TAGUIG City Mayor Laarni Cayetano on Monday said her administration has provided significant support to the West Rembo Elementary School Robotics Team, enabling them to compete in the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas.
“Taguig’s commitment to education is stronger than ever, especially with the addition of the schools in the EMBO barangays,” said Cayetano who personally met the robotics team over the weekend.
“Our investment in our youth’s education continues to pay off with students winning and bringing home national and international recognition in mathematics, science, technology, robotics, journalism, and research,” she added.
West Rembo Elementary School principal Alma Adona thanked Mayor Cayetano for the vital assistance provided.
Meanwhile, student-contestants Zyric Abines, Cassandra Elyze Cruz, Rio Dames, and Andrew Lejarso expressed their gratitude to the city chief executive and other local officials “for the great support that ensured their participation in the robotics competition.”
The robotics team, composed of students from various public schools in Taguig like the Sen. Renato Compañero Cayetano Memorial Science and Technology High School, Taguig Integrated School, and R.P. Cruz Elementary School, has consistently excelled and secured awards in international competitions in Thailand, Taiwan, and Germany.
The team’s innovations, including robots used in online graduations and quarantine facilities during the pandemic, have gained global attention further demonstrating Taguig’s strong support for robotics.
The local government remains committed to providing comprehensive education programs for all students in the city. The addition of EMBO schools has expanded Taguig’s family to nearly 200,000 public school students whom the City has embraced with open arms and dedicated funding.
Under Taguig’s administration, students from EMBO schools have benefitted from the city’s comprehensive educational program including free school supplies and uniforms and a P850-million scholarship program available to all students pursuing any degree or course at any college or university.
The Lifeline Assistance for Neighbors In-Need (LANI) scholarship program is also not limited to the upper 10% of the graduating class — but is open to all, and regardless of year levels. It is even open to those reviewing for licensure examinations and taking post-graduate studies.
Out of the more than 91,000 scholars under the LANI scholarship program, almost 3,000 are from EMBO barangays who applied and received their scholarships ranging from P15,000 to P110,000 per year.