THOUSANDS of students in Iloilo City will receive supplementary materials from the United States Agency for International Development.

Of the 20,000 beneficiaries, Grade 2 students will get reading materials in Filipino, and Grade 3 students English reading materials.

A parent’s manual will come with the items.

“The materials are beautiful because the writers are our teachers. It is quality assured by the regional office and experts also,” Iloilo City Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Ma. Luz De los Reyes said.

The donation was made under the Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines project of USAID in partnership with the Department of Education and Research Triangle Institute International.

“ABC+ was launched at the central office early of 2019. Their focus is on literacy and numeracy from Kindergarten to Grade 3,” De los Reyes said.

The Iloilo City Schools Division is one of the four pilot areas in Western Visayas for the project. The others are the divisions of Roxas City, Escalante City, and Negros Occidental.