The Coordinating Council of the Private Educational Association held the official handover of chairmanship on August 3 at the Shangri-la Hotel in Makati City. Dr. Pio Baconga (left), president of the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities, transferred the chairmanship to Dr. Lourdes Almeda Sese (second from left), president of the Philippine Association of Private Schools, Colleges and Universities. Also in photo are (from third left) Sen. Sherwin Gachalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture; Dr. J. Prospero de Vera 3rd, chairman of the Commission on Higher Education; Dr. Caroline Marian Enriquez, president of Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities; Education Undersecretary Jesus Lorenzo Mateo; Dr. Horacio Montefrio, president of the Technical Vocational School Association of the Philippines; and Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ, president of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA
THE Philippine Association of Private Schools, Colleges and Universities (Papscu) President Lourdes Almeda-Sese took oath on August 3 as the new chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Private Educational Associations (Cocopea) for the Biennium 2019 to 2021.