Tubod, Lanao del Norte – High school and elementary students from the 22 municipalities of the province converged at the sprawling Mindanao Civic Center sports complex for the opening ceremony of the 2011 Provincial Meet.


More than 1,000 students representing the 22 Elementary Districts Schools and 29 Secondary Schools in Lanao del Norte arrived here on January 7 to compete in the various sporting events of the meet.


“This is will be more of a rehearsal for the upcoming NMRAA which will be held here on February 2 to 6”, DepED Schools Division Superintendent Ma. Luisa B. Mutia disclosed.


The participating schools are clusters into 5 units: Unit I (Pantao Ragat, Tagoloan, Pantar, Matungao, Balo-i East and Balo-I West); Unit II (Linamon, Kauswagan, Bacolod, Maigo, and Kolambugan); Unit III (Tubod East, Tubod West, Baroy, Lala South and Magsaysay); Unit IV (Kapatagan East, Kapatagan West, Lala North, Sapad-Nunungan, Salvador and Sultan Naga Dimaporo); Unit V (private schools).


“This is a very good training ground for our young athletes. We need to develop their skills very early if we hope to win medals in international competitions especially in the Olympics”, Gov. Khalid Dimaporo exhorted.


DepED is expecting that the competitive encounters between the participating schools will thresh out the best athletes in each of the sixteen sports discipline who will then represent Lanao del Norte in the upcoming NMRAA. VNL/PIO-LDN