Last Workshop Attended: GAD

 

7-month interval made Supersam rest after the bombardment of various DepED activities conducted in the local, regional, and outside the province of ARMM. The third week of November 2019 sealed the last seminar of Supersam as a participant from ISD/MBHTE-Sulu Division. Again, it was a GAD program and workshop facilitated by regional trainers in the usual venue of Ceciles' Pension House, Tumaga, Zamboanga City.  DIC (District In-Charge) Faisal A. Kadil, vice Supersam since May 1, 2019, was also in attendance at the GAD activities. Ph.D. Hji. Kiram K. Irilis, SDS of Sulu Division personally led the Sulu participants by virtue of memorandum. Thus, his district heads, principals, teachers, and other participating staff were in full energy and enthusiasm during the days' GAD sessions. At night, Boss Kiram encourage his fellow personnel to go on shopping with him in KCC and other malls in Zamboanga City where they took snacks and foods as supper. The GAD workshop, Sir Kiram, Sir Fai, and Supersam did the final talk in preparation for the travel to Cotabato City before the date of BARMMAA 2020. It aimed for the appearance of Supersam before MBHTE-BARMM Minister, Prof. Mohagher M.  Iqbal asking consideration and approval for the detailed assignment of Supersam in the regional office. SDS Kiram asserted that he had already been in agreement with Asec Fhadz and Asec Marjuni to escort Supersam to the office of the Education Minister by January 2020.

This GAD seminar in Ceciles was the second time around for the presence of Supersam. At first, he attended the 1-Day GAD Orientation held in the Sulu-Division Conference Hall last December 15, 2017. In the ISD monthly DLF (District Learning Forum) of the same month, he listed GAD in the program matrix as one of the focal points in the DLF discussions. He designated Hja. Nalda J. Muksan, ESP-1 of Langpas Elementary School as GAD Focal Person. Principal Hja. Muksan showed fluent GAD discussant to all school heads in the DLF activities.  In the division conduct of Gender And Development, Supersam listened attentively and curiously upon hearing some concepts and principles of GAD contradicting some norms and practices of Muslim Tausug in Sulu. While paying attention to the different GAD presenters, he was also in deep thought about how he could harmonize GAD with the belief and traditional diversities among Tausug men and women according to the teaching of Prophet Mohammad (SAW). In Cecile's, Supersam pointed out his view on GAD to Ph.D. Kiram particularly in the implementation of the GAD program among Sulu teaching and non-teaching personnel of DepED. He also shared ideas with other school officials from Sulu Division in a day-to-day week of the GAD workshop for the harmonization in accordance with the Quran and Sunnah as recited and interpreted by Tausug Muslim scholars who are used to deliver khutba' in the masjid during Jum'a prayer.