The HLA Asia Regional Centre is delighted to commence a new partnership for the Education in Emergencies Professional Development Programme in the Philippines.
The Education in Emergencies Professional Development Programme Certificate of Advanced Studies (EiE-PDP CAS) was successfully launched in the Asia Pacific region in 2023, with a cohort of 30 currently undertaking this comprehensive 450-hour blended learning experience accredited by the University of Geneva. The team is excited to strengthen the programme in the region through this new partnership with the College of Education, University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus).
In times of crisis, education is a lifeline to children and their families. The course aims to help Education and Education in Emergencies (EiE) practitioners to further develop their EiE design, implementation and leadership skills, as well as their ability to share these with others. EiE can help protect children and young people’s physical and mental health, allowing them to continue to learn and develop, and offering a sense of normalcy and hope for a better future.
To mark the start of this regional EiE collaboration, Efren Lubuguin, the EiE-PDP Regional Manager for Asia, attended the College of Education, UP Diliman campus on 25 May to deliver a guest lecture to graduate students and Faculty of Non-Formal Education.
Efren Lubuguin, the HLA EiE-PDP Regional Manager for Asia, delivering a guest lecture sharing expert practitioner insights with graduate students at the College of Education, UP Diliman.
Efren shared expert practitioner insights on a range of topics including the rationale and aims of EiE, emerging instructional strategies, and identifying areas of action research for EiE in the context of the Philippines and neighbouring countries in Asia. He also shared the work of the HLA in the region, and how students can begin to explore EiE as an emerging topic to their academic inquiry and professional practice through free, open-access EiE modules on the HLA’s digital learning platform Kaya.
Through this partnership, Professor Ched Arzadon from the College of Education, University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus) will join the expert EiE-PDP training team as module teacher in July 2024, sharing her expertise on Pedagogy, Planning and Curriculum, Language and Materials in EiE settings.
Remarking on this new partnership and collaboration, Efren Lubuguin said:
“We’re delighted to expand and enrich the EiE-PDP in Asia through this new partnership with the College of Education, UP Diliman. We’re excited to welcome Professor Ched Arzadon to our PDP training team for module four of the CAS programme, helping our work go from strength-to-strength!”
