Technopreneurship training for teachers

MANILA, Philippines - As part of the global financial services firm’s corporate social responsibility efforts, JPMorgan Chase and Co. (JPMC) through the JPMorgan Chase Foundation recently embarked on a training program for educators in partnership with Bayan Academy for Social Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Development and the Department of Education-National Capital Region.

The Teachers’ Training on Entrepreneurship for the K to 12 Basic Educational Program seeks to equip Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) teachers from different schools in Metro Manila with entrepreneurial knowledge in response to the implementation of the K to 12 program. These schools are early implementers of the senior high school, specifically the Technical-Vocational- Livelihood track, of the K to 12 program.

A total of 160 TLE teachers from 59 schools attended the six-day technopreneurship training held at the DepEd Quezon City Division Office.