DepEd Caraga strengthens PRAISE committee
By DANNY P. PELENIO
Agusan National High School – Senior High
Central Butuan District – 1
With the aim to strengthen the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) Committee of the Department of Education (DepEd) Caraga, regional director Ma. Gemma Mercado Ledesma reiterated the important roles and functions of the committee.
Based on a regional memorandum issued by director Ledesma, she emphasizes the following roles and functions of the committee: Establish a system of incentives and awards to recognize and motivate employees for their performance and conduct; Formulate, adopt, and amend internal rules, policies and procedures to govern the conduct of its activities which shall include the guidelines in evaluating the nominees and the mechanism for recognizing the awardees; Determine the forms of awards and incentives to be granted; and Monitor the implementation of approved suggestions and ideas through feedback and reports.
Also, the committee will prepare the implementation of approved suggestions and ideas through feedback and reports; Prepare plans, identify resources and propose budget for the system on an annual basis; Develop, produce, distribute a system policy manual and orient the employees on the same; Document best practices, innovate ideas and success stories which will serve as promotional materials to sustain interest and enthusiasm; Submit an Annual Report of Rewards and Recognition system to the CSC on or before the 30th of January; and Monitor and evaluate the system’s implementation every year and make essential improvements to ensure its suitability to the Agency.
Director Ledesma also emphasizes the following: Address issues relative to awards and incentives within fifteen (15) days from the date of submission; Incorporate equal opportunity principles in the PRAISE/R and R system from formulation, nominations, screening and deliberations and awarding which shall include any nominee/candidate ensuring the equal and fair treatment of all; Ensure that those belonging to the specialized group shall not be left behind because of their limitations and restrictions; and Ensure to improve the program continuously and that equal opportunity principles are observed and promoted in the System.
For the PRAISE Secretariat, they shall attend the PRAISE Committee meetings to coordinate, collaborate and perform the following tasks, note down minutes of meeting and resolution, take part in the implementation of PRAISE system from the evaluation of the nominees’ documents. Validation, interview, awarding and the monitoring and evaluation of the system within the bounds of equal opportunity principles. ###
