By: Matthew Guevara
Volunteer

(The views of a young high school student on how the workshop for School Governing Council is conducted are not just interesting; we are learning from him.)

From the 30th to the 31st of May 2017, principals, parents and barangay leaders from the city of Valenzuela gathered at the Waterfront Hotel for a two-day seminar on education entitled “We Can Work It Out: Making our SGCs Work”. The seminar’s primary goal was to further develop School Governing Council (SGC) structures throughout the city, specifically as a more inclusive organization compared to PTAs.—the idea being that an integration of community members such as local business owners into a school’s administrative body could help address deficits in manpower and budget.

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