Personal Initiatives: Building blocks for Education (Day 12)

Personal Initiatives: Building blocks for Education (Day 12)

by Rey Laguda

(This is the 11th day of 50-day journey of DepEd Undersecretary Rey Laguda as being serialized here with his permission, culled from his Facebook account - Blogger/owner)

Education is everyone's concern. Everyone is a stakeholder. Worth noting though is that beyond being a student or a parent, many actually go out of their way to help and volunteer. Today, I recognize individuals and groups who volunteer their time, effort and resources to help children and contribute to the improvement of the education sector. They have no compelling reason other than to help others. As Mahatma Gandhi said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." These people choose to be part of the change they want to see. They choose to act. They choose to make a difference. Nothing is too big or too small. They act locally and respond to needs of communities.

Stakeholders' SBM Commitment

Any endeavor for the school's improvement without the commitment of support from the stakeholders is unrealistic. SBM facilitates the academic performance of the school and the like if everybody is involved and committed.

Stakeholders of Cubay Elementary School (Division of La Carlota City), both the internal and external, got into details the principles and the new tool for School-based management assessment in a one-day seminar as echoed by the school principal.

The external stakeholder representing the parents, guardians of the school pupils is represented by their PTA president Racquel D. Angelitud along with her federation officers. The community and the Church is represented by the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Masville Branch with his auxiliary officers, the youth, the relief society, the priesthood, and the elders.