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Bridging the Gap: Transforming Education for a New Generation

| Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc

UP President Angelo Jimenez (standing leftmost) and UP Vice President for Academic Affairs Lorraine Pe Symaco (center) chat with Philippine Transportation Undersecretary and Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association of the Philippines President Anneli Lontoc (facing rightmost). Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.

 

Alumni Association of the Philippines get an insider’s look into the final report findings of the Second Congressional Commission on Education in a forum held April 13 at UP-Bonifacio Global City and organized in partnership with the University of the Philippines and the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy. 

 

“Bridging the Gap: Transforming Education for a New Generation”  featured a presentation by EDCOM 2 Executive Director Karol Mark Yee, particularly on a 10-year roadmap to reform the education sector. His presentation was followed by reactions from Lanao del Sur First District Ziaur-Rahman Alonto Adiong, Association of Concerned Teachers Party List Chair Ruby Anna Bernardo, Metrobank Foundation President Philip Francisco Dy, and Harvard University Board of Overseer Vice-Chair and Khan Academy Philippines CEO Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine.

 

The HKS members, including Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy alumnus and UP President Angelo Jimenez, are finding ways to concretely support basic educational reforms through their respective sectors and organizations.

 

EDCOM 2 Executive Director, and UP College of Media and Communication and Harvard Kennedy School alumnus Karol Mark Yee presents the final findings of the commission he leads, including its 10-year roadmap, to fellow HKS alumni. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.
From left: A panel of reactors, comprised of Khan Academy Philippines CEO and Harvard Board of Overseers Vice-Chair Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine, Metrobank Foundation President and Harvard Kennedy School alumnus Philip Francisco Dy, Association of Concerned Teachers Party List Chair Ruby Anna Bernardo, and Lanao del Sur First District Representative and EDCOM 2 member Ziaur-Rahman Alonto Adiong look at entry points for support of the EDCOM 2 10-year roadmap. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.
Forum organizers, Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy President Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association of the Philippines President Anneli Lontoc, and UP President Angelo Jimenez (seated, second to fourth from left, respectively) with the HKSAAP board and members, and the panel of reactors. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.
Forum organizer Amina Rasul-Bernardo of the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy delivers the closing remarks with an announcement on the formation of a committee to draft an action plan based on the discussions in the forum. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.
UP President Angelo Jimenez stresses the importance of real action to support reform in the basic education sector and offers the facilities of UP for efforts of such kind. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO.