By Minka Klaudia Tiangco
Three new government childcare facilities at vocational training centers were inaugurated in Navotas City Thursday.
(Photo from Navotas PIO)
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco led the launch of two child-minding rooms at the Navotas Vocational Training and Assessment (NAVOTAAS) Institute-Annex I at Barangay North Bay Boulevard South, Dagat-Dagatan, and the NAVOTAAS Institute-Annex II at Barangay Daanghari.
The child-minding rooms are areas where parents, who are taking technical-vocational courses at the institutes, can leave their children to play.
“A number of Navoteños wish to enroll in tech-voc courses but unable to do so because they have no one to attend to their kids. By having child-minding rooms, parents would be able to join classes knowing their children are safe and cared for,” Tiangco said in a statement.
The city government also inaugurated the third floor of the NAVOTAAS Institute-Annex I extension. The first two levels of the facility were donated by the Chinese-Filipino Business Club, Inc.
The NAVOTAAS Institute Annex-I extension will be offering courses on tailoring and dressmaking.
The Pescador Park was also opened at Barangay Bangkulasi. It features a basketball half-court and a mini-amphitheater.