OUTSTANDING TEACHERS, OUSTANDING FILIPINOS
ered lives anchored on moral values gives me real pride and joy,” she said.
Meanwhile, Gragasin is known as Nueva Vizcaya’s science education innovator.
Gragasin pioneered the annual Summer Internship Program in her school, which gives junior students a preview of
realities and intricacies of science application in the country. She also devised a series of year-round educational sessions for her co-faculty members. She
“I have started to propagate a culture of science in the school and the community. It would also mean so much to my family, sealing in a stamp to our legacy of being a family of teachers,” she enthused.
Finally, Dimalanta is the only female Exploration Geophysicist with a doctoral degree in the country. Her work delves in intensive information and education campaign, and promoting the appreciation of this highly technical branch of science. Her work on climate change and disaster risk reduction is integrated into UP’s General Education courses.
“I want to be remembered as someone who embodies the different roles a teacher has to play in today’s world: a mentor, a researcher, and a public servant,” the professor cited.
The four teachers, together with three
their awards handed by Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara, Associate Justice Noel Tijam, Metrobank Foundation, Inc. President Aniceto Sobrepeña, Metrobank and Metrobank Foundation, Inc. Chairman Arthur Ty, and Metrobank Foundation, Inc. Trustee Sergio Cao.
“The triumph of our four awardees is the triumph of the 700,000 other teachers from
noble mission to nurture and raise holistically developed and lifelong learners,”Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said.
The 10 awardees each received a cash prize of P1 million (net of tax), a gold medallion, a trophy, and the title “Metrobank Foundation Fellows in Public Service.”