DepEd Secretary BR ARmin Luistro
DepEd Secretary BR ARmin Luistro
DepEd Secretary BR ARmin Luistro
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Born in Lipa City, Batangas, he finished his elementary and high school education at De La Salle Lipa, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Letters at De La Salle University, Manila. In this same university, he earned his Masters Degree in Religious Education and Values Education. His Doctor of Educational Management degree was completed at the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City. He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters (honoris causa) by La Salle University in Philadelphia, USA. A true-green La Salle boy, he has now pledged to see to the education concerns of every Filipino child of every school color and affiliation. He began his steady but dynamic education career at De La Salle Lipa as a religion teacher. As is the way with gifted and dedicated teachers, he was eventually given more work and responsibilities as classroom adviser and campus minister. Alongside these jobs, he had already discerned that he would like to devote his energies to the education of youth and so joined the religious congregation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, more commonly known as the De La Salle Brothers, whose raison detre is the education of the young. This congregation also saw a lot of potential in this Brother so, as always happens with the gifted and the dedicated, he was assigned increasing responsibilities too - as sub-director of a community, to director, and finally to the post of Brother Provincial of the congregation. Meanwhile, the schools were not to be outdone in giving this man more work and he was appointed chancellor and president of not only the premier La Salle institution in the country, De La Salle University-Manila, but also made him head of the Lasallian network of educational institutions composed of 17 schools scattered all over the Philippines. He has also served various other non-La Salle institutions as Board trustee or chairperson, as well as Lasallian institutions abroad. He has joined local and international fora, seminars, and conferences as speaker, facilitator,
panelist, and participant. If there is a single word to encapsulate this man, it is SERVICE. He is now the Secretary of the Department of Education not because of personal glorification but because he was called to serve his country and he obeyed the call. As head representative for education, he emphasizes selflessness and service in public administration: he makes it a point to visit far-flung schools himself, and he does so with as little fanfare as he can possibly underline with school officials and teachers who are always drawn to him because of his simplicity and humility, and who all the more desire to give him all the fanfare he so avoids. Wishing to erase both the reality and the perception of corrupt government officials and practices, he has trimmed down the number of his departments officials and focused on working to close resource gaps in our public schools by using department funds correctly and only for their specified purposes in our youths education.
ATTY. ALBERTO MUYOT Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs Atty. Alberto Muyot is known for his child protection advocacy. This led him to a stint at the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) where he managed the Legal Protection and the Comprehensive System of Justice for Children Project. Actively involved in upholding the rights of all children, he was among those who lobbied to the Philippine congress for the passage of Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006.
He graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines College of Law and was a DeWitt Fellow when he took his Master of Laws at the University of Michigan. Atty. Muyot was a professional lecturer at the UP College of Law, Angeles University Foundation School of Law, FEU-DLSU Law (JD) - MBA Program, Lyceum of the Philippine College of Law and Miriam College Graduate School. Among the courses he taught were Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Torts and Damages and Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. He served as Director of the Institute of Human Rights at the UP Law Center, and consultant to the government peace panel during the talks witha the CPP-NPA-NDF in 1994-1996. He practiced law in both private and public capacity. Among his career highlights were:
Consultant, Office of the Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs and Attached Agencies, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (1996-1998). Research Fellow, in the Peace, conflict Resolution and Human Rights Program Center for Investigative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Chairholder, Class of 1957 Professional Chair on Government, University of the Philippines Editor,The Human Rights Agenda, a monthly policy paper on human rights issues, 1996-1999
Editor, Philippine Law Report, a monthly digest of significant Philippine statutes and Supreme Court decisions Chairman, Administrative Disciplinary Tribunal on Housing, University of the Philippines - Diliman Student Relations Officer, College of Law, University of the Philippines Program Development Associate for Legal Affairs, Office of the Chancellor, University of the Philippines - Diliman Technical Consultant, National Unification Commission (1992-1993) Legal Consultant, Rep. Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., House of Representatives (1992) Senior Law Clerk, Office of Associate Justice Irene R. Cortes, Supreme Court of the Philippines (19881990) Special Legal Assistant, Sen. Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Philippine Senate (1987) Associate Attorney, Carpio, Villaraza and Cruz Law Office (1986-1987)