Marinduque teacher wins as one of Ten Outstanding Teachers

Mariam B. Rivamonte, 7th from left, is shown here with co-winners and DepEd officials during a visit to the DepEd Central Office in Pasig.

Marinduque has produced a winner in the 2012 Metrobank Foundation Search for Outstanding Teachers. The final board of judges chaired by Senator Ralph G. Recto has chosen Mrs. Mariam Belarmino Rivamonte as one of the ten winners in the Elementary Competition. Mrs. Rivamonte, born on May 1, 1976, is a native of Santa Cruz, Marinduque. She is currently Master Teacher II at the Santa Cruz South Central School in Banahaw, Sta. Cruz. Rivamonte is the first awardee from Marinduque.

Rivamonte’s winning could go a long way in encouraging more jewels of the teaching profession in Marinduque to come forward and be recognized through the Metrobank Search. This year’s crop of winners is dominated by teachers in public schools, seen as an affirmation to the thrust of the government to improve the quality of instruction in the public school system. A courtesy call of the awardees at the House of Representatives has been scheduled.