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Butuan City – May 27, 2023

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 Ledesma’s ceremonial turnover of responsibility to her.

To RD Ledesma, Asec. Bringas said, "𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘉𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦.”

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, “𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 -𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 - 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 - 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴.”

In her message to Asuncion, Ledesma said, “𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘢, 𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺."

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.

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