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The Seal of Excellence in Education Development of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI-SEED) is an annual evidence-based awards program that aims to gather and analyze relevant data as bases for strengthening, modifying or introducing new interventions to improve the quality of public education, engage and mobilize school communities, and promote best practices in 4 KRAs – Organizational Management, Instruction, Learning Environment and Performance. The program recognizes and rewards outstanding public elementary and secondary schools in Cebu with the use of evidence-based scorecard (rubric).
Launched in 2016, RAFI-SEEDs first run was participated in by 404 public elementary schools and 110 public secondary schools, whereby the first set of winners were awarded in May 2017. Due to its success, the 2017 run inspired more schools to participate: 658 elementary schools and 212 secondary schools.
A crucial part of the whole process of the RAFI-SEED is the Panel Presentation and Interview (PPI), in which representatives of the school stakeholders present their best practices to a select panel of evaluators from the RAFI Board of Trustees (RAFI BOT), the Department of Education (DepEd) and other external partners.
The scores in the PPI would comprise 20% of the overall scores in determining the Top 3 schools per category. Previously, the Top 5 schools had already been scored during the Site Validations (50%) and Numeracy and Literacy assessments (30%).
Last February 28, the Top 5 Public Elementary Schools namely:
Boljoon Central Elementary School
La Paz (Bogo City) Elementary School
Mabolo Elementary School
Maguikay Elementary School
Napo (Carcar City) Elementary school
Top 5 Public Secondary Schools namely:
Adlaon (Cebu City) Integrated School
Gelacio Babao (Carcar City) Memorial National High School
Jagobiao National High School
Jovencio N. Masong (Bogo City) National High School
Mantalongon National High School
They have presented to the panel of judges composed of the RAFI BOT members Mrs. Marian C Aboitiz and Amaya Aboitiz-Fansler, RAFI President & COO Dominica B Chua, DepEd Regional Director Dr. Juliet A Jeruta, Coalition for Better Education President Engr. Ruben Laraya, and University of San Jose-Recoletos College of Education Dean Jestoni Babia.
The schools presented their School Profiles, School Improvement Plans vs Actual accomplishments, Projects and Sources of Funds/Resource mobilization Initiatives, Best practices in Organizational Management, Instruction, Learning Environment, Performance and lastly, what they would do if they would win the top grant prizes.
The panel assessed them on their Delivery of Presentation (10%), Content of the Presentation (20%), Actual accomplishments vs Targets (30%), and Best Practices (40%).
It was indeed a great opportunity for the panel to hear first-hand from the schools and to interact with them. The first-time hosting talents of RAFI-EDU’s Project Engineer Christian Inego and Program Officer Abigail Basas were also showcased.
The RAFI-SEED 2017 run shall culminate in a gathering of all the top schools in both categories (Elementary and Secondary) where the winners will be announced on May 11, 2018 at the Grand Convention Center, Cebu City. The Grant prizes up for grabs, totalling P6.8M, are the following: First place – P1.5M each, Second place – P1M each, Third place – P500T each. The other outstanding schools shall each receive P200T.
The Education Development Unit of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI-EDU) helps in the formation of effective learning environments by providing high-quality, cost-effective school infrastructure and by capacitating school communities for the continuous improvement of learning outcomes.
