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046 Oplan Balik Eskwela (Postscript)
Our effort to ensure a smooth opening of the new school year was a resounding success. Oplan Balik Eskwela, which I had conceptualized a little over a month before the June 5, 2005 school opening, was implemented well by our communications team, with the support of the rest of the Office of the Secretary and…
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045 Balik Eskwela Na! (5)
School opening day—June 5—went quite well. It was actually better than anyone would have expected. Under the banner of Oplan Balik Eskwela, our plan was to spend the entire morning around Metro Manila, visiting schools, with Education Secretary Butch Abad explaining to the media the real situation on the ground.
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044 Balik Eskwela Na! (4)
It wasn’t all smooth sailing as one would hope. That of course was to be expected whenever you have such ambitious goals as we had—ensuring that year’s school opening would proceed without a hitch. Or as our boss, Education Secretary Butch Abad, had defined it—making sure that the headlines on June 6, 2005 won’t say…
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043 Balik Eskwela Na! (3)
The horrors of school openings in the Philippines were plain to see, yet somehow, no one made an all-out effort to find a solution to them. Well, not until Education Secretary Butch Abad made an issue of it, in April 2005, and I had the audacity to say I’d come up with a magic formula…