The Department of Education headed by Secretary Leonor

Briones issued a pertinent guidelines on increasing the number of

school days in the Elementary and Secondary School curriculum
and in consonance with the thrust on quality education through
a more relevant and meaningful basic education program. A
Mid-year Program Review and Evaluation (MPRE) was done
simultaneously in all public schools in the country. A successful
implementation was conducted last October 22 – 25, 2018. The
objectives of this program were the following:

a. to evaluate the progress attained in the implementation of

the educational program of the school
b. to review the performance of teachers and the school
staff with a view to addressing concerns through
cooperative effort; and
c. to provide pupils/students with off-school learning
experience undertaken either individually or in group in
order to apply learnings in the different subjects in areal-life
context.

Day 1 morning session

In the morning of October 22, 2018 the first day activity

conducted was the District Meeting held at Lanton Elementary
School covered court participated by eight schools belong to
Apopong District under the leadership of our District Supervisor Sir
Dante P. Cuadrado.

The program commenced with a choral presentation of

musical invocation from the selected teachers of General Santos
School for the Arts followed by the singing of the National
anthem and Region Hymn. An opening remarks given by Ma’am
Marilou E. Riῆos captivated the crowd to listen attentively then a
heartwarming statement of the purpose by Sir Dante P.
Cuadrado, District Supervisor of Apopong. Then, presentation of
the participants were introduced by the principals of every
school in the Apopong District. Newly hired teachers were given
a special mention during that presentation.

Afterwards, was the singing of Serbisyo Sibil. The highlight in

the program was the training itself. Two speakers were invited to
discuss a relevant topic. The first speaker was a devoted public
servant and had an expertise on the matter with regards of
Learning Resources Management System (LRMS). His topic was
very useful for teachers to use in getting learning materials from
this portal. The second topic was about corporal punishment
and its effects on learner’s education. This was brilliantly tackled
by Sir Renato G. Cabesas. The morning session ended with a
commitment of the teachers to embrace changes with a
positive attitude.

Day 1 Afternoon session

The teaching staffs of Lanton Elementary School with Sir

Mohamad A. Andatuan huddled in one place (Peak Power
Room) to check the teacher’s attendance and group the
teachers according to their assigned grade level. Few reminders
were given to be a basis of their group activity. Per grade level
chose one classroom where they can do their interactive
brainstorming regarding the tracking of competencies. The
grade five teachers seriously and religiously listed their least
mastered skills during the first semester. Encoding and submission
of reports on tracking of competencies was done productively.
Learning interventions, learning materials, and remedial
reinforcements were developed.