2017 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award
From 2011 to 2016, Elvin Ivan Yaw Uy (HNZ 2010) served in the Philippine Department of Education, where he helped broaden the publicly funded program, increasing it from 10 years to 13 years (through implementing grades 11 and 12 and universal kindergarten) as well as enhancing the curricula in grades 1 through 10.
“The Philippine basic education system undertook the most comprehensive and substantial transformation in the last six years,” said Brother Armin Luistro FSC, former secretary of the Department of Education. “The scope covered more than 47,000 schools, 26 million students and 700,000 teachers in public schools nationwide.”
“Elvin was present in the initial consultation meetings for consensus-building among various stakeholders, was the point person in succeeding meetings that sought to resolve critical issues that arose during the implementation phase and continues to have the heart and memory of the K-12 program,” he continued. “He can surely be counted among the most accomplished young educational leaders in Asia.”