FUSE Marks 14th Year

The Foundation for Upgrading the Standard of Education, Inc. (FUSE), a partner of the Tan Yan Kee Foundation, marked its 14th year of innovative contributions to the improvement of the country’s education in 2008.

As of 2008, the foundation has trained 13,687 teachers, circulated  21,011 journals, and distributed 386,494 training video computer disks (VCDs) all over the archipelago, reaching remote areas.

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The training of teachers to be better mentors was highlighted by a recent seminar which is considered the biggest out-of-town teachers’ training in the country so far. 

It was held  at the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Victorias City last October 16-17 involving 274 participants: 36 in chemistry, 47 in English, 62 in science, 50 in mathematics, and 30 in physics.  Forty-nine principals also attended an orientation seminar.


FUSE trained:

•  4,094 teachers in Metro Manila
  


•  562 in Region I (La Union) 
  


•  327 in Region II (Cagayan Valley)
  


•   91 in Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR)
  


•  383 in Region III (Aurora)
  


•  756 in Region IV-A (Calabarzon)
  


•  144 in Region IV-B (Mimaropa)
  


•  809 in Region V (Bicol).
  


•  4,343 teachers in Region VI (Western Visayas)
  


•  245 in Region VII (Cebu) 
  


• 375 in Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
  


• 256 teachers in Region IX (Zamboanga)
  


• 393 in Region X (Northern Mindanao)
  


• 726 in Region XI (Davao)
  


• 150 in Region XII (Socsargen)
  


• 1 in Region XIII (Caraga)
  


• 32 in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
  

FUSE distributed teaching tools and aids all over the country.

FUSION JOURNALS, which contain papers presented by experts during  general assemblies and seminars, and distributed as follow:

• 2,555 in Metro Manila
  


• 1,292 in Region I
  


• 1,291 in Region II
  


• 1,456 in Region III 
  


• 1,439 in Region IV-A
  


• 144 in Region IV-B 
  


• 1,579 in Region V 
  


• 1,401 in Region VI 
  


• 1,134 in Region VII 
  


• 1,334 in Region VIII 
  


• 1,247 in Region IX 
  


• 1,201 in Region X 
  


• 1,138 in Region XI 
  


• 1,308 in Region XII 
  


• 1 in Region XIII 
  


• 1,216 in ARMM  
  


• 1,275 in CAR
  

DVDs, which are training videos for teachers and for students. They include disks of programs for television which are aired on government stations and the Knowledge Channel of the Lopez Group. The DVDs were distributed as follow:

• 89,174 in Metro Manila
  


• 22,426 in Region I 
  


• 17,718 in Region II 
  


• 37,952 in Region III 
  


• 55,447 in Region IV-A 
  


• 189 in Region IV-B 
  


• 50,480 in Region V 
  


• 24,296 in Region VI 
  


• 23,252 in Region VII 
  


• 11,739 in Region VIII 
  


• 9,445 in Region IX 
  


• 9.922 in Region X 
  


• 17,365 in Region XI 
  


• 6,894 in Region XII 
  


• 20 in Region XIII 
  


• 654 in ARMM
  


• 9,521 in CAR.
  

FUSE was founded in December 1994 by Dr. Lucio C. Tan, Rep. Salvador H. Escudero III who was then House education committee chairman, and Sen. Edgardo J. Angara who was then Senate education chairman after evaluating the sad state of Philippine education.

They established the foundation to train teachers with the goal of improving  quality of education. Escudero, Angara and Tan were later elected FUSE president, chairman and chairman emeritus, respectively.