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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Baguio solon welcomes laws establishing specialized high schools for sports, arts

Baguio City Rep. Mark Go welcomed the enactment of measures establishing the Baguio City Sports High School and Baguio City High School for the Arts, catering to talented youth across Baguio, the Cordilleras, and Northern Luzon.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently signed Republic Acts (RA) 12118 and 12119. These respectively mandate the creation of the Baguio City Sports High School to offer sports-focused education and the Baguio City High School for the Arts to “promote the sustained development of young Filipinos whose aptitude and skills in culture and the arts shall be properly encouraged and honed through education and specialized training programs.”

As the primary author and sponsor of these laws, Go welcomed their passage as a “well-deserved development in providing an avenue for talented youth in Baguio and the greater Northern Luzon area to hone their skills and nurture outstanding talent in the country.”

“We thank President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for recognizing the importance of establishing these specialized high schools in the country in order to provide the proper support and training for our promising young athletes and artists, as we help open doors for greater opportunities,” Go said.

RA 12119 mandates the Baguio City Sports High School to implement a general secondary education curriculum as prescribed by the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 to students with potential in sports, in addition to developing learners’ athletic skills through subjects related to physical education and sports.

This specialized high school for sports will be administered by the Department of Education (DepEd) in coordination with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and the National Academy for Sports (NAS). It will be administered and operated in accordance with the policies, guidelines, and criteria to be issued by the NAS System Board of Trustees.

Meanwhile, RA 12118 will also implement a general secondary education curriculum for the Baguio City High School for the Arts, administered and supervised by the DepEd, in close coordination with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).

The NCCA and CCP will provide policy direction and technical assistance to the school through the DepEd Cordillera Administrative Region Regional Office and the Schools Division Office of Baguio City.

Initial funds for these schools will be allocated from this year’s appropriation of the Schools Division Office of Baguio City, while subsequent funds for their operations will be included in the annual national budget.

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