CNN Hero Efren Peñaflorida hopes to become a DepEd Secretary 2012 (Philippines)

> 2009 CNN Hero of the Year Efren Peñaflorida in a live TV appearance on Friday morning said he hopes to become a secretary of the Department of Education.

In an interview with broadcast journalist Karen Davila on ANC’s morning talk show ‘Headstart’, Peñaflorida revealed that if given the chance, he would like to take the highest position in the education department.

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“Why not?,” the 30-year old teacher and social worker replied when asked if it is possible for him to become a DepEd secretary someday.

Probably thinking of qualification, the host asked for his educational attainment. Peñaflorida said he graduated in 2000 at the San Sebastian College–Recoletos de Cavite with a degree in computer technology, with the highest honors.

The pushcart educator said he then pursued a second course at Cavite State University with a degree in Secondary Education, major in Mathematics, graduating Cum Laude in 2006.

Peñaflorida said his desire to work for the government is limited only to DepEd. “I don’t see myself working (for a government post) higher than that,” he said, adding that he also has no plans to enter the political arena.

In the course of the interview, Peñaflorida recalled that the CNN grant of $100,000 cash was spent to “buy a small lot” for the ‘Kariton’ building of the Dynamic Teen Company, the organization he founded and heads, “to send volunteers to college,” and “to church as tithe.”

source: CoolBuster

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