Several municipalities in Iloilo Province were recognized for outstanding education performance during the 2026 W. SyCip National Education Summit held at the Philippine International Convention Center.
The awards were conferred by the Synergeia Foundation, which cited the towns for achievements in primary school completion, reading proficiency, and education governance.
Highlighting the ceremony was the Seal of Good Education Governance conferred on Ajuy, Barotac Viejo, Igbaras, Lambunao, Lemery, Maasin, Mina, Pavia, Pototan, and Sara.
The seal is awarded to local government units that demonstrate strong and sustained leadership, highly performing local school boards, 100 percent retention and cohort survival rates, and measurable gains in reducing poor readers while increasing the number of independent readers.
Other municipalities also received distinguished achievement awards.
Janiuay received the Distinguished Achievement award for ensuring that all students complete primary education.
Concepcion was recognized for the relentless leadership of its local chief executive and local school board in strengthening education governance. Leganes and San Rafael earned dual distinctions for ensuring primary school completion and for strong executive and school board leadership.
Cabatuan was honored for governance leadership and for ensuring that a majority of its learners achieved reading proficiency. Batad and New Lucena were cited for ensuring primary completion and for significantly improving reading outcomes.
The recognition comes amid Iloilo Province’s push to strengthen devolution in basic education through its Proof of Concept (POC) initiative with the Synergeia Foundation, which Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. earlier reported has delivered significant gains in early grade reading across pilot areas.
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