One hundred thirteen middle level managers of the Department of Education (DepEd) had undergone management and leadership training with the Meralco Management and Leadership Development Center (MMLDC) funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said that the management training for the DepEd officers was part of DepEd’s serious bid to institutionalize good management at the department. AusAID’s financial support for the implementation of DepEd’s Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA) was very helpful in the pursuit of retooling these managers, he added.
The Australian Government, one of the country’s largest bilateral grant donors, has earmarked some A$30 million (approximately P1.03 billion) to DepEd in 2008, giving it a wider financial berth to pursue its BESRA.
“Our core competence can only be as strong as the skill that each member of this organization possesses. This is why we are investing in the retooling of our people,” Lapus said.
BESRA is a package of policy reforms that aims to put in place an education system that is able to deliver a sustainable quality education for all Filipino children. “DepEd must have managers who are strategists and visionaries and who can provide the momentum to sustain our education reform agenda,” explained Lapus.
The midlevel managers from DepEd central and regional offices underwent a 43-day training by the MMLDC for the Philippines Australia Human Resource Development Facility (PAHRDF) and DepEd.
Participants were trained to demonstrate improved appreciation of their roles and apply innovative leadership techniques to help nurture and develop staff competencies.
The managers also received 35 days of Executive Coaching from October-November 2008. PAHRDF fielded several coaches to provide face to face coaching for the participants in their respective workplace for the implementation of their Leadership Action Plan. –Rainier Allan Ronda, Philippine Star
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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