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About CEAL
Overview
The Catholic Educational Association of Legazpi was organized to promote mutual collaboration among the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Legazpi, to foster excellence, leadership, and solidarity among the students, faculty, staff and administrators and to render service to the larger community.
Its objectives are as follows:
- To establish close mutual collaboration and undertake pooling of resources whenever possible among member institutions for the promotion and improvement of education in the Diocese of Legazpi.
- To encourage, initiate and carry out such activities as will best promote the aims and objectives of Catholic Education, the spirit of true scholarship, academic leadership and Christian brotherhood among member schools.
- To initiate and maintain a continuing fruitful dialogue among member schools and other institutions for more effective development of the intellectual, moral, aesthetic and physical facilities of our students.
- To undertake activities involving students, faculty, staff and administrators in the spirit of community service.
- To provide opportunities for updating and upgrading the competence of the teachers and administrators, and the knowledge, skills and abilities of the students.
Organization
The members of the association are all the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Legazpi composed of one (1) university, two (2) colleges, two (2) seminaries, one (1) vocational-technical school and (10) secondary and elementary schools.
The Bishop of the Diocese of Legazpi is the Honorary Chairman. He appoints/designates a CEAL Superintendent who comes from the clergy.
Activities
Administrators
- Monthly administrators’ meeting in the different CEAL schools.
- Echo Session on Seminar/Workshops, Congress, Conventions attended.
- Biennial exposure trips/educational tour to congregational sister schools and important places, landmarks in the Philippines.
Teachers
- Annual Teachers’ Congress
- Seminar-Workshops
- Educational tour
Networking Scholarship Program
Example:
- Religious administrators enrolled in the graduate/undergraduate courses in AUL have special discount from tuition fees.
- DWCL offers a Religious Educational Program.
Staff
- Staff Development/Involvement Program
Students
- Annual Youth Pilgrimage
- Cultural Presentations
- CEALYMPICS/Literary Musical Programs
- Peace Vigil
- Youth Camp
- Leadership Training
- Youth Festival
- Students’ Congress
- School Assembly
- Echo-Seminar-Workshop
Parents
- CEAL Parents’ Assembly
- Parenting skills and other related activities
Historical Background
The Catholic Educational Association of Legzapi was conceived in a special meeting held at Divine Word College of Legazpi, Legazpi City on September 11, 1965, when the Bicol Association of Catholic Schools (BACS) decided to branch out into the diocese. While many expressed pessimism over the move, some felt that BACS had grown too big and too unwieldy. Thus, the Catholic Educational Association of Legazpi came into existence.