KCFI chairman Oscar M. Lopez (center) and president Rina Lopez Bautista award Br. Luistro as a Knowledge Channel Education Hero for his committed service to the Filipino learnerKnowledge Channel Foundation Inc. (KCFI) has signed another 10-year partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd).

The agreement fortifies KCFI’s partnership with DepEd in improving the quality of public education, focusing on the support for K to 12 and the Alternative Learning System.

Integrated in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) is, among others, the conduct of training programs for education leaders and teachers through Learning Effectively through Enhanced Pedagogies and the Superintendents Leadership Program

“Our dream, our passion has always been to democratize education by providing learners, teachers and families with access to engaging educational videos and games in as many platforms as is available to us, the Lopez family; and by helping provide education leaders and teachers with the necessary knowledge, skills and mind-sets needed to reignite their passion and better address the demands of the rapidly changing 21st century education and learning landscapes,” said KCFI president and executive director Rina Lopez-Bautista.

In 1999, KCFI signed a oneyear MOU with the then Department of Education, Culture and Sports; the accord was renewed in 2000 with a 10-year MOU. In 2009, a third signing was made with former Education Sec. Jesli Lapus under the DepEd.

This year, with DepEd Sec. Br. Armin Luistro, another 10- year MOU was signed.

“May this ceremony be the start of another decade of the continuing partnership of the Department of Education and the Knowledge Channel Foundation in helping each other pursue our shared mission of empowering the Filipino through education,” said KCFI chairman Oscar M. Lopez.

Also present at the ceremonial signing were former DepEd Sec. and now KCFI education consultant Dr. Fe Hidalgo, First Philippine Holdings Corporation vice president Benjamin R. Lopez, Lopez Group Foundation Inc.’s Mitos Santisteban, former Amb. Roberto Mayorga of Chile and Adopt-a-School’s Margarita Ballesteros. (Story/Photos by: Niña de Sagun)