BALANGA CITY –This only component city of Bataan on Wednesday began holding its three-day summit on education with the vision of transforming Balanga into a world-class university town by 2020.
In attendance were about 5,000 students, parents and teachers from both public and private elementary and secondary schools and colleges in city.
International lecturers and writers Hal Urban and Fred Jones dealt on “Character Education that Works” and “Tools for Successful Teaching,” respectively. The topics are applicable to students, parents and teachers.
Urban also lectured on good parenting.
City Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III said the summit, on its fifth year now, is held annually with the target of achieving Balanga’s vision by year 2020 of a world-class university town for political, economic, social and cultural interaction in the Asia-Pacific Region.
By this dream, the city has four goals – access to quality education, excellent student facilities and amenities, conducive learning environment and ensure job opportunities thru academic industry.
“The city is focusing on education because many challenges like problems on poverty, employment and peace and order can be resolved,” the mayor said.
Garcia said individuals who have studied well and finished schooling have more opportunities in employment and will not add to the problem on peace and order.
