City Public HS Wins Nat’l Values Education Award

ILOILO CITY– A public secondary school here bested all other high schools in the country in terms of implementing values education in the academe.

La Paz National High School (LPNHS) became the recipient of this year’s “Most Outstanding Implementor of Values Education” award given by the Pambansang Samahan Para sa Edukasyong Pagpapahalaga (PSEP) during its awarding rites recently at the Waterfront Hotel in Davao City.

The school received a plaque of recognition from the organizers.

PSEP is a non-stock, non-profit, non-partisan and non-sectarian organization, committed to uphold and strengthen values education program and to evaluate their impact on the country’s development.

Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog honored LPNHS with a Mayor’s Citation for its highly commendable performance.

“Such exemplary accomplishment attests to the high sense of professionalism and noble dedication of our educators, giving an outstanding testimony that indeed, the state’s investment to public education is not a lost cause after all,” he said.

The accolade and recognition are truly the mark of noteworthy inspiration which every public servant and government functionary must always aim to achieve, Mabilog added. “We are building our students’ characters and strengthening their morals through values education,” Mabilog said.

Last year, Iloilo City National High School in Molo district also won the same award from PSEP for their outstanding school-based values education program.
LPNHS Principal Judith Benjamin received the citation from the mayor during Monday’s flag raising ceremony at the City Hall. She said they are doing their best to implement values education because it is one way of reforming their students to be better citizens.

Aside from their newest recognition from PSEP, LPNHS also placed fifth out of 54 national high schools in a countrywide poster making contest; 1st runner-up in the 2nd National Science and Technology Fair by the Development Academy of the Philippines; and finalist in the national “Brigada Eskwela” of the Department of Education. (PNA)