The Philippine
Business for Social Progress (PBSP) together with the members of the private
sector has formalized a partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) to
support classroom-building efforts through “Bayanihang Pampaaralan” (BP) that
was launched in 2011.
BP is an initiative of the 57-75 Movement pushing for
the construction of 10,000 classrooms in two
years. It aims to consolidate classroom building efforts
and direct funds to the construction of classrooms in areas that need the most
assistance. The project encourages coordination of private sector efforts in
education to help avoiding duplication of efforts and to rationalize funding
for projects. From the experience, BP discovered that providing classrooms is
not sufficient to meet desired its outcomes like improvement in academic
performance so the consortium decided to rethink and expand its focus, and specify
a focus intervention with focused results. The focus has now shifted to the
senior high school (SHS) program when it was about to start, and BP’s focus was
to help DepEd fulfill the promise of the SHS program. This gives birth to BP
Visayas SHS Steering Committee that will look into the implementation of SHS
specifically for the Technical Vocational and Livelihood Track.
BP Visayas Steering Committee has always believed that collective impact
in education reform is best achieved when there is strong collaboration between
the private sector, the academe, and other government agencies. One of its
pioneering projects is the holding of the 1ST Senior High
School TVL Jobs Fair on March 24, 2018 from 8am to 5:00pm at Abellana
Sports Complex. This event is in partnership with the Cebu
City Government through the Department of Manpower Development and Placement
(DMDP) with the support of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),
Department of Overseas Employment and Authority (POEA) and Department of Education
Cebu City Division. Among the media sponsors for this event are ABS-CBN and
DYAB.
Part of the job fair’s output is the generation of
data which will evaluate the readiness of SHS graduates to enter the workforce.
As the first senior high job fair to be undertaken in the country, it is hope
to create collective impact to better address the competency and critical
skills requirements among graduates. Moreover, the results will aid
stakeholders in developing approaches to improve the SHS curriculum and develop
strategy on how industry players can collaborate with the academe in preparing
senior high school students/graduates for work.
For clarification, you may call SKILLS Office at
2346102 or Dr. Tess Requina at 09175991658, or Mr. Fidel Magno of DMDP at
09163245298.
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