The education statistics which the province of Rizal submitted in the recently concluded Department of Education (DepEd) summit held in Malvar, Batangas is the highest in the Calabarzon region proving once again that its programs and projects were effective.
Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon comprise the Calabarzon region.
In a statement sent to Rizal News Online, the provincial information office said that elementary (88.64 percent) and high school students (88.37 percent) in public and private schools in the province were able to graduate and complete their study.
Rizal’s statistics is higher than the Calabarzon rate of 84.84 and 77.34 percent for elementary and secondary schools, respectively.
The same report also showed that Rizal province topped the cohort survival rate in the elementary (91.75 percent) and secondary (94.17 percent) level.
During the summit, regional education officials, directors of national government agencies, local government officials, educators, parent-teachers association and non-government organizations also launched the C-Care Program.
DepEd regional officer-in-charge Lorna Dig Dino, Ph.D., explained that C-CARE urges everybody to identify children who should be in school already and enroll them in the coming school year.
The summit also set programs and projects to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of providing education for all.
DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro served as the guest of honor.
The Rizal delegation was headed by provincial administrator Russel Guiller Ynares, DepEd-Rizal assistant superintendent Marites Ibañez, Ph.D., provincial PTA federation president Anthony Mateo, Atty. Bong Lopez who heads the office of Cong. Joel Duavit and a non-government organization from Cainta.
Division superintendent Maria Luz Salvador, Ph.D., led the DepEd Antipolo contingent. (Richard R. Gappi)
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