We share with you an article that was published in Manila Bulletin, entitled PARENTS AS THE FIRST EDUCATORS, written by Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas. Here, he mentions a World Bank study that validates the PAREF system of close collaboration between parents and teachers. He also quotes former Secretary of Education, Brother Armin A. Luistro, FSC, who said, “I dare say, among the different models that try to put in place what is enshrined in our Constitution, I cannot think of any other model except the PAREF Foundation—where parents take on a very definite role, which engages teachers and educators and institutionalizes this model of how parents and teachers can work together so they are a part of the curriculum, the community, and the environment, that the school will be and what they intend their children and their graduates to be after they have finished schooling.”
To read the full article, please click on the links:
Part 1: http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/09/07/parents-as-the-first-educators/
Part 2: https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/09/14/parents-as-the-first-educators-2/
The author, Dr. Villegas, is a Visiting Professor of IESE Business School in Spain, a professor at the University of Asia & the Pacific, and a Research Director at the Center for Research and Communication in Manila. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. His special fields of study are development economics, social economics, business economics and strategic management.