THE DEPARTMENT of Education
(DepEd) has tapped four academicians, most of them from the University of the
Philippines (UP), to conduct research on issues affecting the education sector.
In a recent memorandum, Education Secretary Leonor Briones urged
DepEd officials to cooperate with the four new consultants and assist them as
they conduct their research aimed at improving the delivery of department
services.
“The DepEd recognizes the need for further research on specific
issues affecting the education sector,” she said, as the reason for engaging
the services of Dr. Proserpina D. Tapales, Dr. Jennifer Romero Llaguno, Dr.
Jocelyn Cuaresma and certified public accountant Leilani Galvez.
Tapales is an expert in local governance being a
retired professor from the UP National College of Public Administration and
Governance (NCPAG) and a doctor of philosophy in Political Science who obtained
her doctorate degree from Northern Illinois University.
Cuaresma is an associate professor at NCPAG and served as
executive director in the Office of the President. She has authored books on
local governance which were published by the Institute of Development Policy
and Management of the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and the
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies of the National University of Singapore.
Llaguno is a senior fellow at the Institute for Studies of Asian
Church and Culture, Department of English and Comparative Literature and has
authored numerous scholarly writings on women’s issues.
Galvez, apart from being a CPA, has earned Masters in Public
Administration units and served in a number of executive and legislative
offices, including the Office of Political Affairs under the Office of the
President, Ministry of Tourism and House of Representatives Office of the
Deputy Speaker.
