Message to the graduates

DIRECTOR’S Cut: (This portion features the thoughts of DepED 11 Regional Director Gloria D. Benigno, CESO IV to all stakeholders and recipients of the efforts to improve the basic education) "I am your team leader, you are my team mates, together, let us work as a team.”

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This is the graduation message of DepED Sec. Armin A. Luistro, FSC to all the graduates of basic education in the public and private institutions. May you be inspired by this message and try to apply it to your life as learners and young Filipinos.

To our Dear Students, Parents, teachers, Staff, Administrators and Partners in Education,

Greetings of Peace!

Another school year is coming to a close, signaling the start of a new chapter for most of you. You’ll move on to high school, college, or vocational school, while some of you may immediately join the workforce. Whichever path that stretches out before you, you can be sure that it is a fresh one, a renewed one.

We are entering a period in the world’s history in which many of the old systems are being dismantled, gradually being replaced by newer, and hopefully, better ones. Technology, governments, businesses are fast evolving, recognizing that you, the individual, are a significant part of a bigger whole. You matter, and what you do matters.

The Philippines is no stranger to this transforming reality. More than ever, your country recognizes your role in society, government and the economy. And so, we are investing heavily on you; putting our hopes in each one of you.

In education, alone, we have introduced changes which aim to equip you with more relevant knowledge and skills for the new economy. The K to 12 Basic Education program is a massive upgrade of lessons, subjects and methods, to ensure we are honing your gifts to maximize your potential. You are at the heart of this upgrade. In helping you grow to be the persons you are meant to be, we are helping build a nation’s future.

The fruits of these efforts will take years before they yield fruit, but they will definitely affect, with positive force, all sectors of society. You have the capacity to effect these changes. I pray that you relentlessly seek and build better lives for yourselves and for the larger community around you.

To our parents, teachers, staff and administrators, I thank you for your patience and support as we undergo these radical changes. An investment is not an investment without capital. Your support and sacrifice make up the capital which would bring us to see our children lead and live in a country much transformed by your investment. Thank you!

And to all our partners in education, to our proponents in congress, local government units, the private sector and various non-profit organizations, you are well-aware that your generosity in sharing your resources and support will go a long way and return to you a hundredfold, in one form or another. Thank you for believing in the Filipino youth!

On behalf of the Republic of the Philippines, we congratulate you, our graduates of 2013!

Mabuhay ang Kabataang Pilipino!

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