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042 Balik Eskwela Na! (2)
I had mixed feelings when I entered the Office of the Secretary that morning. On the one hand, I came prepared, armed with a slide presentation I worked on for about a week. So I was confident enough just knowing that I couldn’t be faulted for not trying. However, I also knew that what I…
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041 Balik Eskwela Na! (1)
It was April (2005) and we were in Baguio to accompany then education secretary Butch Abad in several speaking engagements in the city, including one at the Philippine Military Academy (I talked about it previously in Blog 014: Eye Opener). He was also there to speak to various education stakeholders as part of our push…
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040 Brigada Week
Our friends in one of our Educator Empowerment Program beneficiaries, Doña Rosario Elementary School in Quezon City, asked me to speak for their Brigada Eskwela launch event this week. And of course, I couldn’t say no (although I couldn’t go because it was all last minute; I instead sent them a prerecorded video, as they…
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039 Uniforms
So why are we talking about this now? Well, the short answer is simply because the new Philippine education secretary, Vice President Sara Duterte, made mention of it. Whether or not this was triggered by questions from media or concerned citizens doesn’t really matter. What matters is how we’re going to look at and address…