DepEd Benguet trains mentors on journalism

By Augustin A. Dao-anis

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- To equip elementary teachers with skills in coaching and mentoring pupils on campus journalism, the Benguet Schools Division Office held campus journalism training for 70 new school paper advisers here at the Cordillera Regional Science High School here May 22-24.

In her inspirational message, curriculum instruction division chief Rizalyn A. Guznian urged participants to learn as much as they can to be effective and efficient school paper advisers.

“I hope that after this seminar you will come up with your school paper in your own respective school,” she added.

Macarthy B. Malanes, education program supervisor for Filipino, mentioned said participants held workshops on news writing, sports writing, editorial writing, photojournalism, editorial cartooning, feature writing, column writing, copyreading and headline writing, science writing, and layouting.

EPS for English Francis F. Peckley said participants needed to undergo intensive training on basics of campus journalism because they were first-time school paper advisers.

Some participants still needed to establish their own school paper.

He said a few schools have not yet established their school publications. thus pupils who were interested in journalism could not join division schools press conference because school paper is the main qualification.

Participants said they were thankful for the training because they learned campus journalism from experienced school paper advisers who served as resource speakers and facilitators.