Manila, April 15 -- f-school girls in Eastern Visayas will soon have a place to learn with the construction of Girls Education Center through a partnership of Department of Education (DepEd), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

Officials joined the groundbreaking of the facility at the DepEd regional office complex in Palo, Leyte on Wednesday.

It is for young female learners who have no opportunity to go through regular classes due to extreme poverty. It is up for completion in December this year.

UNESCO Jakarta Office national project officer Remegio Alquitran said during the event that female learners of Alternative Learning System (ALS) in Tacl...