or 55.39 percent of the total population. This is followed by the
Maguindanaons (29.35%), Ilocanos (20.42%) and Cebuanos (7.98%).
Table 3. Ethnicity by Sex
Ethnicity
Abelling
Abiyan
Aburlin
Aeta/Aita
Aklanon
Atta/Ata
Ayangan
Bagobo/Guinga
Batangan
Bikol
Blaan
Bukidnon
Bisaya
Boholano
Bulinao
Buntok
Buhid
Butuanon
Male
2
8
1
2
16
5
1
1
146
25
5
51
41
1
1
1
1
Female
1
2
2
13
5
2
1
105
26
6
73
39
1
-
Both Sexes
3
10
1
4
29
10
2
2
1
251
51
11
124
80
2
1
1
1
Percent to Total
0.0067
0.0224
0.0022
0.0090
0.0650
0.0224
0.0045
0.0045
0.0022
0.5623
0.1143
0.0246
0.2778
0.1792
0.0045
0.0022
0.0022
0.0022
of Isulan
Caviteo-Chavacano
Cebuano
Cotabateno
CotabbateoChavacano
Davaweo-Chavacano
Davaweo
Hiligaynon,Ilonggo
Ibanag
Ifugao
Ilocano
Iraya
Isamal Kanlao
Isarog
Iyiwaks
Kamiguin
Kankanai
Kapampangan
Kapul
Karao
Karay-a
Kolibugan
Maguindanao
Malaueg
Mamanwa
Mandaya
Manobo
Maranao
Masbateo
Pangasisnan/Pangalato
Sama/Abaknon
Sangil
Subanin
SUrigawnon
Tagabawa
Tagalog
Tausog
TBoli
Teduray
Tiruray
Tuwali
Waray
Zamboangeo-Chavacano
Other local ethnicity
Chinese
American/English
Other foreign ethnicity
Not reported
1,802
1
2
6
21,642
28
6
4,737
1
2
2
1
119
453
3
2
360
3
6,633
1
1
264
124
3
16
3
2
4
1
2
293
3
19
20
2
2
72
23
12
3
1
44
175
3
1,762
2
1
2
6
20,938
23
7
4,377
2
1
2
3
117
439
1
336
3
6,466
1
4
2
216
113
3
8
1
2
1
1
1
213
4
21
19
13
1
75
44
17
7
31
158
3
3,564
3
1
4
12
42,580
51
13
9,114
1
4
1
4
4
236
892
4
2
696
6
13,099
2
5
2
480
237
6
24
4
4
5
2
3
506
7
40
39
15
3
147
67
29
10
1
75
333
0.0067
7.9842
0.0067
0.0022
0.0090
0.0269
55.3896
0.1143
0.0291
20.4176
0.0022
0.0090
0.0022
0.0090
0.0090
0.5287
1.9983
0.0090
0.0045
1.5592
0.0134
29.3450
0.0045
0.0112
0.0045
1.0753
0.5309
0.0134
0.0538
0.0090
0.0090
0.0112
0.0045
0.0067
1.1336
0.0157
0.0896
0.0874
0.0336
0.0067
0.3293
0.1501
0.0650
0.0224
0.0022
0.1680
0.7460
Total
37,201
35,723
72,924
100
Source: NSO 2000

Population by School-Age
Isulans computed school age population as of 2008 is approximately 19,893 with male
number slightly higher than the female number except in the secondary level. The elementary
level of education totals to 11,197 of which 69.45 percent are in primary school-going age and the
of Isulan
remaining 30.55 percent are in the intermediate school-going age grade. Among the three levels
of education, elementary level has the highest population compared to the secondary and the
tertiary levels.
Table 4. School - Age Population
Level of Education
Elementary
Primary
Intermediate
Secondary
Tertiary
Total
School Age Population

Male
Female
3,923
1,747
2,893
1,488
10,051
3,853
1,674
2964
1351
9,842
Total
7,776
3,421
5,857
2,839
19,893
Poverty Incidence
Poverty incidence or the proportion of households with income below the poverty threshold
(P12,703 Rural and P16,480 Urban) in the municipality stood at 46.24 percent or a total of 7,935
out of 17,160 households.
Of all the seventeen barangays of Isulan, Nine barangays had poverty incidence rates that
exceeded the municipal figure with Barangay Lagandang, Barangay D.Lotilla and Barangay
Kalawag I topping the chart at 69.7 percent, 65.2 percent and 56.9 percent, respectively.
Barangay Mapantig has the lowest rate of poverty incidence amongst all barangays of Isulan with
a rate of only 25.44 percent.
Table 5. Households with Income below the Poverty Threshold
Barangay
ISULAN
Bambad
Bual
Dansuli
D.Lotilla
Impao
Kalawag I (Pob.)
Kalawag II (Pob.)
Kalawag III (Pob.)
Kenram
Kolambog
Kudanding
Lagandang
Number of
Households
17,160
1,272
1,106
760
718
493
1,911
2,218
1,472
1,071
527
673
508
Households with income

below Poverty Threshold
Magnitude
Proportion
7,935
46.24
519
40.80
623
56.33
221
29.08
468
65.18
277
56.19
1,088
56.93
706
31.83
615
41.78
333
31.09
245
46.49
338
50.22
354
69.69
of Isulan
Laguilayan
Mapantig
New Pangasinan
Sampao
Tayugo
2,061
401
401
1,264
304
1,022
102
201
691
132
49.59
25.44
50.12
54.58
43.42
Population At Risk
Aside from the standard CBMS being produced by the majority of the local government
units, other means to monitor the statistics of population are being devised and utilized by this
municipal government to address other crucial issues such as disaster risk reduction and
management and poverty reduction. One is the joint assessment of the Municipal Social Welfare
and Development Office and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of
the member of populations who are most vulnerable during disasters. Yearly, the Municipal
Government, through the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO), assesses
and determines the populations at risk during all hazards in Isulan. For CY 2012, the Municipal
Government has assessed that out of seventeen (17) barangays, thirteen (13) barangays except
Barangay Impao, Kenram, Kolambog and Laguilayan, have populations at risk during disasters.
See the following table presented.
Table 6. Populations At Risk

POPULATIONS AT RISK
CY 2012
Barangays
Bambad
Bual
Dansuli
DLotilla
Kalawag I
Kalawag II
Kalawag III
Kudanding
Lagandang
Mapantig
New
Pangasinan
Sampao
Tayugo
Elderl
y
Children
266
61
48
12
268
50
7
90
2
26
19
339
60
441
31
282
109
36
13
179
192
33
69
12
60
9
0
0
5
3
0
14
3
6
21
1
7
2
0
6
0
52
4
0
Persons
with
Disabilit
y
3
4
4
3
2
1
11
4
5
9
1
199
11
382
5
1
0
1
0
4
0
Infant
Pregnan
t
None
of the
Above
TOTAL
0
0
618
123
0
0
326
0
156
272
122
683
158
1,172
185
554
160
391
110
394
517
178
1,820
20
2,407
36
of Isulan
TOTAL
1,059
2,102
176
100
51
3,457
6,945
II. Development and Annual Investment Plans

Taking into consideration the literacy programs, the Municipal Government of Isulan has
ever since incorporated in its Five-year Comprehensive Development Plan (for P.Y. 2012-2017)
and the 2014 Annual Investment Plan programs, projects and activities that advocates basic and
functional literacy among various sectors such as Agriculture, Health, Infrastructure, Social
Services, Environment and Peace and Order.
Goals
The following are the goals of the Municipal Government embodied in the Comprehensive
development Plan(CDP) and Annual Investment Plan(AIP) for literacy development:
a.) Economic Sector

Attainment of self-sufficiency on the production of food crops, vegetables and fruits thus,
sustaining the supply of the local requirements of every adjoining towns and provinces
with its surplus
Acceleration of the development of livestock and poultry production in order to meet the
municipalitys requirement of meat poultry
Promotion of optimal utilization of water resources and attainment of self-sufficiency in fish
production in order to supply the fish requirements of this municipality
Attainment of desirable distribution of commercial activities that will best serve the needs
of the towns population and the neighboring municipalities
Promotion of self-reliance and strengthening of the municipalitys human resources
capability in generation of a better income and quality standard of living
b.) Social Sector
Development of healthy and well-sounded citizens of the municipality
of Isulan
Attainment of a desirable level of health and nutrition for the population through the
provisions of improved services and facilities based on self-reliance
Improvement of housing conditions in the municipality
Attainment of better and quality graduates, to become more productive and
knowledgeable through formal and non-formal education
Provision of proper stimulus for the promotion of social welfare and justice that are
conducive to the formation of self-reliant, productive and progressive citizens
Attainment of a more effective and efficient delivery of protective services to the populace
and involvement of the general public in the prevention of both fire incidents and crimes in
the municipality
c.) Infrastructure and Utilities Sector

To provide adequate physical facilities to support both economic and social
development
Provision of efficient telecommunications facilities and postal services in the
municipality
Objectives
The following are the objectives in meeting the goals of the Municipal Government as embodied in the
CDP and AIP for literacy development:
a.) Economic Sector

To hasten agricultural development in the rural communities through the provision of
basic infrastructure supports and transfer of modern farming technology
To increase production of quality livestock and poultry products both for commercial
and human consumption
To organize fishers into cooperatives
To encourage the private sector to put-up business establishments of desirable
structures in the locality and open employment opportunities
To promote and develop the establishment of a small-scale industries and high impact
projects in the community
Development of healthy and well-sounded citizens of the municipality
of Isulan
b.) Social Sector

To promote and develop sports and recreational activities in the area
To promote the utilization of indigenous food resources and peoples awareness on proper
food habits and practices as ways towards minimizing malnutrition
To provide housing and resettlement sites with infrastructure support facilities for the
indigent; displaced members of the cultural communities and similar groups
To provide better general education and develop and strengthen moral values through the
formal education system
To develop and improve the necessary better teaching skills to complement the formal
education system through non-formal educational activities
To provide a more substantial support for the disadvantaged group to transform them
into productive and self-reliant citizens.
To install awareness and preparedness among the people and the community in case of
emergency and occurrence of disaster
To elicit the maximum participation of all barangays and its populace in the prevention of
crimes and delinquency in the area
c.) Infrastructure and Utilities Sector

To provide adequate and efficient transport facilities network for better mobility of people,
goods and services
To improve and expand the existing telecommunications and postal service and facilities
Strategies
a) Economic Sector
The LGU shall promote technology transfer programs on agriculture and fisheries
production and food processing.
The LGU shall initiate trainings and capability building seminars to be conducted by
the proper line agencies on entrepreneurial skills especially on priority projects.
of Isulan
Establishment of a Model Farm called as Palayamanan Project, a farming system that
showcases the purpose of integration of various farming components such as rice,
other crops, livestock, poultry and fish.
Conduct of Massive Information Education Campaign on Environmental Protection
Programs
b) Social Sector
Regular physical fitness programs for community residents and youths of different
barangays every weekend
Additional midwives to service Barangays not served
Continuous conduct of information campaign on health and sanitation, PHC concept,
use of herbal medicines in all barangays
Nutrition services to 600 preschoolers, school children, pregnant women and lactating
mothers.
Implementation of Socialized Housing Programs

Upgrade teaching standards and quality of instructions to determine its suitability and
usefulness to the need of pupils through seminars.
Conduct regular teachers in-service training for all primary elementary and secondary
teachers.
Preferential attention should be in the field of non-formal education by conducting
adult education classes in every barangay.
Services for the disadvantaged population will be focused on the uplifting of the socioeconomic status of the economically needy families, the socially needy which include
neglected children and youth; disadvantaged women and with problems of existing
large families; displaced/distressed individuals/unstable groups and the physically
handicapped.
Child Welfare Program, Isulan will be provided with a broad range of development,
preventive and remedial/services.
Municipal wide beneficiaries of the Assistance Program which include financial
assistance and counseling and food for work and food incentives projects through the
SEAP
Organize fire brigades in all barangays.
Yearly developmental training for the police and fire personnel.
Upgrading the CAFGU units through regular drills and reporting.
Encourage full community participation in local governance including the marginalized
sectors
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Promote
peoples
participation
though
institutionalization
of
Civil
Society
Organizations in Local Special Bodies.

Formulate relevant ordinances and resolutions for development support of social,
economic, environmental management and public administration.
c) Infrastructure and Utilities Sector
Repair and maintenance of Home Economics and Practical Arts buildings.
Construction of school fences for the protection and safety of the pupils and students.
Construction and repair of elementary school buildings.
Construction and repair of high school buildings.
Construction of Industrial Arts buildings in the different barangay elementary schools.
Construction of Home Economics buildings in the different barangay elementary
schools.
Construction of Municipal Library.
III. Policies
Legislative Support to promote literacy

In support to literacy development and continuing education program, a number of
resolutions and ordinances have been passed and enacted by the Sangguniang Bayan of Isulan.
The legislation in the municipality plays a major role to be in harmony with the goal of the
executive to increase literacy and socio-economic development among all Isulanons. The
following are some of the noteworthy literacy development-related ordinances and Sangguniang
Bayan Resolutions:
Table 7. Education and Literacy - related Ordinances and Resolutions

RESOLUTION NO.
Ordinance No. 2014 196 ISB
TITLE
An Ordinance requiring all business establishments in the
municipality of Isulan to accept Senior High School
Students who will undergo on-the-job training as part of
the K-12 Basic Education Program of the Department of
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Resolution No. 2013 061

ISB
Education and for other purposes

Resolution authorizing the Municipal Mayor, Hon.
Diosdado Pallasigue to enter into a Memorandum of
Agreement with Ayala Foundation, Inc for the

ISB
implementation of Text2Teach Project

Agreement with Early Childhood Care Development
(ECCD) Council and the Department of Education for the
establishment of the National Child Development Center

ISB
at Buencamino Avenue, Kalawag I, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat

Agreement with the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) for the implementation of

ISB
Community-based Training Program

Resolution requesting His Excellency, President benign
Aquino III, through Hon. Paquito Ochoa, Executive
Secretary for financial assistance amounting to Five
Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) for the purchase of books
Resolution No. 2011 023 A

ISB
Resolution No. 2011 023 B
ISB
Resolution No. 2011 104 ISB
for the seventeen(17) barangays of Isulan

Resolution granting Financial Support to Kalawag Central
School intended for the Summer Class of 2011
Resolution granting Financial Support to Isulan National
High School intended for the Summer Class of 2011
Resolution earnestly requesting the National Library of the
Philippines for computer units for the e-library of the
Resolution No. 2011 117 ISB
Municipality of Isulan
Resolution favourably endorsing Res.No. 03 Series of
2011 of the Isulan National High School Parents Teachers
Association requesting the Department of Education
Secretary Hon. Armin A. Luistro to allocate funds for the
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construction of two-room building to be used as AudioVisual Room and Dance Room in Isulan National High
Ordinance No. 2011 182 ISB
School
An Ordinance providing for a study leave grant to all
qualified officials and employees of the Municipality of
Isulan, providing for the requirements therefor, pursuant to
Rule XVI implementing Book V of Executive Order 292

ISB
and for other purposes

Resolution authorizing the Hon. Mayor Diosdado
Pallasigue to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with
the Commission on Information and Communication
Technology regarding the iSchools Project Wireless

ISB
Learning Laboratories at Isulan National High School

Resolution authorizing the Hon. Mayor Diosdado
Pallasigue to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with
the Department of Education in connection with the Library
Hub Project
PART TWO
I.
Program/Project Management and

Implementation
Relevant and Effective Approaches
Implementation of K-12
Being a National Level Brigada Eskwela Hall of Fame Awardee, the Isulan National High
School is selected by the Department of Education as the pilot school for the implementation of K-
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12 Education Program. As far as the implementation is concerned the following are the initial
courses offered by the said institution:
Figure 1. INHS as K-12 Pilot School
In relation to the K-12 implementation. the Municipal Government of Isulan. in active

collaboration with the Department of Education has conducted the first Local Government
Department of Education Dialogue last April 21, 2014 which was participated by the Municipal
Officials, Barangay Chairmen, Barangay Councilors who are at the same time the Chairman of the
Barangay Committee on Education, Principals of the secondary schools in Isulan, and
representatives from the Department of Education Regional Office XII. Held at the Sangguniang
Bayan Session Hall of Isulan, this stakeholders dialogue is intended to deliver the specific
information and importance of this recent development in Philippine Education System. The prime
end result of the dialogue is to ensure that deeper understanding of the essentials of the K-12
Education Program is conveyed at the grassroots level in the community through the Barangay
leaders.
Literacy Programs
To ensure that progress is cascaded among all sectors, the Municipal Government gives
ample importance on the implementation of basic and functional literacy programs in order for
each individual to contribute to the growth of the municipality in general.
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a.) Text2Teach Project: Modern Education in the Modern World
As the modern world progresses, so is the demand for higher quality of education and new
techniques for teaching and learning. The Text2Teach Project aims to use online learning to build
the capacity of the four districts of Isulan (East, West, South and Central) to provide quality
professional development and enable teachers and administrators to integrate technology into
their curriculum thereby meeting the standards the modern world requires.
The Text2Teach Project, with support mechanisms from the Ayala Foundation,Inc.,
together with the Philippine Implementation Team composed of the Philippine Department of
Education, Nokia Corporation, Globe Telecom, and Pearson Foundation, is expected to improve
student achievement through the use of technology, to raise student technology literacy, and to
ensure that teachers integrate technology into the curriculum effectively. Project recipients will
also be trained to use online tools to evaluate the effectiveness of the online professional
development courses, and to use online assessment techniques to measure the impact of the
online courses on teacher practice and student achievement.
As a capacity development program wherein twenty seven (27) public schools of the
municipality benefited, the need to implement the Text2Teach Project is critical in a way that it is
focused on quality professional development and technology integration into the curriculum which
will have a long-term impact on teaching and learning in the four(4) school districts of Isulan, and
will enable the each district to sustain this learning after the project duration.
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Figure 2. Text2Teach Multimedia Package
Launched with a three-day teachers training, the Text2Teach Project addresses the current
need of the educators and students to equip themselves with the necessary training and facility
that will make them meaningful users of technology. Being provided with interactive and easy-touse multimedia packages, elementary teachers have now designed their way of educating a more
meaningful, exciting and effective among young learners. The following are the specific cost
shouldered by the Municipal Government of Isulan through the Special Education Fund:
Table 8. Project Cost financed by LGU Isulan
b.)
Knowledge Program for Intermittent Thriving Children
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Successfully launched last 2013, the Knowledge Program for Intermittent Thriving Children
is a literacy development project in the form of free education program in partnership with the
Municipal Government of Isulan, Department of Labor and Employement(DOLE) and Sultan
Kudarat-Tripartite Industrial Peace Council. This is in line with the DOLEs commitment to the
Millennium Development Goal (MDG), aiming to send 100% children of school age to school.
Knowledge Program roots from the observation that majority of the children vendors who
are going to school performed poorly in their academic education which is attributable to the fact
that most of their free times were spent selling cellophane, vegetables and other items or were
working with their parents in the public market. This is why under the knowledge
program, employees from the Municipal Government Unit and from DOLE assist children vendors
and children of market vendors of Isulan public market to finish school thru special weekend
classes. The Knowledge Program, now on its third year, is continuously being implemented by the
Municipal Government of Isulan with the help of DOLE and through support of benefactors from
the business sector and other Non-government Organizations such as the Isulan Chamber of
Commerce. Books, bags, hygiene kits and other school supplies are also donated yearly by the
LGU Isulan.
Operating under a three-point module that enhanced and developed the participants skills
on three competencies: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, the original scheme of implementing the
Knowledge Program is by way of the Student Teachers who voluntarily give their time to educate
the children. Employees of the Municipal Government, specifically from the Office of the Municipal
Mayor, volunteer at times to teach the children and conduct story-telling activities. The kids were
given snacks during the lessons which were sometimes personally prepared or cooked by the
employees. They also get free medical and dental check-ups from the Isulan Medical Specialist
Center Incorporated, Isulan Municipal Health Office and the Sultan Kudarat Doctors Hospital.
With the goal of assisting the children vendors and children of market vendors to finish
their education secondary and hopefully tertiary education, the Municipal Government of Isulan
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continue to attract various organizations to join the cause. Below are some of the photos of the
implementation of the Knowledge Program for Intermittent Thriving Children:
Figure 3. Knowledge Program
Participants
Children vendors and children of market vendors who

participated during one of the sessions of Knowledge
Program for Intermittent Thriving Children
Figure 4. Learning Materials & Hygiene

Kits Distribution
Mayor Diosdado Pallasigue together with then Isulan

Chamber of Commerce President Engr. Arturo Zambrano
and DOLE representatives during the 2013 Annual
Opening Ceremony of the Knowledge Program.
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c.) Isulan Farmers Field School : Asenso sa Agrikultura
The Municipal Government of Isulan thru the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist in
partnership with Department of Agriculture successfully implemented various agricultural
development programs that primarily aim to improve productivity and profitability in the agricultural
communities of Isulan. Almost eighty percent (80%) of Isulan populace are farmers which mean
they comprise the large number of agricultural communities in the municipality. This is why one of
the eight pillars of the Pallasigue Administration is centered on agriculture for the majority of the
Isulanon families to benefit from the wide-array of programs of the government.
One of the intensive agricultural program of the Municipal Government is the
establishment of the Isulan Farmers Field School wherein farmers are educated about the
convenient ways for them to generate additional source of livelihood and manage their financial as
well as industrial investments essential for rural development. The Farmers Field School also
serves the rural women, the wives of the farmers and other disadvantaged sector.
Farmers who participated in the Farmers Field School are being educated at Barangay
Gymnasiums or Purok Centers regarding the Location Specific Technology Development wherein
the methods and techniques of farming varies for every land or agricultural terrain depending on
the climate, soil condition and other factors. The knowledge being imparted to the farmers through
the Agricultural Technologists employed under the Municipal Government provides them additional
expertise and skills on their craft. This is one strategy also in which the LGU can be able to meet
food security through farmers empowerment and provide agribusiness opportunities. Integrated
Farming System with carabao or cattle as major component and vegetable and vermi-culture as
sub-components is also discussed during sessions in the Farmers Field School.
With these programs and efforts, the Municipal Government of Isulan through the proactive
leadership of Mayor Pallasigue in the field of agricultural development received an award as one
of the Best Performing Local Government Unit in the Mindanao Rural Development Program of
the Department of Agriculture. This award garnered a bonus round of project amounting to Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P2,500,000.00).
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Through the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist, the Farmers Field School for every
barangays are properly implemented and regularly monitored by the Municipal facilitators
assigned per barangays together with other agencies (Department of Agriculture, Philippine Rural
Development Program, Barangay Council, etc.) to ensure sustainability of the program.
Figure 5. Farmers Field School
Session
Photo was taken during one of the Farmers Field School

Session in 2013 which is conducted at Barangay
Gymnasiums or Purok Centers.
Figure 6. FFS
Farmers and their families who welcome facilitators of

farmers field school which sometimes feature the Usapang
Palay Program.
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d.) Banwa Ta Amligan Ta : Environmental Information Education Campaign

The continuous Information and Education Campaign (IEC) on Municipal Ordinance No.
2005-144 ISB, also known as the Integrated Solid Waste Management Ordinance of the
Municipality of Isulan is also know as the Banwa Ta Amligan Ta Information Education Campaign
wherein personnel from the Municipal Government of Isulan through the Municipal Environment
and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) conduct dialogue at all seventeen (17) barangays.
Prior to its full implementation, including the meting out of penalties to violators, an
Information and Education Campaign on Municipal Ordinance No. 2005-144 ISB, also known as
the Integrated Solid Waste Management Ordinance of the Municipality of Isulan, was conducted
by the MENRO in 2010.
The said IEC aims to provide deeper knowledge and understanding to the Isulan
constituents regarding the importance of full participation to the environmental protection highly
advocated nowadays and the probable consequences to be faced by humanity for lack of respect
to Mother Earth. Further, the familiar Reduce-Reuse-Recycle Principle was demonstrated in the
aim of enabling the IEC participants to fully appreciate the May Pera Sa Basura slogan.
Therefore, residents can earn additional income while caring for the environment.
The Municipal Government also started the implementation of the No Segregation, No
Collection and No Littering Policy on May 2011 anchored from the abovementioned ordinance.
These policies were aimed to ensure the protection of public health and environment and to
reduce waste thrown in the local dumpsite. Massive information dissemination and education
campaign were conducted by the MENRO. The public market was the pilot area for the
implementation, which was gradually descended to the household or residential level especially in
the poblacion area where garbage collection is being conducted regularly. The said
implementation resulted into the reduction of the volume of residual waste being collected,
transported and thrown into the Municipal Governments disposal facility.
This IEC drive was successfully conducted by the MENRO in all Barangays, including the
business sector, schools and other government offices in different schedules, as follows:
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Schedule of Information and Education Campaign (IEC) on Solid
Waste Management in 2012 to 4th Quarter of 2013
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DATE
January 10-11, 2012
January 24-25, 2012
February 20-21, 2012
February 24-25, 2012
April 10, 2012
April 11, 2012
June 18, 2012
June 24, 2012
August 25, 2012
September 14, 2012
September 15, 2012
October 28, 2012
October 29, 2012
November 13, 2012
December 26, 2012
January 9, 2013
January 10, 2012
February 1, 2013
March 10, 2013
April 5, 2013
May 18, 2013
June 26, 2013
August 27, 2013
September 10, 2013
October 4, 2013
November 7, 2013
December 3, 2013
NAME OF BARANGAY/SCHOOL/OFFICE
Barangay Kalawag I,II
Barangay Kenram & Mapantig
Barangay Dansuli & Impao
Barangay Sampao & Bambad
Barangay Laguilayan & Laguilayan Elementary
School
Notre Dame of Isulan & Kalawag Central School
Montessori Learning Center & Isulan Central School
Sultan Kudarat State University
Isulan Central Plaza
Barangay Kalawag III & Barangay Kudanding
Isulan Public Market
Bambad National High School
King David Academy& Kings College of Isulan
Barangay Lagandang
Barangay D Lotilla
Sultan Kudarat State University
Leonora Homes Subdivision
Precious Ones Foundation
Barangay Kolambog
Villa Irene & Tolentino Subdivision
KARBEMPCO
MAPARBEMCO
Isulan Public Market
Barangay Bual
Sitio Kamanga, Laguilayan
Barangay Tayugo
Barangay Kudanding
Figure 7. IEC on Reduce,

Reuse, Recycle
Figure 8. Clean Up Drive after IEC on

Environmental Management
e.) Better Living Through Skills Training and Livelihood Project

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Among the numerous Skills Training and Livelihood Projects being conducted and
sponsored by the Municipal Government of Isulan for the benefit of tricycle drivers, out-of-school
youths, senior citizens and others, the noteworthy accomplishments are: Skills Training on
Community Rehabilitation Program for Persons with Disability and Sustainable Livelihood Project
for the Elderly and for Unemployed Women.
By virtue of R.A. 7277, a law was created which provided for the Rehabilitation, Self
Development and Self-reliance of disabled persons and their integration into the mainstream of
society. Based on the records of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, there are
about one hundred ninety two (192) registered persons with disability ranging from age 15-59
years old in the Municipality of Isulan. Hence, LGU Isulan created this Skills Training on
Community Rehabilitation Program for Persons with Disability(PWD) for the Barangay Health
Workers and the families or relatives of the PWDs. From the said training, the elderly, Barangay
Health Workers, Barangay Volunteer Workers, the families or relatives of the PWDs and the
PWDs themselves will learn skills to properly render health services (to properly administer selfmedication in case of PWD participant), mobility assistance, genetic counselling and timely
intervention to arrest disabling condition. Each training is facilitated by a Registered/Licensed
Therapist, Mrs. Cecilia Gampong, RSW (MSWDO) and Ms. Lanyfe Laguda,MD,DPCP (MHO).
Meanwhile, the Sustainable Livelihood Project for the Elderly and for Unemployed Women
was implemented through the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office and funded out of
the Gender And Development(GAD) Fund of the Municipal Government of Isulan. The sustainable
livelihood project for elderly and unemployed women was realized through the intervention of the
Local Poverty Action Team(LPRAT) and the Womens Development Council headed by their
President, Dr. Marites K. Pallasigue. The unemployed women-paticipants were given tutorials on
Basket-weaving/making and food processing such as Noodle-Pasta Making, Powdered
Vegetables Making, Bread & Pastry Making and Fruit & Meat Preservation. The project-recipients
were also taught marketing techniques on how to sell their products after the end of series of
tutorials.
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Project beneficiaries were trained on three levels of competencies: Basic, Common and
Core. To ensure that the beneficiaries will be properly trained, certified trainers and assessors
from TESDA were tapped to assist in the skills training. Likewise, expertise of technologists and
researchers from academic institutions were solicited.
f.) Technical and Vocational Scholarships: A Chance for a Brighter Future

Early pregnancies, alcoholism, drug addiction and all sorts of juvenile delinquencies are
some of our youths today have engaged themselves with. Poverty if not we call it a culprit, is one
of the distinct reasons why most of them even if they wanted to continue their education are
inclined to get out from the ethical norms our society is embracing. As per survey, instead of books
or developing their skills the youth tend to involve themselves in vicious acts which bring distress
not only to their parents but as well as the society and the people or individuals that maybe
affected by their actions.
These observable facts are being delimited of the program schemed by the Local
Government of Isulan through the Technical Vocational (TechVoc) Education in partnership with
Castillo Technology Development Academy Institue
(CTDAI) through the Technical Skills
Development Authority (TESDA). The Local Government sponsors scholarships for Housekeeping
NCII, Food Beverage Serving NCII as well as Driving and Troubleshooting Skills to individuals
who are eligible to the program.
Most of the recipients are out of school youths in the municipality and individuals who
desire to acquire skills of the abovementioned program being offered. The Local Government
started this Scholarship from year 2007 and concurrently it continues to offer hopeful scholars for
the program. These technical and vocational schemes have helped the scholars to equip
themselves with the necessary skills and competencies. Some have been employed in the local
establishment with adequate skills and become functional in their workplace. More so, those that
look forward of working abroad have been very fortunate to acquire jobs in the overseas having
the facility and the aptitude delivered by the institution. Increase of job opportunities of the
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successful juveniles paves the way to motivate others in aspiring to join the technical vocational
education and be educated.
The TechVoc Scholarship Program set by the Local Government has a significant
implications to the lives of many Isulanons because, if not completely changing the economic
condition of the recipient, the program gives them the value of having adequate expertise to
become purposeful in the community they lived in rather become the predicament of the society.
Moreover, the program gradually sets an idea to the hopeful scholars that education is still the
preeminent way to become successful in all facades of life. The next table presented is the list of
short-term courses offered and other pertinent details regarding the TechVoc Scholarship
Program:
Table 9.Skills training through short-term courses
Courses
Cost of Course
Per Trainee
(based on TESDA
scholarship rate
per course)
No. of
trainees (to
be provided
by the LGU)
No. of
trainees
sponsored
by CTDAI &
SKAN-PPVR
Project
Cost
Massage Therapy
NCII
4,000.00 / trainee
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100,000.00
Tailoring PatternMaking
3,560.00 / trainee
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89,000.0
0
Carpentry &
Masonry
5,000.00 / trainee
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FBS NCII
EIM NCII
3,500.00 / trainee
5,000.00 / trainee
25
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Bread & Pastry

Production NCII
Housekeeping
NCII
Total
5
5
125,000.00
87,500.0
0
125,000.00
3,500.00 / trainee
25
87,500.0
0
5,000.00 / trainee
20
170
5
20
100,000.00
714,000.00
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g.) Building Dreams Through Education Facilities and Infrastructure

Safe infrastructure with proper functioning facilities in place such as electric power, potable
water, transportation networks and the like, are clearly the best place for the young generations to
start learning and building their dreams for the future. In the municipality, there are 27 public
elementary schools, 7 private elementary schools, 5 public secondary schools, 3 private
secondary schools, 1 public tertiary school, 1 private tertiary school, 2 private schools offering
vocational courses and 43 Day Care Centers. With the mentioned number of learning
infrastructure, there is still an increasing demand to establish additional buildings and provide
more conducive venues for learning due to population growth, increase competitiveness and the
enhancement of public awareness of the need for education.
Hence, the Municipal Government of Isulan extended infrastructure support to the

education sector through financing the construction of Classroom Buildings, Alternative Learning
System Multi-purpose Building, School Mini-gymnasiums, School Stage, School Fencing, School
Beautification and Repair of School Amenities and Facilities such as electric wiring,
telecommunication services and water supply.
Said projects which are implemented to create venues conducive for learning and growth
of the young learners are financed through the Special Education Fund, the DSWD/Kalahi-CIDSS
fund, and the counterparting scheme using the 20% Development Fund of the Municipality of
Isulan. Other private organizations also took their part in community development. The
construction of two-classroom buildings in Isulan Central School and Kalawag Central School is a
proven paradigm of private-public partnership in action. The construction of these buildings were
financed largely by the Isulan Chinese Chamber of Commerce with fund counterpart from the
Municipal Government of Isulan. These were also built through active participation from the
Parents-Teachers Association of the schools and Barangay Officials and Barangay Tanods who
contributed manual labor during the construction phase.
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Table 10. Infrastructure Projects funded by Special Education Fund
Project
Construction Of Mini Gym
School
Dansli Elem.School, Kudanding
Amount
1,200,000.00
School, D. Lotilla Elem. School,

Construction Of Classroom
Isulan Central School

Bonita Elem. School,
Building
Kal. III Elem. School
Installation Of Electric Power

Completion Of Classroom
Bambad Elem. School

Kalawag III Annex Elem. School
Building
Completion And Stage And CR
Construction And Installation Of
Bonita Elem. School

Kolambog Elem. School
School Gate
School Improvements/
200,000.00
20,000.00
120,000.00
70,000.00
30,000.00
400,000.00
Facilities For
Brigada Eskwela
Table 11. Education Infrastructure Projects in partnership with Kalahi-CIDSS
Infrastructure
SCHOOL
Total Cost
LGU COUNTERPART
Project
2 Classrooms
Don Juan Garcia Elem. School
1.25 Million
(20% Development Fund)

222,000.00
2 Classrooms
3 Classrooms
Alternative
(Kenram)
Kolambog Elem. School
Mapantig Elem. School
Brgy. Laguilayan
1.3 Million
1.77 Million
1.2 Million
305,000.00
390,000.00
398,000.00
Learning Center
Figure 9. School Mini Gyms

Funded by SEF
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Figure 10. Construction of 2-Classroom Bldg.

At Brgy. Kenram
II. Monitoring and Evaluation

Documentation and Records-keeping
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As the database needed for literacy development programs is being compiled on an ongoing basis, records-keeping are being done primarily by the ALS District Coordinators while
some are compiled and kept in the Municipal Planning and Development Office. The Municipal
Government also encourages institutions and organizations to submit a report of their literacy
projects to be included in the LGU records and the ALS database.
Ocular inspection of the District Coordinators as well as the four (4) District Supervisors of
public elementary schools of Isulan and representatives from LGU Isulan(usually the MSWDO) is
being conducted to ensure that monitoring and evaluation is regularly done. Their monitoring
includes observation of literacy classes being held on their respective districts. The evaluation of
literacy classes primarily focuses on the attendance and participation of the learners and how far
they have gained knowledge in the learning shared to them. Every quarter, district meeting is
conducted by the teachers with the ALS coordinators to generate feedback, solicit suggestions
and to know the areas needed for further improvement.
Regular submission of Status Reports

The ALS District Coordinators submit their monthly reports to the Sultan Kudarat Division
ALS Coordinator for consolidation and for further verification to ensure the accuracy, reliability and
timeliness of the data. Records are also furnished to the Office of the Municipal Planning and
Development Coordinator for further use in the drafting of comprehensive development plans and
annual investment plans for the municipality of Isulan.
III. Organizational Structure and Management

The leadership of the municipal authorities in identifying potential beneficiaries and in
coordinating activities to offer them an education relevant to their needs has been credited as a
key factor in raising literacy levels and sustaining lifelong learning in the region. Hence, the
creation of Municipal Literacy Coordinating Council and Municipal School Board was immediately
put into effect through Executive Orders.
Municipal Literacy Coordinating Council
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Empowerment of out-of-school youth and adults is essential through provision
of learning opportunities that will help them in improving their quality of life and in
becoming more productive and effective contributors to the community. These
learning opportunities are possible through a local special body, such as a local
literacy coordinating council, which will focus in the effective implementation and
monitoring of the literacy programs of the Local Government. Organized through the
Executive Order No.23 Series of 2013, the Municipal Literacy Coordinating Council (MLCC) has
the following functions and responsibilities:
1. Conduct survey mapping, with special emphasis on the level of elementary and
secondary formal school drop-out;
2. Collect and consolidate relative data on participation rate of children enrolled in
private and public schools;
3. Assign and monitor the performance of Learning Facilitators and/or Instructional
Managers of the Community Learning Center in the barangays;
4. Implement the Literacy Programs and Alternative Learning System to address
illiteracy in the Municipality;
5. Coordinate with and consult the barangay council on issues concerning
education, most especially on the implementation of BLP and ALS;
6. Perform such other functions as may be deemed necessary.
The Municipal Literacy Coordinating Council is composed of the following:
CHAIRMAN
HON. DIOSDADO G. PALLASIGUE

Municipal Mayor
VICE CHAIRMAN
HON. PABLETO RENDON JR., RMT

SB Member/Chairman Committee on Education
MEMBERS
MILFORD SOLDEVILLA
South Isulan District Supervisor
INDALENCIA JAMISON
East Isulan District Supervisor
ERIC BALANCIO
West Isulan District Supervisor
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SIMEON LOTILLA
Central Isulan District Supervisor
RAMIL A. PARLERO
ALS Coordinator East Isulan District
LILIBETH T. PAMA
ALS Coordinator South Isulan District
ANGELITO D. DINERO
ALS Coordinator Central Isulan District
REYNOUR S. SOURIBIO
ALS Coordinator Central Isulan District
HON. ARNOLD NANGKI
ABC President
CECILIA P. GAMPONG
Mun. Social Welfare & Development Officer
ROGER VILLAGRACIA
Municipal Agriculturist
DR. MARITES K. PALLASIGUE
Representative Womens Sector
REV. EDUARDO ERECE
Representative Religious Sector
ERIC FANTILANAN
Representative Youth Sector
SECRETARIAT
:
CHERRY D. BEPITEL, CPA
A.O. IV; Budget Officer II
ANDRES G. MAGAT III
Administrative Aide IV
Municipal School Board
One of the most fully functional local special bodies in this municipal government is the
Municipal School Board. Recently reorganized through the the Executive Order No.40 Series of
2013, the Municipal School Board has produced five (5) Municipal School Board Resolutions,
majority of which are directly related to the programs and projects that are financed by the Special
Education Fund.
The composition of the Municipal School Board is as follows:
Chairman
HON. DIOSDADO G. PALLASIGUE

Municipal Mayor
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Co- Chairman
MR. SIMEON Y. LOTILLA

Central Isulan District Supervisor- Dep Ed
Members
MRS. INDALECIA P. JAMISON

East Isulan District Supervisor- Dep Ed
MR. REYNALDO SOURIBIO

West Isulan District Supervisor- Dep Ed
MR. MILFORD SOLDEVILLA

South Isulan OIC-District Supervisor- Dep Ed
HON. PABLETO A. RENDON JR.

SB Member- Committee on Education
MRS. MAE L. BARRERA

Municipal Treasurer
HON. RYNN JUDD C. ESCANO

SKMF President
Representative
Non- Academic Personnel of Public School
President
Teacher Organization of Isulan, SK
Federation President
Parents Teacher Association (PTA)
Secretariat
INDALENCIA JAMISON
Secretariat - designate
The following are the functions and responsibilities of the Municipal School Board of Isulan:
1. Determine, in accordance with criteria set by the Department of Education, Culture and
Sports, the annual supplementary budgetary needs for the operation and maintenance
of public schools within the province, city or municipality, as the case may be, and the
supplementary local cost of meeting needs, which shall be reflected in the form of an
annual school board budget corresponding to its share of the proceeds on real
property constituting the Special Education Fund and such other source of revenue as
this Code and other laws or ordinances may provide;
2. Authorize the provincial, city or municipal treasurer, as the case may be, to disburse
funds from the Special Education Fund pursuant to the budget prepared and in
accordance with existing rules and regulations;
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3. Serve as an advisory committee to the sanggunian concerned on Education matters

such aas, but not limited to, the necessity for and the uses of local appropriations for
educational purposes; and
4. Recommend changes in the names of public schools within the territorial jurisdiction of
the local government unit for enactment by the sanggunian concerned. The
Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall consult the local school board on
the appointment of division superintendents, district supervisor, school principals, and
other school officials.
Regular Conduct of Meeting of the Municipal School Board

DATE
VENUE
AGENDA
January 28, 2013 Conference Hall Construction of Mini-gymnasiums
REMARKS
Regular meeting
at selected schools;
Construction of Classroom
Building at selected schools;
Installation of electric power at
March 4, 2013
Conference Hall
selected schools
Completion of Classroom Bulding
Regular meeting
of selected school;
Completion of stage and Comfort
Room at selected school;
Construction of school gate at
selected school;
School Improvement Facilities for
September
2013
December
2013
December
2013
2,
Conference Hall
Brigada Eskwela
Text-to-teach
Program
Regular meeting
Special
Regular meeting
Extension of services of Special
Special meeting
Implementation
4,
Conference Hall
2014
Budgetting
for
Education Fund
19,
Mayors Office
Education
Fund-paid
Teachers
until March 30, 2013 in view of

the Memorandum Circular from
Department of Education for the
termination of their services
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Since the creation of the Municipal School Board, conducted regular meetings have
always been attended by majority of the council members. In 2013, a total of five (5) meetings
were scheduled, which obtained a quorum to allow the Chairman to deliberate on the agenda of
the meeting and decide thereon.
IV. Effects of Programs/Projects on Learners

Each literacy program implemented by the Municipal Government of Isulan leaves traces of
hope and success in the lives of program recipients especially the few number of indigenous
people in the municipality: Blaan(.11%), Manobo(1.08%) and Tiruray(.03%). The Basic Literacy
Programs, ALS Program and other literacy development-related programs and projects provided
the participants the necessary learning and skills to help them get along in this competitive and
modern world. Majority is now able to recognize important documents and can then affix their
names and signatures thereto. They will able to be write their name and affix their signature in
their formal documents or they can choose their own candidates when they vote without the help
of assistors during elections. Most farmers can already estimate quantities to be used in their
agricultural products. Those participants who are trained with livelihood programs and were given
capital by the Municipal Government and other agencies to start their own businesses can now
calculate their income and expenses when they sell their products. The learning and skills gained
by the participants in the literacy program have imbibed in them the confidence to be able to
appreciate their individuality and the awareness as to what they can contribute to the community.
PART THREE
Management and Leadership
I. Resource Generation, Networking and Social

Mobilization
Budget and financial statements

The main source of fund to finance literacy and continuing education-related
programs is the Special Education Fund. Other sources include: 20% Development Fund,
Gender and Development Fund and the MOOE under the Office of the Mayor. Below is
the audited financial statement(Report of Revenues and Receipts) from the office of the
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Municipal Accountant showing the revenue generated in 2012 to be allotted as Special

Education Fund:
Table 12. 2012 Report of Revenues and Receipts
Benefactors and Networks

Networking is essential in every organization especially in a local government unit
to ensure that significant information and public service are relayed and delivered to all
sectors. In the case of strengthening and promoting literacy development programs,
networking is an effective tool to solicit support and intervention from other organizations.
Table 13. Benefactors, Networks and their Participation
AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS

Department of Education (RFO XII)
SUPPORT AND/OR PARTICIPATION

Active participation to all the activities and
programs of the LGU; Assisted in monitoring
and evaluation of all education programs;
Ensure
that
schools
submit
monitoring
reports on the Text2Teach Project; assisted in

the successful implementation of Brigada
Eskwela Program and awarded the LGU as a
Hall of Fame Awardee for Best Brigada
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Eskwela Implementer
Bureau of Alternative Learning System
Deployment of Mobile Teachers, District

ALS Coordinators and Instructional
Isulan Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Managers
Funded with counterpart from LGU
Isulan
the Construction of 2-classroom Buildings at

Kalawag Central School and Isulan Central
School; donated items for the distribution of
hygiene kits and school supplies for the
Knowledge Program and to the elementary
schools of Isulan; participated in the school
beautification project for the Brigada Eskwela
Program
Department of Social Welfare and
Development (RFU XII)
Through the Kalahi-CIDSS program, took the

lead in the construction of various School
Buildings in the selected barangays and
Multi-purpose Alternative Learning Center at
Brgy. Laguilayan; Funded the P1.7 Million
supplemental feeding to Day Care Children;
Monitored Day Care Workers; Conducted
seminars
per
barangays
educating
the
families regarding the Anti Violence Against

ALS District Coordinators
Women and Children(VAWC) Law.

Facilitated recruitment of facilitators and
learners;
Conducted
orientation
of
the
Alternative Learning System per barangays in

coordination with the Mun. Government;
monitor literacy program and conducted
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review of ALS test takers
Headed by the First Lady herself, Dr. Marites
Rural Improvement Club
Pallasigue, they participated in the Skills

Training and Livelihood Project for women
through identification of qualified recipients;
sponsored numerous skills training program
not only for the women but for out-of-school
youth as well
Provided
counterpart
Ayala Foundation Incorporated
administrative
costs,
to
shoulder
educational
videos,
NED software, downloading load for one year

for the Text2Teach project.
Database Management and Track Record

Database for the literacy programs are being maintained primarily by the District
ALS Coordinators and copies of other significant information are under the custody of the Office of
the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator. On the other hand, details of the programs
funded through the Special Education Fund are being kept by the Municipal School Board
Secretariat Designate. Further, Hon. Pableto Rendon, Jr., RMT who is the Chairman of
Committee on Education coordinates and monitors the literacy programs being implemented in
the municipality and also cooperates with the ALS Coordinators and District Supervisors. On the
other hand, the Municipal Mayor also directed the Barangay Chairmen to organize a Barangay
Literacy Coordinating Council so that the problem of their respective constituents in basic
education will be given proper attention and intervention.
II. Program Sustainability and

Institutionalization
Sustainability and Institutionalization Plan
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To sustain the Basic Literacy and Continuing Education Program of ALS, the following
strategies and approaches are initiated:
1. Organization of the Municipal Literacy Coordinating Council. Its main Function is to provide
policy and programs and to recommend strategies for the eradication of illiteracy in the
municipality.
2. Full support of the Municipal School Board and the Sangguniang Bayan of Isulan through
creation and enactment of resolutions and executive orders in support for the literacy
program.
3. Allocation of funds for literacy programs under the General Fund and the Special
Education Fund.
4. Proper budgeting to ensure efficient and effective utilization of the Special Education Fund
to augment the resources of the academic institutions and for the sustainability of the
literacy programs being implemented in the municipality.
5. Strong partnership and networking schemes with organizations from both the public and
private sector through comprehensive dialogue, submission of proposals, requests and
resolutions to support the community.
6. Establishing of Community Learning Centers in the far-flung areas to cater the education
needs of the learners especially the IPs.
III. Leadership Qualities

Isulan: Of Good Governance and Leadership
Setting Clear Directions
Every leader has a dream for the populace whom he is bound to serve. The Municipal
Government of Isulan under the administration of Mayor Diosdado Pallasigue believes that
dreams to be fulfilled begins with a vision to organize a fully functional effective system and to
transpire significant change in the organization. This is in assonance to another idea, that not all
has this innate desire to lead others. Nevertheless, a man behind the progressive Isulan gives us
the succinct delineation of a leader and the concept of an incomparable leadership. Mayor
Pallasigue, in sharing to all Isulanons a vivid picture of advancement through his untainted interest
to serve the public, exerts hands-on effort in overseeing and reviewing the formulation and
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implementation of plans for the Municipality of Isulan as evidenced in the Annual Investment Plan,
the five-year Comprehensive Development Plan as well as the three-year Executive-Legislative
Agenda. Essentially, there is no such a regimen to hone a leader or to born a leader it is learned
through constant search to the needs of others. The competence of Mayor Pallasigue to provide
clear directions which involve knowledge of the task, expertise to handle more challenging job
especially in the risk of decision making and experience to learn more the craft of handling people
in your parameter of work is greatly manifested in his ability and willingness to serve as the
League of Municipalties President(LMP) for Sultan Kudarat Chapter as well as President for LMPMindanao Cluster.
Interpersonal Relations, Communication Skills and Teambuilding Capacity
Setting guidance and good example rather than only commanding authority is where every
leadership differs. The leaders of the municipality of Isulan under the administration of Mayor
Pallasigue put together strong teams to work reciprocally in a group as evidenced by the strong
support of the council for Local Special Bodies. One of the great manifestations of the team
building skills exercised by Mayor Pallasigue to date is the regular conduct of Kapehan sa Bayan
which he initiated to serve as multi-sectoral dialogue to address pressing concerns and issues in
the municipality. Guests from different sectors such as the Representatives from the Department
of Education, Womens Group, Religious Sector, Senior Citizens Federation, Transport groups,
Business Sector, Isulan Bankers Association, Media, LGU Department Heads and others are
invited to attend the conference which usually starts at 5:30 in the morning and ends within two
hours. This is where the Local Chief Executive together with the Members of Sangguniang Bayan
obtains feedback whether the performance targets of his administration are being implemented if
not given attention and made things done immediately. The leaders of this Municipal Government
establishes civic rapport to all sectors of society also through Public Consultations, Public
Hearings and . As the Municipal Officials headed by Mayor Pallasigue often discloses in most of
his speeches, Buylog Isulan, Ugyon Kita, their clear call for unity and progress is widely
communicated to all Isulanons.
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Ability to Make Critical Judgments and Decisions
A leader who is tamed by time often emphasizes the attitude of not delaying public
transactions to the needy public. He is a benevolent leader, he allows his people to contribute at
the same time delegates them to take part in his visions and made them into reality.
Transparency and Accountability

Being an awardee of the Seal of Good Housekeeping for two straight years (2011 and
2012), the highest award conferred by the Department of Interior and Local Government, only
meant that the Municipal Government of Isulan has passed the standards of Transparent,
Accountable and Participatory Governance the three ingredients to successfully practice Good
Governance.
Figure 11. Scanned Copy of DILG
Certification of Compliance with the Full
Disclosure Policy
PART FOUR
Collective Impact
I. Actual Improvement on Literacy Rate

Through both the basic and functional literacy programs implemented in the municipality,
Isulanons especially the young learners have enhanced their skill in reading, writing and arithmetic
which gives them empowerment and paves the way for better living. Moreover, the young and
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adult learners are given opportunity to continue their learning and have a chance to improve their
socio-economic status. The learning and skills development brought by the literacy program to the
beneficiaries especially those belonging to the underprivileged sector are now being put into
practice by them and thus giving them good sustainable sources of income. Not only were the
recipients trained for economic purposes but also to boost their self-reliance and self-confidence
especially the elderly, the Persons With Disabilities and the Unemployed Women.
II. Improved Economic Status(Poverty

Reduction Rate)
The Skills and Livelihood Program initiated by the service providers indeed is a great
help to the learners. This developed the entrepreneurial skills of the learners which will help them
to improve their economic status so that they can carry on their daily needs and to be utilized for
the education of their family members. They used their knowledge in literacy mathematical ability
in their small business venture. In addition to, many of the learners who enrolled in cosmetology
are now employed in the different beauty salon as hair dresser or make-up artists not only here in
Isulan but in some part of Sultan Kudarat.
III. Improvement in terms of health and

nutrition, sanitation and hygiene
Through the effective collaboration and joint efforts of the District ALS, Department of
Education Division Office and the Municipal Health Office, the recipients of literacy programs
improved a notch higher in term if hygiene, good grooming health and sanitation, waste disposal
and environmental management. The Health and Sanitation Team headed by the Municipal Health
Officer in coordination with the public and private schools and other Non-Government
Organizations are responsible for training of all personnel and volunteers assigned in the team.
During the skills training for PWDs, the project recipients(the elderly, Barangay Health Workers,
Barangay Volunteer Workers, the families or relatives of the PWDs and the PWDs themselves)
already acquired basic knowledge trained how to :
Apply first aid and self-help medical operations during emergency
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Proper hygiene routines especially for the PWDs encountering difficulty in doing so due
to physical incapacities
Arrange with and tap government health agencies,MHO, NGOs, Red Cross or other
sources for first aid and medical self-help trainings for all organization personnel.
Supervise the selection of first aid medical treatment areas in shelters and elsewhere,
Direct first aid or medical self-help operations and knowledge how to use basic medical
supplies, as required, assuring the proper use, conservation and availability for
emergency.
IV. Improved environmental protection program

The Municipality of Isulan has not escaped the changing times and weather pattern in the
Philippines. Because of soil erosion, more and more areas adjacent to the riparian zone have
been consumed by the Allah River, thereby causing hundreds of hectares of agricultural lands
being submerged underwater. Likewise, several barangays, which have never experienced
flooding in the past, have also been flooded in recent years. Due to this inescapable problem of
flooding, the Municipal Government of Isulan has sought to implement programs and projects with
the end goal of making the constituents more responsible to protect the environment and at the
same time adapting to climate change.
Because climate change is an inescapable fact of the natural process of global warming,
the Municipal Governments intervention focused in the Information Education Campaigns such as
trainings and seminars regarding the preservation of the riparian zone, implementation of solid
waste management policies, and accomplishment of other climate change adaption activities such
as tree planting. Included in the Information Education Campaigns is the topic on Reduce, Reuse.
Recycle wherein participants were taught on how to gain profitability from reusing waste materials
and converting them into usable items. Through these, Isulanons gain knowledge on
environmental protection while contributing to achieve the target goal of reducing waste collection
in the Municipality.
V. Improved peace and order conditions
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With the proliferation of literacy programs along with other development programs, the
Municipality of Isulan maintains to be relatively peaceful. The improved peace and order condition
of the municipality is manifested in the crime statistics being monitored by the peacekeeping
forces particularly the Isulan Municipal Police. Index crimes, as defined by the PNP, involves
crimes against person such as murder, homicide, physical injury and rape, and crimes against
property such as robbery, theft, carjacking and cattle rustling. Non-index crimes are violations of
special laws such as illegal logging or local laws or ordinances. Below is the graph of the Index
Crime Statistics of Isulan for the past three years:
Graph 2. Isulan Index Crime Statistics
ISULAN INDEX CRIMES STATISTICS

120
100
80
INDEX CRIME RATE
97
60
58
48
40
20
0
2011
2012
2013
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Municipal Government

Rationale for the Program

I. Planning and Development

National Auxiliary Chaplaincy Philippines (NACPHIL) Isulan PART, representing the

The Senior Citizens Association, representing the Elderly Sector; and

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Total number of population

Age Dependency Ratio

Population by Religious Affiliation

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Source: NSO 2000

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School Age Population

Households with income

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Table 6. Populations At Risk

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II. Development and Annual Investment Plans

a.) Economic Sector

c.) Infrastructure and Utilities Sector

a.) Economic Sector

b.) Social Sector

c.) Infrastructure and Utilities Sector

Implementation of Socialized Housing Programs

Organizations in Local Special Bodies.

Legislative Support to promote literacy

Table 7. Education and Literacy - related Ordinances and Resolutions

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Resolution No. 2013 061

Education and for other purposes

Resolution No. 2013 062

implementation of Text2Teach Project

Resolution No. 2013 063

at Buencamino Avenue, Kalawag I, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat

Resolution No. 2012 093

Community-based Training Program

Resolution No. 2011 023 A

for the seventeen(17) barangays of Isulan

Resolution No. 2011 117 ISB

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Resolution No. 2009 087

and for other purposes

Resolution No. 2009 103

Learning Laboratories at Isulan National High School

Program/Project Management and

Relevant and Effective Approaches

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In relation to the K-12 implementation. the Municipal Government of Isulan. in active

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a.) Text2Teach Project: Modern Education in the Modern World

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Table 8. Project Cost financed by LGU Isulan

Knowledge Program for Intermittent Thriving Children

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Children vendors and children of market vendors who

Figure 4. Learning Materials & Hygiene

Mayor Diosdado Pallasigue together with then Isulan

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c.) Isulan Farmers Field School : Asenso sa Agrikultura

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Photo was taken during one of the Farmers Field School

Farmers and their families who welcome facilitators of