Training for SSG, SPG advisers set
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) has scheduled the conduct of the three-day Training for Supreme Student Government (SSG) and Supreme Pupils Government (SPG) advisers, schools heads, and youth formation coordinators on February 2 to 5, 2017 for the Mindanao regions – XI, X, XI, XII, Caraga, and ARMM.
The conduct of the training is pursuant to DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2014 entitled Constitution and By-Laws of the Supreme Student Government and Supreme Pupils Government in Elementary and Secondary Schools, and Department Order 11, s. 2016 entitled Additional Guidelines on the Constitution and By-Laws of the Supreme Student Government and Supreme Pupils Government in Elementary and Secondary Schools.
The training aims to enhance task-related leadership competencies, attitudes, skills, and knowledge by exposing the teacher-advisers, school heads, and youth formation coordinators to best practices of leaders, innovators, and organizations from various fields through creative education, interactive plenary and break-out sessions, ideation and design innovations.
During the training, the participants will help understand the operations within the SSG/SPG, among other student organizations; the training will provide them a venue to exercise and deepen their understanding of issues or concepts that revolve around the school and community; it will also provide them a venue for collaborative and integrative projects, ideation, formulation, and critique of the dynamic, feasible, doable, and concrete plan of activities and social innovations for implementation in the schools.
The training also establishes a pool and a bonded community of public school student leaders and advisers that continuously performs the duty to excel and to lead; and increases engagement of public school student leaders, advisers, and stakeholders for school governance and community development.
Region XI will host the training. ## (Remelie V. Cedro, DepEd Butuan City Division)
