 The
City Schools Division of Balanga, now on its fourth year, has been
effectively functioning as a City Division in Region III, with three
(3) consecutive years of remarkable achievement as the topnotcher in
the region as far as the National Achievement Test is concerned.
Indeed, it did not take time out to rest on its laurels. Rather, it
focused its efforts to strive higher; this time emerged first in the
region and third in the country’s rank list of NAT results, which
means, the high performance of the City Schools Division of Balanga is
reliable. As the saying goes “where there is consistency, there is
reliability”.
Its founder, its leaders and its people are
happy to find that our VISION OF SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE is a possible
dream. It works! This is because there are committed stakeholders of
education who do not only speak about EXCELLENCE but embrace it as
their way of life. Their positive attitudes are the miracles that make
things happen in the schools.
This Division Education
Development Plan reflects our vision to sustain Schools of Excellence
in general, along the key priorities and strategies in particular,
spelled out in the Acronym – “INSPIRED”, where;
| I | for Increased (MPS) of learners | | N | for No non-readers in schools | | S | for Solved problems on Non-numerates | | P | for Performance indicators raised | | I | for Improved instruction (ECE, SPED, ALS, Elem. & Sec. Level) | | R | for Resource generation enhanced thru partnerships | | E | for Experiential Learning strengthened | | D | for Decreased Drop-Out rate | These
key priorities for the next six (6) years can be attained through the
following strategies; namely, School-Based INSETS/LAC Sessions; School
Heads Supervisory Visits/Conferences; School Governing Council (SGC)
participation, Supplementary Feeding, School Innovations (Action
Research) Textbooks and Instructional Materials, Improvement of
School Facilities (BRIGADA ESKWELA/PTA Proj.), Regular Assessment of
Learners, Service Contracting (Pre-School), Literacy Classes (ALS),
Remedial Instruction, Tracking of Students at Risk, Fund Management and
Use of Common Sense. | 
