Filipino educators take a LEAP

Temasek Foundation sponsored 80 educators from nine Filipino public schools to attend the Leaders and Educators in Asia Programme (LEAP) conducted by Singapore’s National Institute of Education in partnership with the Philippines’ Ateneo de Manila University. LEAP will span two years from early 2008, covering leadership development, teacher education and professional development. The educators will form self-sustaining clusters to share their learnings with the broader teaching community. More than 30,000 students from the nine public schools are expected to benefit from this knowledge transfer.

“The training made a strong impact on me. It made me see where I am now. Knowing myself and my vision of what could be for my teachers and students tomorrow, I want to make a difference.”

Madam Salvacion O. dela Cruz
Master teacher and Head of Department
in Mathematics at an elementary school
Quezon City, Philippines