Tumalalud HS’s vermi study cited region’s best science research

YOUNG SCIENTISTS.
High school seniors (from left)
Mark Stephen Guion, Jayson Gula and
 Irene Francisco of Mambusao National High School
 in Tumalalud, Mambusao, Capiz show their best
efforts in the regional science tilt.

In the first Regional Science and Technology Fair sponsored by the Regional Office of the Department of Education (DepEd) October 15–16, 2011 in Iloilo City, the study titled “Growth of African Nightcrawlers and the Macronutrient Content and pH of Their Vermicompost Using Various Substrates” was named the Best Presenter Award and won First Place in the Cluster 2-SSC, Type B, Life Science Team Category. 

The award-winning study undertaken by Jayson I. Gula, Team Leader and Irene Francisco and Mark Stephen Guion, all fourth year students of Mambusao National High School in Tumalalud, Mambusao, Capiz bested all other eight entries from across Western Visayas. The young researchers were assisted by Ms. Loreli Legada, Research Adviser and Mr. Rolando Ricardo, Jr., school principal.

PARTNERSHIPS GO A LONG WAY.
(Clockwise from top left) In these August 21011 photos, CapSU's Eduardo Navarra lends assistance to Ms. Loreli Legada in the vermi farms located in the school backyard where senior students Jason, Mark and Irene studied the worms needed for their study. The partnership afforded the students actual hands-on for their research and fetched honors for the barrio high school.

The research was undertaken in cooperation with the expertise provided by the Capiz State University (CapSU) Extension Institute represented by Training Coordinator Eduardo Navarra who guided Ms. Legada and her students in the vermicomposting procedures this year. In July 2011, Legada sought the expertise and assistance of Mr. Navarra who provided the worms for study and also monitored the progress of the study in the succeeding days.