December 19, 2022— The Department of Education Regional Office III, through the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE), conducted the 2022 Education Innovation Conference (EIC) last December 9, 2022 at Hacienda Gracia Resort and Hotel, Sta. Maria, Lubao, Pampanga.
The theme of this year’s conference, “Reinventing the Landscape of Basic Education to BRIDGE the Learners to Optimal Academic Proficiency Level”, is anchored on the Flagship Programs in the Regional Education Development Plan (REDP) of the Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office III (RO III) for 2022-2028.
The highlight of the 2022 Education Innovation Conference (EIC) was the Awards Ceremony of the Search for Best Innovations in Education the three categories namely: STRUCTURE (which involves the ways on how school facilities are organized), CONTENT (refers to curriculum revisions such as contextualization, localization, and indigenization), and PROCESS (transactions that have to do with human interaction such as pedagogy, assessment, instructional supervision, provision of technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation).
Schools Division Offices (SDOs) and Regional Office (RO) functional divisions and units submitted entries for their innovative projects in the school, district/cluster, division, and regional level for the three search categories.
The entries underwent two phases of screening and selection that included entry write-up and video clip evaluation and interview with the proponents of the innovation which was conducted by an external board of judges.
Following the criteria that focused on team collaboration, novelty, and impact of the innovation, five finalists in each of the categories in the various levels of governance were awarded with plaques of recognition and cash awards.
The first place winners who received twenty thousand pesos each were Sindalan Elementary School, City of San Fernando for its “Project REPAIR” in the STRUCTURE (Elementary Level) category; Angeles City National High School for its “Project I-SMILE” in the STRUCTURE (Secondary Level) category; San Fernando Elementary School for its “Project Kuya AP & Kwento ni Lola EsPi” in the CONTENT (Elementary Level) category; Maypyap National High School, Cabanatuan City, for its “Project Reading Hub” in the CONTENT (Secondary Level) category; Schools Division Office of San Fernando for its “Project V-Talk” in the PROCESS (District/Cluster Level) category; SDO San Fernando City and SDO Angeles City for their “Project Mayap” and “Project ITAP Mentor” respectively who were tied in the PROCESS (Division Office Level) category; and the Public Affairs Unit (PAU) of the Regional Office for its Implementation Guidelines on the Processing of Public Assistance concerns in the Regional and Schools Division Offices.
Dr. Michelle Aguilar-Ong, president of Mabalacat City College, who is an advocate of innovations in education, served as the keynote speaker of the awards ceremony which was attended by teachers, school heads, and key officials of the Regional Office and 20 schools divisions of Region III.
