The Department of Education (DepEd) Caraga Region is pleased to announce the assumption of office of Dr. Maria Ines C. Asuncion, CESO IV, as the new Regional Director, following her official installation administered by Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Dr. Francis Cesar B. Bringas on May 26, 2023, at the Grand Palace Hotel, Butuan City.
Dr. Asuncion took the helm of DepEd Caraga from Dr. Maria Gemma Mercado Ledesma, CESO III, who will be supervising and motoring DepEd programs, projects, and activities involving private schools nationwide and abroad.
The installation of Dr. Asuncion as the new Regional Director marked the official transition of leadership highlighted by Ledesmaโs ceremonial turnover of responsibility to her.
To RD Ledesma, Asec. Bringas said, “๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.โ
After his message, Bringas read the order assigning Ledesma as Director IV in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Field Operations. She is to supervise regional operations in the Private Education Office. Bringas then installed Dr. Asuncion as the OIC-Regional Director of DepEd Caraga.
In his closing message, Bringas added, โ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ -๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ – ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด – ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.โ
In her message to Asuncion, Ledesma said, โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ข, ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ.”
In response, Dr. Asuncion expresses her profuse gratitude to the Asec Bringas, RD Ledesma, Caraga officials, and the top officials from her former workstations who came all the way from Region 11 (Davao) and Region 12 (SOCCSKSARGEN) to express their full support and appreciation, led by their respective Regional Directors Dr. Allan Farnazo and Dr. Carlito Rocafort.
RD Asuncion stated that she would continue and support the existing programs and projects laid out in the Regional Education Development Plan and ensure the attainment of set goals and objectives for the region.
Dr. Asuncion expressed her appreciation for the opportunity to lead DepEd Caraga. She underscored her commitment to advancing inclusive and learner-centered education, encouraging stakeholder engagement, and supporting teachers and school administrators in pursuing educational excellence.
The DepEd Caraga Region thanks RD Ledesma for her remarkable leadership and contributions during her tenure as Regional Director. Her priceless legacy will always serve as an inspiration for the Caraganons.
(Source: DEPED Caraga)