Republic of the Philippines TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY Region XI

LUPON SCHOOL OF FISHERIES

LSF awarded APACC Silver Level Accreditation

The Lupon School of Fisheries Asia-Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC) journey paid off af-ter years of preparing the application for accreditation and learning from bench-marked institutions. LSF garnered 436/500 points that resulted to upper Silver Level Accreditation during the on-site visit conducted on May 27-29, 2013 by the APACC team. It was 16 points less to hit the Gold Level.

The on-site visit team composed of three personnel: Dr. Romulita Alto, APACC Accreditor and Team Leader, Dr. Godelyn Hisole, APACC Accreditor and Team Member, and Ms. Rosario Arlene Cruz, APACC staff facilitated a thorough assess-ment and validation of all the documents, projects and facilities of the school. The APACC team used the new instrument in conducting the assessment and validation.

APACC is a regional accreditation and certification body established by Co-lombo Plan member governments which recognize the need to cope with the rapid changes in the labor market and skills taught in technical and vocational educa-tion and training (TVET) institutions.

The success on the LSF APACC

Journey is attributed to the joint efforts of

the administration, faculty, and staff lead-

ed by Vocational School Administrator III

Ms. Ruth R. Pundang with the full cooper-

ation of the students and the unceasing

mentoring of the shepherd, Ms. Arlyn Ban-

dong, ROD chief and the supervision of

Mr. El Cid Castillo, OIC-Provincial Director

and Regional Director Gaspar S. Gayona,

Ph. D, CESO III.

LSF commemorates Pearl Jubilee

As the Lupon School of Fisheries

turned 3 decades of existence being a fish-

ery school, the administration, faculty,

staff, students and the community took a

break to celebrate the 30th Founding Anni-

versary on November 28-30, 2013 at the

LSF campus.

The three-day celebration was filled

with a variety of memorable and worth-

while activities. It opened with a

―pamukaw‖ at 3:00 a.m. then, a dawn pray-

er. Thanksgiving mass followed at 8:00.

As usual, there was bloodletting at the

Caregiving laboratory with the Philippine

Red Cross (PRC) – Mati Chapter person-

nel manning the procedure. Mini-skills

competition for different qualifications was

set up at the covered court. The trainees

competed in: vegetable/fruit mixed pickles,

wine mixing, breaded chicken, potato salad

making, flower arrangement, bed make-up,

net mending, engine tune-up, automotive

lighting, blinker assembly, manicure and

pedicure, and electrical wiring. In the after-

noon of the same day, the Agri-Fishery

Fair opened to the public while the contest-

ants in the solo and duet singing contest

showed off their best on stage.

G. at Bb. LSF 2013 together with LSF staff in their filipiniana attire with DDG Pascua

In the evening, was the most await-ed moment, which was the Search for the Ginoo & Bb. Perlas ng LSF. Only one pair grabbed the title in the history of LSF as Pearl Jubilee comes once in a lifetime. Alongside the competition for beauty and brains was the ―katutubong sayaw‖ compe-tition that interplayed between each show of the candidates. Deputy Director General for Field Operations, Atty. TEODORO C. PASCUA, who graced the celebration, was over-whelmed with the array of talents of the students presented during the search for the Ginoo & Bb. LSF The event was a time for thanksgiv-

ing for all the gains and achievements of

the school. Thus, it was timely to give

recognition to all those who have contribut-

ed to the growth and developments of the

school.

BRIEF HISTORY OF LSF

1969 Lupon School of Fisheries started as Lupon Community High School

1971 From Lupon Community High School, the school was named Lupon Mu-nicipal High School

1982 The Sangguniang Bayan ng Lupon passed a resolution recommending the conversion of the school into a school of fisheries considering among others the need for such a school in the province being located along Davao Gulf and having vast area of brackish water fishponds in the place.

November 15, 1982

Parliamentary Bill No. 1642 filed by the late Assemblyman Teodoro Palma Gil was signed by then Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos under Batas Pambansa Bilang 292.

1991 The school acquired a 4.5-hectare fishpond area given by Dacudao family through a deed of transfer of rights without any single centavo paid by the government.

1992 Congw. Thelma Z. Almario gave Php500, 000.00 from her Countryside Development Fund. Such fund was utilized in the purchase of 5.1-hectare land adjacent to the fishpond area.

1992 The school started offering post secondary course in Diploma in Fishery Technology major in Aquaculture and Fish Processing.

March 1998 With the passage of RA 7796 otherwise known as TESDA Law in 1994, the school was officially transferred to TESDA

2002 LSF operated as a full-time TESDA administered institution with the Dis-tinctive Area of Competence (DAC) in Aquaculture.

2003 LSF received Bronze Level Accreditation from the Philippine TVET Quality Award (PTQA) for its delivery of the eight components of the Quality Assurance System namely: documentation, document manage-ment, staff training, customer feedback, monitoring, internal audit, man-agement review, and benchmarking.

2011 As mandated by the Office for TESDA Technology Institutions (OTTI), the TESDA XI Regional Office identified LSF as the pilot among the 4 TTIs in the region to fully implement the Competency-Based Training Delivery (CBT).

2013 LSF received the most coveted Silver Level Accreditation (15 points more heading to Gold Level) from the Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC) for its continued implementation of the Quality Assurance System and strong support to the promotion of quality TVET delivery. APACC is a regional accreditation and certifica-tion body established by Colombo Plan member governments which recognize the need to cope with the rapid changes in the labor market and skills taught in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions.

I. TVET Standards and Systems Development A. Assessment and Certification

For CY 2013 out of 1,894 assessed graduates, 1, 762 were certified with the average certification rate of 93%, which is 7% higher than the national target of 86%.

D. Compliance Audit as Assessment Center

This year 16 of the accredited as-sessment center had undergone the com-pliance audit and was found that the center maintained the requirement under Assess-ment and Certification.

HIGHLIGHTS OF LSF ACCOMPLISHMENTS CY 2013

B. Accreditation of Competency Asses-sors

Out of 26 trainers in LSF, 22 are ac-credited competency assessors in their field of specialization.

C. Accreditation of Competency As-sessment Center

Out of 21 qualifications offered by LSF, 16 were renewed/accredited as as-sessment center and additional of 1 non-registered UTPRAS qualification, Bookkeeping NC III newly accredited as assessment center.

II. TVET Registration

A. Updates on Program Registration

under Unified TVET Program Regis-

tration and Accreditation System

(UTPRAS)

260 hrs. Refrigeration and Air-

conditioning (DOMRAC) NC I was re-

registered to 544 hrs. Refrigeration and

Air-conditioning (RAC) Servicing NC II

(DOMRAC) on May 14, 2013

Registration of 2 additional program

offerings which are 288 hrs. Automotive

Servicing NC I and 542 hrs. Automotive

NC II on June 28, 2013

462 hrs. Commercial Cooking NC II

amended to 342 hrs Cookery NC II on

Oct. 16, 2013.

B. Compliance Audit

In CY 2013, 11 registered programs

of LSF had undergone compliance audit

and were found to have maintained the re-

quirements under Unified TVET Program

Registration Accreditation System

(UTPRAS).

C. Training

For the year ending 2013, a total of

3,352 enrolled in the different qualifications

and CBTED programs of the school which

yield to 3, 360 graduates. This year’s

As an accredited assessment center of 19 qualifications, LSF also cater walk-in assesses from the different TVI’s in Region Xl. For this year a total of 810 were as-sessed and 591 were certified with the cer-tification rate of 73%.

training accomplishment yields 10% and

4% increased in enrolled and graduated

respectively compared to CY 2012.

TVET SECTOR MONITORING

LSF TRAINING, ASSESSMENT AND

CERTIFICATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Target Output % of Ac-complish

ment

En-rolled

2,866 3,352 116%

Gradu-ated

2,723 3,360 123%

As-sessed

1,634 1,894 116%

Certi-fied

1,405 1,762 125%

Em-ployed

796 1677 210%

This year’s training output exceed-ed the 2,866 target by 116%. Of the total number of trainees, 1,275 or 44% were from the institution-based or regular train-ing program and 2,077 or 72% comes from our community based program.

D. Technology-Based Community

Training

Community Based Trainings for Ty-phoon Pablo Survivors

The devastation that typhoon Pablo brought to the people of Baganga, Cateel and some barangays and towns of the East Coast of Davao Oriental affected much of their livelihood specifically the vast coconut land where they are known of. Nonetheless there is always a way out of all life’s circumstances. The LSF as a government entity played its role towards extending its Com-munity Based Trainings to help the ty-phoon Pablo survivors acquire additional skills for their livelihood in order for them to survive against all odds with the follow-ing competencies, to wit: Perform Manicure and Pedicure; Galing Masahista; Perform Fish/ Shrimp Grow out opera-

tion ( Fish Feed Formulation); Process Food by Pickling and Fermen-

tation ( Ampalaya/Papaya/Chayote Pickles);

Process Food by Salting, Curing, and Smoking ( Tocino, Longanisa, Banana Chips);and

Raise Poultry/Swine (Feed Mixing)

The said skills trainings were in partnership with St. Mary’s College and 67th Infantry (Agila) Battalion of Baganga and the San Antonio People’s Organiza-tion of Cateel Davao Oriental. Indeed, in such a way LSF was able to touch their lives.

To disseminate information on the

programs and services offered by the in-

stitution, the LSF Advocacy Team con-

ducted Career Services last February 4-

28, 2013 to 31 secondary schools in the

province of Davao Oriental and some sec-

ondary schools of Pantukan, Compostela

Valley. Advocacy materials such as book-

marks and brochures were given to the

fourth year secondary students and like-

wise posted posters at the school cam-

puses.

III. SOCIAL MARKETING AND AD-VOCACY

A. Career Guidance/Job Placement Services

Social marketing through Career Guid-

ance Services

Training on Feed Mixing at Baganga, Davao Oriental

The said career services guided the students on the program/qualification they are to enrolled in and contributed the increase of its enrollment from 3, 035 in CY 2012 to 3, 352 in CY 2013.

IV. SCHOLARSHIP ADMINISTRA-

TION

A. JOINT DSWD-TESDA CASH FOR TRAINING PROJECT (C4TP)

In support of the government’s thrust to provide a sustainable interven-tion to improve the plight and condition of the youth and empower them through skills training and assistance towards gainful employment and entrepreneurial activities, TESDA and DSWD implement-ed the DSWD-TESDA Cash for Training Project (C4TP).

Lupon School of Fisheries is one of the recipients of this program. The schol-ars are entitled to free training cost, allow-ance, assessment fee and toolkits for the training for self-employment. Whereas on the other hand, only training cost, allow-ance, assessment fee are free for wage employment trainees

Qualifica-

tion

No. of

Slots

En-

rolled

Grad-uated

As-

sessed

Certi-fied

Bread and Pas-try Pro-duction NC II

16 16 16 16 16

Driving NC II 31 31 31 31 31

Consum-er Elec-tronic Servicing NC II

17

17

17 17 11

Computer Hardware Servicing NC II

16 16 15 15 8

Beauty Care (Nail Ser-vices) NC II

13

13

12 12 12

Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Servicing NC II

6

6

6

6

6

Housekeeping NC II 24 24 24 22 22

Shielded Metal Arc Welding NC II

6

6

6

6

6

Food and Bever-age Services NC II

3

3

3

3

3

TOTAL……

132

132

130

128

115

Qualification

Number of

Slots

Enrolled

Graduated

Assessed

Certified

LGU SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Lupon School of Fisheries in partnership with the Local Government Unit of the

municipality of Lupon and other sectoral group and with the present administration’s job

program also sponsor scholarship benefit to beneficiaries who have low income but with

deserving children who wants to go to school.

Sponsors Slots

Hon. Mayor Domingo A Lim 42

Hon. Vice Mayor Hadji Bonso S. Barabag 34

Couples for Christ 4

Student Assistance 4

TOTAL………………… 84

V. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

A. Personnel Management/Administration

Name of Employee Previous Position Present Position Salary Grade

RUTH R. PUNDANG OIC-Assistant Profes-

sor IV Vocational School Ad-

ministrator III 24

I. Promotion

A total of 18 LSF employees were promoted/appointed/re-classed in CY 2013, to wit:

A. One (1) employee was promoted on February 21, 2013

B. Two (2) personnel were appointed through Personnel Selection Board on March 13, 2013

Name of Employee Previous Position Present Position Salary Grade

JEREME M. DALO Administrative Aide III Instructor I 12

ALONA G. LORICA J.O. Instructor Instructor I 12

C. Fifteen (15) instructors were reclassed through NBC # 461 6th Cycle Evaluation on July 24, 2013

Instructors Previous Posi-

tion

Present Posi-tion

(Reclassification through

NBC # 461 6th Cycle Evalua-

tion

Salary Grade

1 NAIDA G. LASANGRE Instructor III

Assistant Pro-fessor III

17

2 MILAN MILE A. AVILA

Assistant Pro-fessor I

Assistant Pro-fessor II

16

3 CHERRY S. ASPIRAS Instructor III

Assistant Pro-fessor II

16

4 MARIA FE C. CARAQUEL Instructor III

Assistant Pro-fessor I

15

5 EDGARDO H. LASANGRE SR.

Instructor III Assistant Pro-

fessor I 15

6 MARIA MAGDALENA P. POMAR

Instructor III Assistant Pro-

fessor I 15

7 LEONESA L. ROBLEDO Instructor III

Assistant Pro-fessor I

15

8 ESTRELLA M. TORETA Instructor III

Assistant Pro-fessor I

15

9 ANASTACIA G. ZULUETA Instructor III

Assistant Pro-fessor I

15

10 GEORGITA C. ARLES Instructor II Instructor III 14

11 LILIBETH C. BLASABAS Instructor II Instructor III 14

12 FLORA A. SOLIDOR Instructor II Instructor III 14

13 PERLA G. YOSORES Instructor II Instructor III 14

14 EDGAR Q. MANTO Instructor I Instructor II 13

15 OLIVA A. RAMOS Instructor I Instructor II 13

D. Retiree One employee will be retiring on December 31, 2013

Name of Employee Present Position Salary Grade

Camilo N. Pansoy Administrative Officer I (Disbursing Officer I) 10 Step 4

In 2013 the institution was also able to provide scholarship to its 13 faculty members enrolled in Mas-ters in Vocational Education, a blended program offered by USEP, where LSF as the venue through Memorandum of Agreement signed between USEP President Dr. Perfecto A. Alibin and TESDA XI RD Gaspar S. Gayona.

This year, the institution was able to purchase a 2nd hand in good condition vehicle, taken from the savings gathered from its Fund 161 account, which is a collaborative fund source of the following: In-come Generating Projects, train-ings and assessments. Said vehi-cle is part of instructional equip-ment in ―Driving NC II and Automo-tive Servicing NC I and II

II. Financial Services

Lupon School of Fisheries has paid up all its obligations on Personnel Services including the implementa-tion of NBC 461 – 6th cycle for 15 faculty members.

Early this year the school has invit-ed personnel from GSIS to conduct a brief but substantial orientation on retirement procedures and ben-efits that can be availed at their agency.

2013 has also paved way to chang-es including the transition of COA auditors, school welcomes with joy-ful hearts the new audit team head-ed by Ms. Eden Jane R. Intention, State Auditor IV and her members Ms. Nora P. Labasano and Ms. Ederlinda P. Dean.

With the school’s maintenance and other operating expenses budget of P8,866,000.00 the institution was able to enhance its physical facili-ties such as the installation of brick pavements on some of its path-ways; lighting fixtures, bar counter and washing area of hometel; wa-ter system at the fishpond area; re-painting of the over-all buildings and other structures within the insti-tution. These improvements have contributed to the institution’s suc-cess in garnering the Silver Level Accreditation given by the Asia Pa-cific Accreditation and Certification Commission.

Lupon School of Fisheries’ desire for continued growth in excellence, the institution submitted itself for the mandatory compliance audit for UTPRAS registered qualifications and assessment centers and has complied all audit findings.

2nd hand and in-good condition vehicle—INNOVA

VI. OTHER ACTIVITIES

A. BFAR XI—LSF Joined Project The BFAR XI sensitivity to the over growing problem on fish seed shortage and with the active collaboration of TESDA—LSF come up with this partner-ship of constructing and operating commu-nity based multi species natural hatchery. Construction of the project started in January 2013, at present 75% of the project is accomplished. Total cost of the project 1.2M funded by BFAR XI.

BFAR XI and LSF personnel inspected the project

B. LSF 3 year Diploma in Fishery Tech-nology Program Validated

The 3 year DFT course is a ladder-ized curriculum based CMO 43 and TESDA Regulation for Aquaculture NC II. It was validated last July 30, 2013 with the presences of the industry partners the fish pond operators and managers, aquacul-turist II of LGU, the dean of the Davao Norte State College, the OTTI Director Francisco B. Jucar Jr. CESO IV and the instructors handling the major subjects of the course. After the said validation corrections and refinement was done and LSF sub-mitted the course for registration under UTPRAS.

OTTI Executive Director Francisco B. Ju-car Jr. (seated-center) posted with the in-dustry partners and LSF personnel and

trainers

C. 2012 TESDA Model Employee Another pride of Lupon School of Fisheries, Mrs. Cherry S. Aspiras, Assis-tant Professor II and Designated Voca-tional Instruction Supervisor of the school was awarded as Regional TESDA Model Employee in August 2013 which qualified her for the Phase II screening. She has been awarded a Certificate of Commen-dation from TESDA Central Office on Au-gust 23, 2013 during the 19th TESDA An-niversary celebration for her noteworthy achievements and efforts towards deliver-ing quality TVET and efficient public ser-vice.

Mrs. Cherry S. Aspiras received the Certif-icate of Commendation

D. LSF Lakan-Ilaw Awardees

In 2013, another two lead trainers

from Lupon School of Fisheries received

a Lakan Ilaw Award last August 23, 2013

from the Office of TESDA Technology In-

stitution (OTTI). They are Mr. Rasam S.

Garuda, Instructor II. lead trainer in Agri-

cultural Crops Production NC I and Mrs.

Estrella M. Toreta, Assistant Professor II,

lead trainer in Cookery NC II and Food

and Beverage NCII. This is in recognition

of their performance as best Competency

Based Training delivery implementers.

Mrs. Estrella M. Toreta received her Cer-tificate of Commendation for Lakan Ilaw

2012

Mr. Rasam S. Garuda received his Certifi-cate of Commendation for Lakan Ilaw

2012

E. Graduation Day 2013

LSF main campus cleaned up day

F. Clean-up Day

Coastal cleaned up at Brgy. Ilangay Lupon, Davao Oriental

G. Auditors visited LSF

COA audit team leader Eden Jane Intencion (3rd from left) conducting audit at the LSF fishpond

Guest PD Delia G. Lorica distributed certifi-cates during graduation rites in April 2013, assisted by VSA Ruth R. Pundang, FASD

Chief, Loida B. Atencio and VIS Designate, Cherry S. Aspiras

Ma. Magdalena Pomar, Guidance Counselor-Designate and Nora S. Malatamban, School Registrar-Designate

conducted TIP in March 2013

H. Training Induction Program for C4TP

trainees

The honoree PD Delia G. Lorica (center) during the testi-monial party on May 31, 2013

I. Testimonial Program for PD Delia G. Lorica

J. PAAKA XI Activities

LSF faculty and staff in action during the PAAKA assembly at RTC-KPVTC

K. Violence Against Women (VAW)

Signature campaign for the commitment to help end VAW at Ceboleda Lupon, Dvo. Or. in

Dec.10, 2013

L. Technology Application and Pro-duction Institute

Four LSF instructors: (starting 4th from left to right) Cherry S. Aspiras, Robert A. Mejos, Janette T. Rañeses and Anastacia G. Zulueta were presenters Regional Investors For a on the Infusion of DOST RDIs and SUCs Technol-ogies for Community Development at Crown Regency Inn in Dec. 31, 2013