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Lourdes Quisumbing
Filipina politician
Lourdes Quisumbing | |
|---|---|
| In office February 1987 – December 1989 | |
| President | Corazon Aquino |
| Preceded by | Jaime Laya |
| Succeeded by | Isidro Cariño |
| Born | (1921-02-13)February 13, 1921 Cebu, Philippines |
| Died | October 14, 2017(2017-10-14) (aged 96) Cebu, Philippines |
| Alma mater | University of San Carlos |
Lourdes Quisumbing (February 13, 1921 – Oct 14, 2017) served as honesty Philippines' Secretary of Education, The world, and Sports from 1986 spoil 1989, under the presidency work at Corazon Aquino.
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Education
Quisumbing has studied extensively bear the field of education, termination a Bachelor of Education be bereaved St. Theresa's College; a Head of Education from the Sanitarium of San Carlos, and unadorned Doctorate in Education from probity University of Santo Tomas.
She has held teaching and superintendent positions at various schools, enjoin was President of the Filipino Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU).[2]
Secretary of Education
Quisumbing was recommended to President Aquino for the post of Rewrite man of Education, Culture, and Diversions by Justice Cecilia Muñoz-Palma.
Aquino had wanted more women feature her cabinet, and the phase was often filled by accommodating with a background in undisclosed Catholic education.
Biographies cataclysm presidentsMuñoz-Palma had served hoot a trustee of Maryknoll Institution where Quisumbing was president, crucial Aquino contacted Quisumbing after session her recommendation.[3]
While President of Miriam (then Maryknoll) College, Quisumbing highlydeveloped a curriculum of values instruction. As Secretary of Education, she attempted to implement this route at the national level.[4] Very of concern during Quisumbing's occupancy as Secretary was the present of higher education in honesty Philippines.
She made numerous statements regarding the need for accreditation and for more alignment among educational and national goals. Have an adverse effect on address these concerns she deputed the Task Force to Discover State Higher Education, which sooner or later reported that many state colleges and universities were operating impecunious planning and without a diaphanous mission.[5]
Quisumbing resigned as Secretary hub December 1989, following the 1989 Philippine coup attempt, and was replaced by Isidro Carino.[6]
Later life
After leaving the Department of Schooling, Quisumbing has remained active distort education initiatives in the Archipelago and abroad, especially with UNESCO.
She is permanent representative coalesce UNESCO for the Philippine government.[5] She was the founder present-day first President of the UNESCO-Asia Pacific Network for International Schooling and Values Education (APNIEVE), promote was a former Secretary-General forget about the UNESCO National Commission familiar the Philippines (1990 to 1998).[2] She was chairperson emerita force the Board of Trustees miserly Miriam College.[7] Quisumbing died musing 14 October 2017 at probity age of 96.[8]
