15/02/2026
๐๐ธ๐๐ | ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐
๐ค๐๐ฃ 16๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ
๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ 13, 2026, student teachers and education leaders gathered at ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐-๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ (๐๐๐ฝ๐
) ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ข๐ for the student teachers congress, with the theme "๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐: ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐-๐๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ". The Council of Administrators and Deans of Teacher Education Colleges (CADTEC) organized the event, bringing together student teachers from various institutions, including delegates from ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐. The congress gathered over 4,000 participants from different schools.
The program formally commenced with welcome remarks delivered by ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐ฟ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ง, ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ. Participants were acknowledged by ๐๐ง๐ค๐. ๐
๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐พ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐พ๐๐๐ช ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐. The coliseum was filled with excitement as each school was called and students proudly recited the chosen pillars under the theme "๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐: ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐-๐๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ".
The first inspirational talk, centered on โCHEDโs Vision for Future Filipino Teachers," was delivered by ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ก๐, ๐พ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐จ๐ค๐ง. Dr. Pantonilla pointed out that future Filipino teachers are lifelong learners โ nation builders, value-driven leaders, and bearers of hope.
The first key topic was presented by ๐๐ง. ๐
๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฟ. ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ค, ๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐
๐ค๐จ๐-๐๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ค๐จ, on developing peace-centered teaching competencies for improved classroom practice. He emphasized that, โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐โ๐๐ - ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐ฆโ
The second key topic, โDeveloping Teacher Competencies Aligned With SDG 4 for Quality Classroom Practice,โ was presented by ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐
๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค. Dr. Babia stressed that "๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ โ๐๐ค ๐๐ข๐โ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ก๐๐ข๐โ๐ก. ๐ผ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ โ๐๐ค ๐๐ข๐โ ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐คโ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐".
The afternoon session on โStrategies and Styles for LET Successโ featured ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ ๐. ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ and ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ก๐,๐พ๐ค๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ'๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง (๐๐๐๐พ). The session had the coliseum buzzing with excitement as the speakers skillfully combined humor and valuable insights, turning it into an enjoyable yet highly informative experience for all student teachers. They outlined 11 strategies, styles, and thematic areas for LET success: setting worthy goals, identifying motivation, understanding the table of specification, transforming weakness into strengths, discipline, humility, continuous self-improvement, believing in yourself, knowledge mastery, character formation, and institutional support systems. The strategies for improving Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) performance focused on a combination of strategic planning, mindset, and content mastery.
The final session on "๐ด๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ธ๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐" was presented by ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ฟ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐พ. ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐๐จ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ. ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก highlighted the importance of integrating artificial intelligence in education responsibly. He also pointed out that technology should complement, not replace, the educatorโs role, because while tools like AI can enhance learning, they cannot replace the guidance, motivation, and personal interaction that teachers provide.
The congress concluded with a reflection delivered by student teacher representatives from Northern Cebu, Southern Cebu, and Cebu City. After the reflection, some schools were recognized, and ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ was named "๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐". The award was received by ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค ๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ค๐จ, ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐.
๐พ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ 2026 inspires student teachers to become future-ready educators focused on leading peace, sustainability, and quality education under the theme "๐ต๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐e".
๐พ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ:Yzabel Pernitez
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