Malasya-Uyungan Elementary School

The Malasya-Uyungan Elementary School is now an annex school of Puray Elementary School reopened in June 2012, presently managed by Mr. Richard Z. Zonio as Head Teacher I.

June, 1990 when the school started to operate independently catering Indigenous Peoples (Dumagat Tribe) of Rodriguez, Rizal pioneered by Mr. Narciso San Jose as full time teacher in five years of operation. Due to gradually decreasing of enrollment because of tribe’s nomadism, and no teacher was willing to teach due to distance and lack of transportation to reach the place, the school stopped its operation in 1995.

For 17 years of stagnancy, Sitio Malasya-Uyungan gradually become progressive, and families are soaring for education of their child. The indigenous tribes become modernized and some people from Aklan began to migrate the place in quest for Kaingin farming and logging. The most accessible barrio from the place is Brgy. Calawis, Antipolo City where the residents need to travel 10 kilometers.

With the initiative of Sitio Chairman Elsie J. Marcelino in year 2011, she filed a request to Mr. Angelito D. Dasalla, a Public Schools District Supervisor of the time, and Hon. Piloteo Z. Agudes, a Barangay Chairman of Puray to reopen the school.

The request granted to open the school in June 2012 to handle classes from Kindergarten to Graders in which Puray Elementary School served as the Mother school . With the dedication committed by Ms. Jonalyn S. Agudes and Mrs. Josephine P. Siloterio, the school open her door to cater the 73 pupils of Malasya-Uyungan, School Year 2012-2013.

The school has only 1 building structure with 2 classrooms, and is equally divided into three to accommodate the increasing enrolment every year. A lot donated by the tribe measuring approximately 2,ooo square meters serves as the permanent school site to be erected by additional buildings in the soonest times.

June, 2014 - when the additional teacher funded by the Local Government of Rodriguez in a person of Mr. Alladin D. Allah was created. Another nationally paid teacher, Mr. Aldrin E. Bautista was also deployed by Mrs Edna Q. Ramos, a Public Schools District Supervisor to serve the learner eager to finish their study and attain the dream of quality Education.

At present, after one year serve by Mr. Richard Z. Zonio as the Teacher In-Charge, the school continuously developed not only academically but total physical ground improvement with the help of different stakeholders even in a small ways by giving school supplies to teachers and pupils, feeding the malnourished pupils and help improving the school.

With the committed 2014 PTA President-elect Mrs. Evelyn Cruz, parents become actively engaged in different school’s activities, and supporting the Bayanihan sa Paaralan program of the school and Brigada Eskwela.