๐ฑ๐ข: ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ. ๐ต๐๐๐๐
๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ล๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ข ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (๐ ๐ข๐) ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐ ๐ข๐จ), ๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐, ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ – ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
Through the School-Based Management (SBM) program, all schools are encouraged to collaborate with any group, individual, or entity in society even as it highlights the commendable record of school-community partnerships and the tight and diverse linkages among internal and external stakeholders.
Since the 1970s, the principle of partnership has been a guiding concept for the quality of relationships desired by many Non-Governmental World Development Organizations (NGDO). It was a code word expressing humanitarian, moral, political, ideological, or spiritual solidarity between NGDOs that joined forces to pursue a common cause of social change (Fowler, 2000).
In 2019, Hullana’s study on DepEd-LGU Partnership: Its Effects on Quality of Basic Education in the Municipality of La Union revealed that the partnership is critical in implementing programs and projects that improve the quality of Basic Education.
Moreover, the Brigada Eskwela Program and the Adopt-A-School Program emphasized the need for every school to establish networks outside of the school premises, motivating the entire community to prepare the school for the resumption of classes and find benefactors for the school.
However, the prevailing threat of the pandemic made it difficult for every school to mobilize its personnel to seek out new partnerships or even sustain the existing ones, as many business enterprises and corporations felt the unprecedented economic burden and eventually closed shop.
The limited access to public transportation and the constantly skyrocketing fuel prices also exacerbated the situation. In this context, this author initiated a partnership via the digital platform to benefit his school and other schools.
The idea came from Schools Division Superintendent Marilou B. Dedumo, CESO V, through the Education Program Specialist in Social Mobilization Evangeline B. Razon, who provided encouragement to seek a partnership with the League of Corporate Foundations.
Wasting no time, this author immediately sent letters and emails asking the organization for donations to prepare learners for the limited implementation of face-to-face classes. The materials asked included gadgets, printers, bond papers, and other items necessary for the blended modality, particularly in module printing and digital communications among teachers and learners.
Bonifacio Arts Foundations provided an online account for 56 teachers and students in the Northwest Butuan District with a one-year subscription that gives free access to their learning materials, assessment tools, educational videos, and the like, which cost around P2,900 per account or approximately P162,400 in total.
I am MAD (Making a Difference) gave a P10,000 donation, and the LBC Foundation sent a three-box parcel of facemasks and face shields worth P15,000.
The most recent donations of eight printers, 400 reams of bond paper, and 34 bottles of ink costing approximately P200,000 were from the BPI Foundation and shared with other schools.
Schools from the Northwest Butuan Districts were among the recipients, as was an IP school identified as an “Adopt-A-School” beneficiary under this author’s proposed project.
The schools that each received two units of 3 in 1 printer, 100 reams or 20 boxes of bond papers, and nine bottles of refill inks were: Doogan Integrated School, Jose T. Domingo Sr. Central Elementary School, Agusan Pequeรฑo National High School, and Daan Taligaman Integrated School (IP School of Brgy. Bugsukan).
Through the partnerships established via a digital platform, these educational materials provided tangible benefits for schools to continue providing excellent service to their clients.
No doubt, technology is crucial in the entire educational systems and processes – from communications to training, from establishing partnerships to implementing programs, and so on. It can be “a curse or a blessing, depending on how we use it,” as the saying goes. In our case, partnerships made possible through digital technology are a blessing, not a curse.
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