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Teacher Insights: Get to the journey of our rich Filipino Language at LRT-1 Gabay Guro train

Teacher Insights: Get to the journey of our rich Filipino Language at LRT-1 Gabay Guro train

Baybayin is an ancient script used primarily by the Tagalog people during the old age. It simply shows the complexity and greatness of our Filipino language from one generation to another. And even to this present time, our beloved teachers are still teaching the young students the importance and richness of these ancient letters.

For International Teachers’ Month, the annual Gabay Guro LRT-1 train is set to ride once again from the LRT-1 Balintawak station. And it’s a world of ancient words and culture inside our daily train.

Teacher Insights: Get to the journey of our rich Filipino Language at LRT-1 Gabay Guro train

A yearly collaboration between the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) and the PLDT-Smart Foundation, the special Gabay Guro-themed train has been journeying every September for the past three years. The 2019 Gabay Guro train puts Baybayin—one of the many ancient Filipino writing systems that’s also currently enjoying a renaissance—front and center on the cars’ design, together with bugtong and literary masterpieces of notable Filipino writers like Jose Rizal, Francisco Balagtas, Leona Florentino and Andres Bonifacio.

Teacher Insights: Get to the journey of our rich Filipino Language at LRT-1 Gabay Guro train

“We’re absolutely glad to be back once again celebrating National Teacher’s Month with the Gabay Guro LRT-1 train,” said PLDT SVP and Gabay Guro chairperson Chaye Cabal-Revilla. “We look forward to the smiles and joy the beautiful trains give our teachers, who serve our country and society as true everyday heroes.”

Teacher Insights: Get to the journey of our rich Filipino Language at LRT-1 Gabay Guro train

“It’s an honor to continue our partnership for  this excellent program that gives recognition to Filipino teachers everywhere, but also to do our part in educating all our LRT-1 passengers,” says LRMC President and CEO Juan F. Alfonso.

Teacher Insights: Get to the journey of our rich Filipino Language at LRT-1 Gabay Guro train

Gabay Guro is the flagship program of PLDT-Smart Foundation that provides abundant support and assistance to teachers nationwide. Building the nation one teacher at a time, Gabay Guro has seven pillars, including housing and educational facilities, scholarships, trainings, livelihood programs, broadband and computerization, teachers’ tribute, and innovation.

Teacher Insights: Get to the journey of our rich Filipino Language at LRT-1 Gabay Guro train

LRMC is a joint venture company of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation’s Metro Pacific Light Rail Corporation (MPLRC), Ayala Corporation’s AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation (AC Infra), and the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure’s Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings (Philippines) PTE Ltd. (MIHPL). It assumed operations and maintenance of LRT-1 in September 2015 through a PhP 65-billion 32-year concession.

Teacher Insights: Get to the journey of our rich Filipino Language at LRT-1 Gabay Guro train

Look out for the Gabay Guro train riding out on the LRT-1 tracks this September and learn how great our Filipino language is; well experience with your beloved teacher.

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