18/09/2026
𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐏 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
“True education flourishes when we bridge institutions and communities, walking alongside our young learners to build a foundation of lifelong learning and hope.”
On 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, a meaningful milestone was marked at the 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 as the Social Awareness and Community Service Involvement (SACSI) Office, through the National Service Training Program (NSTP), formally forged a partnership through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing between Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) and the Department of Education (DepEd) for the implementation of the NSTP Literacy Training Service (NSTP-LTS).
The ceremony was led by AdZU President 𝐅𝐫. 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐌. 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥, 𝐒𝐉, and Assistant Schools Division Superintendent 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐃. 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨 (representing Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Roy C. Tuballa). Standing as official witnesses to the agreement were 𝐃𝐫. 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐃. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 and 𝐌𝐫. 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐌. 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐨, 𝐄𝐒𝐏 𝐈𝐈𝐈, for DepEd, alongside 𝐌𝐫. 𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚, SACSI Director, and 𝐌𝐬. 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚, NSTP Program Officer, for AdZU.
Also present during the event were 𝐅𝐫. 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐂. 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐬, 𝐒𝐉, Vice President for Higher Education; 𝐌𝐬. 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐞, Director of the Office of Student Affairs; 𝐌𝐬. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐃. 𝐖𝐞𝐞, Director of the Center for Testing and Safeguarding Officer; DepEd Administrators Dr. 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 and 𝐌𝐫. 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐃. 𝐔𝐲; as well as representatives from Malagutay Elementary School, 𝐌𝐬. 𝐍𝐢𝐦𝐟𝐚 𝐂. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐲 and 𝐌𝐬. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐘𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧.
This institutional collaboration aims to deploy AdZU NSTP-LTS student volunteers to deliver literacy, and values-formation programs, directly accompanying young learners and supporting basic education initiatives in local partner schools. Through this collaboration, NSTP students will actively serve as literacy tutors and facilitators in community-based learning sessions.
Rooted in the Ateneo de Zamboanga University mission of being "𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠" and "𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧," alongside the SACSI call to "𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦, 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐢, 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢-𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐒𝐈," this partnership reinforces our shared commitment to accessible education, active citizenship, and community development.
This effort proudly aligns with multiple Sustainable Development Goals by ensuring inclusive, equitable, and quality education for young learners (𝐒𝐃𝐆 𝟒: 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧), reducing educational gaps in underserved communities (𝐒𝐃𝐆 𝟏𝟎: 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬), and strengthening multi-sectoral partnerships between higher education institutions and public basic education sectors (𝐒𝐃𝐆 𝟏𝟕: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬).
“𝑻𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.”
Photo credits: University Communications Office