Foundation Preparatory Academy Science Wing

Challenges continue to exist in this time of pandemic. The Science Wing as a structure being built  inside an academic institution for the purpose of providing a facility suited for a scholarly education has been greatly affected by stay at home orders of the government due to Covid 19.

In the absence of face to face classes, the ultimate challenge of this project falls on finance. The tuition of  able students who continue to study inspite of this hurdle is not enough to sustain the daily operational expenses of the school, therefore, not being able to segregate some for its continuance.  Other factors greatly affecting this cause is the slowdown in the supply chain of materials and the lack of labor not being able to sustain salaries and wages at the same time not being allowed to employ so many as mandated.

Whatever manpower that is retained now is to protect the site from damage and spoilage from the elements and from theft considering an increased crime rate due to poverty.  We still continue to seek the assistance of GlobalGiving donors to be able to purchase materials for science laboratory equipment and furniture for the meantime that the construction is on hold.

It has been a year when this coronavirus pandemic rocked the entire world.  This has led to unfavorable decisions that not only Foundation University has to make but various companies most especially that of the construction business.

The construction of this building has slowed down immensely.  Much as this pandemic offered a big chance to continue building the Science Wing in the absence of face to face classes to get it ready when the time comes that government regulations will ease to allow students to come to school, however,  the following factors greatly affected to temporarily table this project:

1)  employee health and safety - in the absence of vaccines in Dumaguete City, the university deemed the construction workplace as unsafe considering the sudden rise of Covid positives in the city at this time.

2)  shortage of supply of materials - government's  efforts on quarantine regulations have slowed down shipment therefore affecting the supply.

3)  cost of materials - prices of materials went so much higher than the usual.

4)  finance - finances have totally dried up considering that the university has been depending totally on tuition income and donations.

In construction, everything comes down to money and time and all are quite uncertain on how its going to be,  how long this situation will last and what impact it is going to be.  the university is just hoping that through GlobalGiving donations we will be a back on our feet again.  Meantime, efforts are ongoing to preserve and maintain the existing structure from the elements.