Roots Crops and Abacca Plantings for Tuition Fees

Children bring crop plantings like cassava, "gabi" and abacca to somehow help the school operational expenses.  The meager salary of  the teachers were largely came from sponsorships and harvest from her farm.

The establishment of the school was requested by indigenous communities from remote areas so their children can access education.

For now,  the school caters only Kindargarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2.   By Grade 3, the student will be able to walk several mountains to reach the public school in the lowland.  Without this school, the children who wish to get education will enroll late on their age bracket.

Ms. Anita T. Castillon passionately runs this school.  Her vision when the Sta. Mission is still active to help the indigenous people to get education is still there.  Now, she has several Indigenous Learning Schools established for T'boli and Ubo tribes in the Municipality of Lake Sebu.


The private school was established  on April 15, 2007 and is recognized by the Dep Ed. 

ILS of T'kunel to Construct a "Classhome"

       The miniature model of the "classhome" to be constructed by the community and the sponsors.

     The classhome model will house a kitchen with basic utensils that will cater in case feeding will be implemented.  It is spacious compared to the ordinary classroom that can be used as a shelter in case of heavy rains.  Ideally, the roofing will have a GI-sheets on the top preserve the materials longer.

    Some people gave pledges for its construction.  Indigenous materials like bamboos, wooded posts, cogon grass for the roofings will be donated by the community except its labor.  The construction will be on "bayanihan" spirit.