[ Manila Bulletin Online ] April 9, 2008
By SHIANEE R. MAMANGLU
BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio Teachers Camp (BTC) based here, the country’s premier training and convention center for teachers and students, marked its centennial anniversary last April 6 by implementing restoration and rehabilitation work on its facilities to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Established on April 6, 1908, BTC started as a series of tents operating as training areas for the American Thomasites, the pioneering teachers who founded the country’s public school system.
It is now a 23-hectare land with permanent lodging facilities such as halls and cottages and is home to several offices, including the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP), the training arm of the Department of Education (DepEd).
The BTC has hosted thousands of families, students, and teachers and has been the site of hundreds of meetings, seminars, and conventions.
The DepEd has deemed it necessary to upgrade the BTC’s facilities in order for it to continuously function as an excellent venue for training and recreation for the next 100 years.
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