'Research Thrusts' DepEd Batangas Province’ researches; offer to God By: Michael T. Villaluna & Domcar C. Lagto
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he early morning breeze at Batangas Country Club is calming. The sight of wet foliage and branches of plants and trees, maybe because of last night’s spray or of the morning dew, added to the tranquility of the place, and the stillness permeates in the Jose Laurel room where selected personnel of Batangas Province gathered. Most of them are familiar faces, some of them I only seen for the first time, but for sure they are all selected from the work cabin of the division for a very important task. They are too few for
Compendium set on September 27 to 29. “No research from the researches submitted at the Regional Office, no one was selected to be funded by Basic Education Research Fund, and that is one of our major concerns today,” expressed Dr. Hermogenes Panganiban, Assistant Schools Division
the spacious room – maybe
Superintendent, as he delivers his message in
less than forty, to process
the opening of the two-day— September 4 to
the 501 action researches on
5, committee review on research studies for
the table beside them, which
oral and poster presentation.
they need to read and review for the Division Research
Dr. Rodrigo Castillo Senior Education Program Specialist assigned in research during the Comittee Review on Research Studies for Oral and Poster Presentation at Batangas Country Club, Sept. 5. DOMCAR C. LAGTO
To highlight the major concern of the committee, which is to have number
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Mr. David M Nuay, SGOD Chieft talks during the opening ceremony of Comittee Review on Research Studies for Oral and Poster Presentation at Batangas Country Club, Sept. 5. during the Comittee Review on Research Studies for Oral and Poster Presentation at Batangas Country Club, Sept. 4. DOMCAR C. LAGTO
of researches to be submitted and to be
and few minutes of discussions to decide
approved by the Regional and Central
on the process of evaluation and review,
Office; in the inception of his message,
the selected personnel were divided in four
Dr. Panganiban mentioned that many
clusters to correspond the four areas of the
personnel from division of Batangas
division, then the clusters started to perform
presented researches in the different areas
their immense task.
and conferences specially in other countries but no single research was approved for funding of the region. After the preliminaries
Again, the silence engulfed the room, only the sounds coming from the airconditioning machine could be heard as well as the occasional voice of Dr. Louigrace Marcallo to clarify some procedures of the selection. So immersed in their functions, Dr. Rodrigo Castillo Senior Education Program
Dr. Hermogenes M. Panganiban during his welcome remarks in the Comittee Review on Research Studies for Oral and Poster Presentation at Batangas Country Club, Sept. 4. DOMCAR C. LAGTO
“No research from the researches submitted at the Regional Office, no one was selected to be funded by Basic Education Research Fund, and that is one of our major concerns today,�
(First two from left to right) Dr. Marian L. Arias (left) and Mrs. Cora Samson evaluates the research during the Comittee Review on Research Studies for Oral and Poster Presentation at Batangas Country Club, Sept. 4. DOMCAR C. LAGTO
Specialist assigned in research, needed to constantly remind the reviewers to take their snacks or to have their meals.
members of the committee.” From their critical minds and sound
is to see what everybody has seen and to think what nobody else has thought,” and
judgement, the reviewers determined where
then after two days of continuous reading,
the researches will fall— in the teaching
selection and review, 121 research were
were only made during coffee break or in
and learning, governance, child protection,
qualified for oral presentation and 128 were
taking lunches, but not during the entire
DRRM, GAD, and Inclusive Education.
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Light conversation and harmless jesting
process of the selection. Perhaps, in the
“Some problems we encountered from
ears of this dedicated souls reverberate the
the submitted researches are the ethical
words of Dr. Panganiban, “So this is our
issues,” mentioned Mr. Mario Cudiamat of
task today, together with our task is our
Calatagan Senior High School, while Mrs.
dream that we shall be able to select the
Rhoda Panganiban of Balayan Senior High
best. Best researches which will be presented
School commented the alignment of the
this coming 27 to 29, and of course this
researches from the objectives to its output.
responsibility lies on the hands of the
According to Dr. Panganiban, “Research
Researches from DepEd Batangas Province arrage in four clusters before the evaluation of the comittee during the Comittee Review on Research Studies for Oral and Poster Presentation at Batangas Country Club, Sept. 4. DOMCAR C. LAGTO
Dr. Zaldy Bolanos speaks during the opening program of Comittee Review on Research Studies for Oral and Poster Presentation at Batangas Country Club, Sept. 4. DOMCAR C. LAGTO
researches were included for proposal.
Dr. Louigrace Marcallo clarifies some procedures of the selection of the research for the oral and poster presentation for the Division Research Compendium set on September 27 to 29.. DOMCAR C. LAGTO
The problems which everyone encounters in all aspects of life are blessings from God, and man endowed with gifts from above has the responsibility to search and research on what interventions applicable to solve those problems, corresponding to what embodied in the Department of Education, DepEd Order No. 16 series 2017, every action research made by anyone in the department shall have strategies or interventions to determine the value of the
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submitted action researches to the Division Office
qualified research for oral presentation
research. The calmness of the place which helped the chosen few to review, determine and select the researches still radiates. Truly, this committee who were lifted from more than 14,000 personnel of Deped Batangas Province, took the special responsibility without delay and hesitation that is to determine the output to offer not to the Division Office but to God as what Dr. Panganiban explained at the start of the workshop with the theme, “Empowering
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researches included for proposal
Batangueño Educators Towards 21st Century Research Thrusts”.
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