A high ranking official of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was the guest speaker during the two-day seminar-workshop among criminology educators in the country at Deluxe Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.
Engr. Desiderio Apag III – who is one of the five incumbent commissioners of CHED – delivered a moving inspirational speech at the event entitled Designing Criminological and Criminal Justice Research for Local and International Publication and Paper Presentation and struck the attendees in awe.
“A nation is weakened by the absence of wisdom. When knowledge goes unpublished, wisdom remains imprisoned – unseen by the world. It becomes underutilization of our intellectual capital,” Apag said.
He then went on to say that “research is becomes powerful when it creates solutions and impact – research that informs communities and influences governance.”
“Patuloy tayong manaliksik at magsulat,” Apag then concluded.
More than a hundred criminology educators in the country gathered in Cagayan de Oro City from May 15 to 16 for the said purpose.
It was organized by the Federation of Authors in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Inc. and the Council of Deans Criminology Education – 10 led by president Dr. Gerry Cano in partnership with the Professional Criminologists Association of the Philippines (PCAP) which he also heads.
During the first day of the summit, the criminology educators are batting for an overhaul of the criminology curriculum in the country from the 1954 standard to suit to the changing times.
