By:
RIJEL REYES, TRISH LAMEYRA, PATSY CARILLO
The Department of Education (DepEd), in
partnership with Smart Communications, joined the country in paying tribute to
the crucial role that teachers play in nation building, as part of the World
Teachers’ Day on October 5.
DepEd and Smart launched a nationwide
online poster-making contest for elementary students and photography and
video-making for high school students. The competitions aim to recognize the
Filipino teachers’ hard works and sacrifices for the betterment of the country.
“Our teachers are actually our heroes,
so it is just proper that we give them the recognition they have already earned
and truly deserve,” DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro said in a press release.
Luistro said that the partnership
penetrates the online community in hopes to “help build public awareness and
support on the National Teachers’ Month and World Teachers’ Day every October”
and to make the celebration at par with other more distinguished occasions.
“As online contests, the outputs of the
students can be shared in a wider community, making Teachers’ Day celebrations
as widely observed as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day,” added Luistro in the
press release.
Each school was only allowed to pass one
entry each category except of the video-making contest. All entries for the
competition were submitted on or before September 12. Chosen finalists were
posted online for public viewing and voting was available from September 15 to
30.
First, second and third placers will
receive P10, 000, P8, 000 and P5, 000, respectively together with a
certificate.
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