a.  Strategies / Thrusts / Programs

 

·         Conducted regular monthly school administrators’ conference to address some issues and concerns to quality education and improved supervisory skills

·         Enhanced the capability skills and empowered the principals and the school heads in planning innovative projects, in preparing project proposals and in the proper utilization of funds

·         Mobilized the Education Supervisors to conduct regular monitoring and supervision in their adopted districts and secondary schools

·         Conducted divisionwide training on the development and utilization of formative tests and associated teachers assessment (ATAs)

·         Attended and participated in all regional and national training conducted

·         Conducted re-echo seminars on trainings attended and oriented school administrators on the implementation of special projects

·         Identified 8 Elementary Leader Schools with 5 Satellite Schools each and prioritized the different interventions of TEEP to serve as model schools for replication

·         Intensive focus on multigrade schools through provision of enough textbooks, school furniture, like reversible chalkboard and additional classrooms

·         Established school, district EMIS and improved & maintained the databank in the Division EMIS

·         Tapped other agencies to provide computers and advanced information technologies

·         Availed the computers distributed by DTI and utilized them for classroom instructions in the Secondary Level

·         Strengthened linkage and networking with the LGUs, GOs, and NGOs to gain support and assistance on school activities and programs

·         Organized functional PTCA organization, teacher associations and others to actively support the school plans & programs.

 

Comparative Completion Rate

 

In the elementary level, there was a slight increase in completion rate in SY 2001-2002, which is 65% or 2.69% over that the rate of 63.30% in SY 2000-2001.  In the secondary level, there was also a 3.09% increase in the current year over the previous year, from 61.16% to 63.05%.

 

 

Comparative Cohort Survival Rate

 

The Cohort Survival Rate in the elementary level increased from 66.00% in SY 2001-2002 to 67.08% in SY 2002-2003 or an increase of 1.63%.  In the secondary level, it also increased from 60.30% to 67.13% or an increase of 11.32%.