MANILA, Philippines — Teaching in the middle of a pandemic is no easy feat, but three teachers from the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) continued to level up and inspire teaching excellence in the 5th Cleofe M. Bacungan Natatanging Guro Awards ceremony (CMB NGA) recently held online.
This year, the awardees were Kristine Joy Aguila of the PSHS Main Campus (Humanities and Social Sciences category), Ronna Magto of the PSHS Western Mindanao Campus (Mathematics and Computer Science category) and Erika Eunice Salvador of the PSHS Western Visayas Campus (Natural Sciences category).
The awards aim to help maintain the high teaching excellence in the PSHS to shape globally competitive Filipino scientists equipped with 21st century skills. Vice President Leni Robredo, who delivered the keynote message during the awards ceremony, expressed her appreciation for all their extra effort in developing the country’s next professionals and leaders in science and technology despite the challenging pandemic situation.
Bayer Philippines Inc., a global life science company, was CMB NGA’s event partner this year. Angel-Michael Evangelista, managing director and country division head for Pharmaceuticals of Bayer Philippines, expressed appreciation for the PSHS teachers and the importance of supporting science education.
The awards are open every three years to all PSHS faculty in all its campuses across the country. The three winners were each given a cash prize of P50,000.00 and a trophy.