A free bag and some school supplies for all elementary and high school students of this town helped increase the enrolment for this school year, according to Binmaley Mayor Simplicio Rosario.

Rosario said the municipal government embarked on the project of giving bags and school supplies because many residents are poor that the parents could not send their children to school, although education in both elementary and secondary levels is free.

"Because of this project, some pupils already nine year olds enrolled in Grade I," he said during the distribution of the supplies in the different schools of the town.

However, he said there was no data yet on the enrolment as of presstime. "I want to lessen the illiteracy rate in my town. I hope all children will finish high school," he added.

The town has almost 15,000 youth enrolled in the public schools and each of them benefited from the projecFree bags, free school supplies