The
municipality of Bani with twenty-seven (27)
barangays has thirty-nine (39) educational
institutions disaggregated to twenty-nine
(29) elementary schools and ten (10) secondary
schools. Tertiary schools are non-operational
in the locality. The existing schools have
a total educational land area of 385,962 square
meters or 38.5962 hectares.
All the elementary schools operating in the
municipality are public or government-owned
schools. These are found in Barangays Poblacion,
Ambabaay, Aporao, Arwas, Ballag Norte, Banog
Sur, Calabeng, Centro Toma, Colayo, Dacap
Norte, Dacap Sur, Garrita, Luac, Macabit,
Masidem, Quinayaoanan, Ranao, Ranom Iloco,
San Jose, San Miguel, San Simon, San Vicente,
Tiep, Tipor and Tugui Grande. The ten (10)
secondary schools are located at Barangays
San Jose, Tiep, Dacap Norte, Ranao, Quinaoayanan,
Ranom Iloco, Banog Sur, Garrita, San Miguel
and Poblacion, one of which is private, the
Western Pangasinan Lyceum located in Poblacion.
Of these schools, only one (1) has laboratory.
Shop is inexistent in all schools, however,
each of these has playground. Library should
be indispensable to schools, but there are
only five (5) with such facility. All schools
have comfort rooms but only sixteen (16) have
clinics.
Other facilities like Home Economics Rooms,
nurseries, canteens, stage and others are
also available in the different schools.
As to kind of construction materials used,
all schools are made of permanent construction
materials in the form of cement, hollow blocks,
steel, wood and galvanized iron sheets. Generally,
all these schools are in good condition and
are all functional except for some parts of
school buildings like rooms, ceiling, door,
roofing, walls and alleys that need repair
and some educational facilities like chairs,
desks and blackboard that need to be replaced
and provided.
As of 2002, Bani has one hundred ninety-two
(192) classrooms for elementary and eighty-one
(81) for the secondary. The computed pupil
/ student to classroom ratios for the elementary
and secondary are 35 and 49:1, respectively.
This means that both levels of education are
still within the standard ratio of 50:1, as
mandated by the Department of Education. However,
there are four secondary schools that do not
meet the standard classroom to student ratio
of 50:1. These are San Jose National High
School, Dacap High School, Quinaoayanan High
School and Garrita High School with a classroom
to student ratio of 53:1; 55:1; 63:1 and 53:1
respectively.
