by pna.gov.ph
Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat challenged all teachers in this southern port city to exert all efforts to improve the quality of education by lowering the dropout rate and improving students’ performance in the national achievement test.
Lobregat issued the challenge on Saturday during the Teachers’ Summit attended by some 10,000 elementary and secondary school officials and teachers.
The Division of City Schools headed by City Schools Superintendent Pete Natividad spearheaded the event in celebration of Teachers’ Month themed “My Teacher, My Hero.†September 5 to October 5 of every year was declared as the Teachers’ Month.
“The City Government of Zamboanga has done its share, in fact, the city government has done more than what is expected and the challenge now is for you to make sure that the dropout rate will be decreased, the cohort survival rate will increase and the performance of students in the national achievement test will improve,†Lobregat said.
Lobregat has initiated, starting in 2007, massive and sustained investment in education that has reached P1.38 billion as of June 30, 2012.
The local government, since the time of the late Mayor Maria Clara Lobregat, has placed so much priority to education as it is part of the social contract with the people of Zamboanga City as embodied in the City Development Strategy (CDS).
The city’s investment in education includes the construction, repair of school buildings, fences, comfort rooms, stages, covered courts and other education-related projects in public schools; all intended to ensure a better future for the city’s youth.
In the same message, Lobregat cited the very crucial and significant role played by teachers in the lives of every individual.
“Without teachers, there would have been no professionals in our midst. Without my teachers, I would not have become mayor today neither you would become teachers todayâ€, he said.
"Teachers are not only the sources of knowledge, but it is from them where people always find guidance, friendship, discipline and love," he stressed,
He took the opportunity to thank the teachers for the work they are doing for the young children and on a personal note, also expressed his gratitude to the teachers for the support and cooperation to his administration.
The activity, held at the Mayor Vitaliano Agan Coliseum was highlighted by the induction of officers of the Federations of Zamboanga City Teachers, Parents-Teacher Association, School Supreme Government and Student Pupils Government and the awarding of the most outstanding teacher in the elementary and secondary levels.
Present during the summit were Education Assistant Secretary Elena Ruiz and Education Undersecretary Rizalino Rivera.
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