Mindanaotoday.com | DepEd Ozamiz holds 11th Guro Awards Plus
By: Shaine Mae Nagtalon
OZAMIZ CITY – The Department of Education Division of Ozamiz City held the 11th Guro Awards Plus with the theme, “Celebrating Milestones to Leverage Learning Recovery Strategies,” at Ozamiz City Gym, December 9.
The event aims to give recognition to the highest-performing teaching and non-teaching staff and outstanding partners and stakeholders.
Myra P. Mebato, the assistant schools division superintendent for DepEd in Ozamiz City, thanked partners for their work, sacrifices, and help in keeping DepEd’s programs going.
“The Department of Education was able to somehow surmount the extraordinary challenges brought about by the global pandemic. The surmounting of these challenges was made easier by our education partners, who never tired of supporting all our educational endeavors, all of them have contributed in no little measure towards successes in the Division of Ozamiz City,” Mebato said.
Meanwhile, Ozamiz City Schools Division Superintendent Jean G. Veloso shared the very reason for celebrating the 11th Guro Awards Plus.
“Today, we have our 11th Guro Awards Plus because we want to celebrate our gains, we want to celebrate our milestones, we want to celebrate what we have after the pandemic and even this time that we are on the post normal already,” she said.
Veloso also said they are using it as inspiration, no matter how hard the past few years have been.
“We are here, we continue delivering our mandate, and that is why we need to celebrate,” she added.
The superintendent also presented the DepEd Ozamiz report card. She emphasized that DepEd Ozamiz remains committed to its duties and responsibilities, functions, and, in terms of access, ensures that all Ozamiznons have access to education.
Veloso announced that there will be four new integrated schools: Dimaluna Integrated School, Domingo Barloa Integrated School, Faustino Decena Integrated School, and Guingona Integrated School. These schools will help more people get an education.
DepEd Ozamiz has 58 public schools and 56 alternative learning centers with in-person classes for a total of 34,500 learners. They also have 5,500 learners in 14 private schools implementing in person classes and blended learning methods. (SMRN | PIA-10 | Misamis Occidental)
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