by Ronmar M. Gerilla

  Leyte Normal University (LNU), being the Center of Excellence in teacher education embraced benediction of its renovated Jose B. Ledesma Building as a Center for Teaching Excellence on November 20, 2009.

The blessing which was attended by Dr. Evelyn Cruzada, the university president, and some of the faculty members of LNU, was invoked by Fr. Alvin Nicolasora

Thereafter, the Holy water was sprinkled to every nook of the second floor’s entire space. After the sprinkling of the Holy water, several 25-centavo coins and candies were tossed over head by which all the faculty and even Dr. Cruzada picked up those coins and candies that were blessed.

After which, light supper was served.

When the blessing was over, Dr. Cruzada gave a statement about the renovation of the building as to make it a Center for Teaching Excellence in Leyte Normal University to which the Commission on Higher Education in the person of CHED commissioner Rinalyn Defensor allocated P2.67 million. She said that among the five Center-of-Excellence universities in the Philippines, only three normal schools were furnished with the program by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The normal schools were Cebu Normal University, Leyte Normal University, and Philippine Normal University from where Education as a course is the most attributed in the standard of teaching.

Dr. Cruzada also said that by January to February 2010, there is a series of trainings on instructional materials, technology-driven materials, seminars, book writing, and teacher education programs that will be conducted.

The building serves as an effective scope for LET reviews, student teaching, and any other activities that in the same way around, domain the attainable extent of excellence especially in Education.