In preparation for the Civil Service Examination scheduled on 7 August 2022, review sessions were conducted for UPOU employees. Topics on Vocabulary, Numerical Reasoning, general information and recent events were discussed by different volunteer resource speakers tapped by the Ugnayan ng Pahinungód UPOU. This activity is in collaboration with the All UP Workers Union (AUPWU) - UPOU Chapter. The sessions were held on 22, 29 July 2022, and 5 August 2022. This two-day training aims to capacitate the Dumagat youth of Rodriguez, Rizal in their computer proficiency and information and technology literacy skills that would be beneficial for [...]

Read Aloud Activity in Sto. Domingo ES In celebration of National Reading and Book Month with the theme: Rediscovering the Legacy of Literature through Reading" in November, the Ugnayan ng Pahinungód UPOU in collaboration with the University Library held face-to-face storytelling sessions for the Kinder pupils of Sto. Domingo Elementary School. The activity, which aims to promote love for reading among pupils, was conducted on 28 November 2022. Ms. Denise Therese Ann Palisoc, staff from the UPOU Office of Gender Concerns (OGC) facilitated the storytelling sessions. Aside from the storytelling sessions, interactive games were also prepared for the students, [...]

Bridge Program Offering in Region X In line with the commitment of the office to reaching underserved communities nationwide, the office in partnership with DepEd Region X, offered the online bridge program to Luyungan IP High School and Talakag National High School located in Malaybalay and Bukidnon, respectively. 80 - 100% of the students in both schools belong to indigenous peoples groups in the region. Bridge English and Bridge Mathematics courses were offered to Grades 11-12 students of these schools on 4 June - 28 June 2022. The courses are hosted in the UPOU MODeL platform. Synchronous sessions via [...]

Introductory Course on Contact Center Services For its fourth run, the Ugnayan ng Pahinungód UPOU, in partnership with Concentrix Philippines, offered the Introductory Course on Contact Center Services (ICCS) from 15 October - 15 November 2022. The course focuses on developing effective online communication skills that will provide competitive skills and knowledge for ICT-enabled and contact services-related jobs. The course was offered to the general public via the UPOU Massive Open Distance e-Learning (MODeL) platform. Volunteers were tapped to serve as course coordinators tasked to monitor the students' progress, grade student submissions, and conduct synchronous sessions which serve as [...]

Online Resources on Teaching Elementary Reading In celebration of National Teachers' Month, the office has conducted a webinar focusing on online resources relevant to teaching elementary reading and mathematics on 15 September 2021, 9 AM via Zoom. This webinar aimed to provide online resources relevant to teaching these subjects and creating assessments and other supplementary teaching materials (e.g worksheets). Dr. Minerva Young, retired professor of Educational Technology from Frostburg State University in Maryland, served as the resource speaker for this webinar. Grades 1 to 6 teachers from the partner schools in Bay, Los Baños, Laguna, Bataan, and Cebu attended [...]

With the aim of training the parents on the application of the dialogic reading method as a technique in teaching reading to children, this project is conducted for four weeks, from 16 July - 13 August 2021. Selected parents of Grades 2 and 3 pupils of San Antonio Elementary School, one of the partner schools of Ugnayan ng Pahinungód UPOU, were tapped to be the beneficiaries. Participating parents were provided with parent kits which contain four storybooks and dialogic reading guides. Participants together with Ms. Genevieve Aguinaldo, Pahinungod UPOU volunteer and project proponent, regularly meet every Friday to demonstrate the [...]