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
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“Support women every day of the year!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and Made-in-the-Philippines
Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
Mar 4— Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 15 — World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 18 — Global Recycling Day
Mar 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 23 — International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Mar 25 — International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 27 — Earth Hour
