Zamboanga City –
School heads and teachers from twenty-three (3) public schools in the ARMM are
in this city for a 3-day orientation, from august 12 to 14, 2014, to implement
DepEd’s Special Programs in the Arts (SPA), Sports (SPS), Journalism (SPJ) and
Foreign Languages (SPFL). Also invited were partner agencies such as the ARMM
Bureau of Cultural Heritage (BCH), Regional Sports Coordinating Office (RSCO),
Bureau of Public Information (BPI) and Bureau of Madrasah Education (BME).
These special
programs are geared to provide avenues for expression of students with different
learning styles and in so doing be able to keep students interested completing
their studies and reduce drop-outs of students who are otherwise bored with the
regular secondary program, according to BSE Director Dr Fatima Abubakar.
In this the
3-day this event, the target schools were recently oriented about the program “why”,
“how” and “what” based from the national guides contextualized to the ARMM
setting. They also plan how this program will take shape or will be implemented
in their schools in terms of classroom management, school operation, division
technical assistance and regional policy and resource support. They have had assessed
their capacity and what is needed to implement the program properly, in terms
of program equipment and facilities, ICT needs, school head and teacher
qualification and training program, and assessment requirement. The breakout
sessions were facilitated by Regional Coordinators Bernard Libetario, Kamil
Alongan, Helen Piol and Supervisor Saada Tubing.
To insure provincial equity, one school is identified for every province and they are as follows:
SPS Implementing Schools - Concepcion NHS (Basilan), Kili-Kili NHS (Lanao Sur), Datu Paglas NHS (Maguindanao), Sulu NHS (Sulu) and Tubig-Indangan NHS (Tawi-Tawi).
SPJ Implementing Schools - Parang Basak NHS (Basilan), Mananayo NHS (Lanao Sur), Camp Siongco NHS (Maguindanao) Jolo NHS (Sulu) and Batu-Batu NHS (Tawi-Tawi).
SPFL (Spanish) Implementing School - ARMM Regional Science High School (Maguindanao)
SPFL (Arabic) Implementing Schools - Atong-Atong NHS (Basilan), Adiong MNHS (Lanao Sur) and Sapakan NHS (Maguindanao)
SPFL (Bahasa) Implementing Schools - Pangutaran NHS, Luuk NHS and Patikul NHS (Sulu); Sitangkai, South Ubian and Ungus Matata NHS (Tawi-Tawi).
Immediately
after this orientation, the school team will start the groundwork leading to
the organization of at least a class of 35 students inclined towards the
program focus. Their respective division offices will provide technical
assistance in terms of quality assurance and liaising with local government and
non-government entities for resource support.
Regional
Secretary Atty Jamar M. Kulayan said, DepEd-ARMM is committed to provide policy
and resource support to insure these schools will serve as models for the ARMM
provinces and for future improvement and expansion under the Bangsamoro
political entity.
