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Synergeia is a coalition of individuals, institutions, and organizations working to improve the quality of basic education.
Synergeia: (see-ner-hee-yuh) Greek, n. a union of forces whose sum is greater than the parts of its whole.


We implement programs to improve basic education for nearly 1.5 million schoolchildren in 250 municipalities in the Philippines. We engage local governments, socio-civic groups, schools, teachers, parents, and students to work together in upgrading basic education.


Save a Filipino child from a lifetime of ignorance!

Every peso counts. No contribution is too small, whether skills or monetary.

 

Latest News

Navotas PMT sets Family Day in all schools

Navotas City Government, through its PMT headed by Mayor John Rey Tiangco, will hold family day activities until March 17 in all 21 public primary and secondary schools in the city.

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A Lesson in Governance in Navotas

Navotas Mayor John Rey Tiangco and Synergeia President Dr. Nene Guevara

Our Local Chief Executives (LCEs) never cease to amaze us.

At the third Project Management Team meeting of Navotas City last February 6, Mayor John Rey Tiangco gave us a lesson in transparent governance. The City Mayor presented a draft of the Local School Board (LSB) budget to all public school principals and solicited their comments.

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Education governance in ARMM marks new milestones

Group photo from our ARMM Mayors conference with the ARMM Regional Governor last Friday, February 10, 2012 in Davao City

It was indeed a “Thank God it is Friday”.  We reached several milestones during the Conference of the ARMM Mayors with the ARMM Regional Governor last Friday, February 10, 2012 in Davao City.

First, there are now 32 Synergeia mayors in ARMM.  Compare that with only 8 when we started the program in 2005.

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Announcements

  • Synergeia Staff Gears Up for 2012 with Orientation-Planning Workshop

    A two-day orientation-planning workshop will be held for Synergeia’s lean and mean staff to discuss its program of action in 2012 for its programs nationwide.  With its expansion in more municipalities, Synergeia staff will discuss program management strategies to achieve its goals for the year.  Individual work programs will be tackled and consolidated.  Teambuilding activities will also be conducted.

    The staff workshop is set on January 31-February 1 at the Ateneo Professional Schools.

     

  • Vote for Your School of Choice in e.Studyante Program’s Facebook Contest

    Twelve (12)  Synergeia partner-schools made it to the list of finalists of Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines’ e.Studyante Program.  Under the program, P&G will grant technology and connectivity to three (3) winning schools, one each from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

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  • Maguindanao Mayors to hold Convergence Meeting for Education

    Synergeia is welcoming the New Year by renewing and strengthening its partnerships in Maguindanao.  A workshop and a fellowship among mayors of at least 12 municipalities of the province will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Retreat House in Cotabato City. More...  

Latest Blog

A Christmas Message from a Synergette

By: John Silva Christmas 2010 Seeing new Synergettes at last night’s Christmas party and being described as the “seniors” in the group, which suggests that we’re about to be put to pasture, let me tell you a story why I have loved and am devoted to Synergeia. First, it gave me bragging rights to tell my city friends that I have [...]

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