Metrobank Foundation awards outstanding teachers
By JACQUILINE R. CALDERON
Sta. Cruz Elementary School
South Butuan District I
The Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos (OF) Award annually recognizes 10 Filipino exemplars-four teachers, three soldiers, and three police officers-who have gone over and beyond the call of duty to serve their profession and their community.
According to DepEd Undersecretary Annalyn M. Sevilla, the Award is open to public or private school teachers in the elementary (including kindergarten level provided it is part of the integrated curriculum or part of an elementary school system) and secondary levels including alternative learning system mobile teachers.
USec Sevilla said, to ensure that all schools divisions offices (SDOs) are well-represented in the search, all Department of Education (DepEd) schools division offices are required to submit to the OF Search Secretariat a minimum of three nominees (one elementary, one secondary and one ALS), comprised of either private or public school teachers. Each DepEd SDO shall fill out the online form through https://bit.ly/2023DivisionEndorsements for their official endorsements prior to the submission of the nominees’ documents.
Though the SDOs are required to choose their nominees, each school may also submit one nominee per level-one for elementary (Kindergarten to Grade 6 and one for secondary (Grades 7-12). ln cases where one school has two nominees, one endorsed by the schools division and another chosen by the school head (SH), the schools division’s chosen nominee shall be submitted to the OF Secretariat, Sevilla added.
USec Sevilla also encourages all winners of teaching-related local awards in the division, regional, or national level are strongly encouraged to join, provided that the eligibility requirements are met. All past regional and national finalists under the Metrobank Foundation Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT) may still join, provided they meet the eligibility requirements of the Award.
The 10 awardees shall receive a medal, a trophy, and a cash incentive of One Million Pesos (P1,000,000) each, net of tax. National finalists will receive Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000). ###
