DR. LOLITA ANDRADA

Former Director IV Director IV of the Bureau of Secondary Education, Department of Education.
Initiated the adoption of standards in the basic education curriculum and the focus on teaching and assessing for understanding and transfer as key features of the curriculum reform in secondary education
She chaired the modeling of the Senior High School Program of DepEd
She has published various articles in educational journals and is a regular contributor to The Professional Teacher
She has a Ph.D. in Education from the University of South Australia, a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of the Philippines, training in curriculum and instruction at Horishima University as a Japanese Ministry of Education scholar, and a degree in teaching from the University of Sto. Tomas where she graduated as Magna Cum Laude.