THE Department of Education recently awarded Security Bank Corp. and Security Bank Foundation for their valuable contributions in promoting quality basic education through their programs that are focused on classroom building, teacher training and development, and scholarship grants to deserving students.
Security Bank has always been advocating education as the long-term solution to poverty. Its major education program is the “Build a School, Build a Nation: The Classrooms Project,” which is a multi-stakeholder initiative that helps the government in constructing classrooms for the public schools.
The bank also works to improve the academic performance of public school students by conducting teachers training and development programs for teachers. Ateneo De Manila University and De La Salle Philippines support its endeavors.
As of January 2019, Security Bank has turned over 445 classrooms, benefitting 87 schools in 47 cities and municipalities nationwide. It also trained 1,003 elementary and secondary teachers on teaching strategies and tools.