Mayor Evelio Leonardia is finalizing the city government’s support for Bacolod teachers who will enroll under the Department of Education’s scholarship program dubbed “School Heads Academy.”
Leonardia held a meeting with Councilor Renecito Novero – chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Education, Executive Assistant Moises Dela Cruz, and Richard Gelangre – president of the Bacolod City Public Schools Teachers Federation (BCPSTF) at the Bacolod City Government Center Saturday, Sept. 18, to discuss the scholarship grants.
Under the scholarship program, the recipient teachers will be trained to become principals while they are finishing their Master of Arts in Supervision and Administration or their Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management, a press release from the Bacolod City Government Center said.
Gelangre said the DepEd Division of Bacolod City has chosen an initial batch of 41 scholars to enroll in the program for Academic Year 2021-2022.
Sixteen are applying for master’s degrees and 25 for doctorate degrees. Their partner school is Carlos Hilado Memorial State College., the press release said.
Gelangre said their federation has requested the city government to fund the graduate studies of the recipient teachers.
The School Heads Academy is a project of the DepEd Region 6.
The academy aims to admit at least 200 scholars from across 20 schools division offices in Western Visayas.
The scholars will be trained on various leadership, management, and technical-functional competencies and the desired values of a school head, the press release said.*