Dr. Erenita "Nitz" Labor, the Most Outstanding Private Elementary School Principal of Region is shown (center) in the picture above after the awards rites held in Punta Villa Resort, Iloilo City. Others in the picture (l to r) are Franklin T. Ituriaga – principal of Madyaas Institute, Numancia, Aklan; Dr. Victorina S. Laroza – Schools Division Superintendent of Aklan; Mrs. Verginita N. Nabor – Filipino supevisor, DepEd, Aklan and Mrs. Sonia P. Igot – principal, Saint Joseph’s Academy, Malinao, Aklan.
Erenita T. Labor, Ph.D., of the Aklan Inter Faith Academy, Kalibo, Aklan, was chosen as the Most Outstanding Principal in the Elementary Level for School Year 2006-2007 in Region 6 which is composed of the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental.
The Private Secondary School Administrators’ Association of the Philippines – Region 6 (PRISSAAP 6) feted her as such in appropriate ceremonies during the Araw Ng Parangal held at Punta Villa Resort Hotel in Iloilo City recently. Also honored with Dr. Labor on that occasion were awardees of the region as Most Outstanding Pupils, Most Outstanding Students, Most Outstanding Teachers, and the Most Outstanding principal in the Secondary Level for SY 2006-2007.
Nitz, as and intimates fondly call her, finished her elementary school studies at Tamalagon Elementary School, Tangalan, Aklan. She then went to Madyaas Institute in Numancia, Aklan for her secondary education. She studied at Northwestern Visayan Colleges in Kalibo, Aklan where she finished Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (BSEd), graduating as Cum Laude in 1966. In the same institution, she also finished Bachelor of Science in Education (BSE) in 1972, major in English and minor in Mathematics.
For her post graduate studies, she took Master of Arts (MA) in Educational Management at Northwestern Visayan Colleges, graduating as Magna Cum Laude in 1985. She later proceeded to Aklan State University in Banga, Aklan for her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Management. She finished the degree in 2005 with a dissertation entitled "Early Childhood Education and Academic Performance in the Lower and Upper Elementary Grades."
She is currently the Administrator/Principal of the Aklan Inter Faith Academy in Kalibo, Aklan, a position she holds since 1992. She is also a Service Provider of the Pre-School Service Contracting (PSC) Program of the Department of Education, Division of Aklan since SY 1998-1999.
From 1970 to 1987, she served as School Principal at Northwestern Visayas Colleges specifically designated in the Teacher Training Department. Dr. Labor was also BEEd student Teachers Trainer at Northwestern Visayan Colleges, and at the same time Collegiate Department Dean for the Bachelor of Elementary Education Studies. She was also College Instructor there from 1970 to 2000. She assumed the principalship of Kalibo Inter Faith Academy (an American-sponsored school for street kids) from 1987 to 1992.
She was Christian Education Director of the Aklan, Capiz and Romblon group of the Assemblies of God of the Northwestern Visayas District Council (NWVDC) and was the Women’s Ministries (WM) Director of the same group from 1997 to 2002.
She was recognized as Most Outstanding Alumna of Northwestern Visayan Colleges, elected President of the Board of Trustees of Kalibo Inter Faith Academy, Inc. from 1987 to 1992. This institution is sponsored by Keys to Freedom Ministries which Rev. Paul and Shoddy Chase head. The school provided free basic education and nutrition to 130 street kids in Kalibo. Since 1992, Dr. Labor is the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Kalibo Inter Faith Academy. She is the Secretary of the Aklan Movement for Responsible Parenthood organized in 2003, the activities of which are in coordination with the Provincial Population Office.
In youth development, Dr. Labor was awarded a Bronze Medal Merit Award by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in 2006. DepEd (Aklan Division) nominated her as Outstanding Principal to the Gintong Ilawan Educator’s Award of the Doña Teodora Alonso Foundation for SY 2005-2006.
Madyaas Institute, Numancia, Aklan will confer to Dr. Labor as Most Outstanding Alumna for SY 2006-2007 on March 30, 2007. She will return to her Alma Mater as the guest of honor and commencement speaker during its 61st Graduation Exercises.
Born in Makato, Aklan, she grew up in Tamalagon, Tangalan, Aklan. Her parents are the late Apolinario Dado Trance and Adela Bartosillo Belarmino. Though blessed with limited material endowments, the family endured hardships. She remembers until this day the deprivations and the difficulties her siblings with her had suffered in the course of their quest for a better life.
Today, she enjoys the blessings of a good life with her loving husband and children. Having relished the good feeling and experience of being helped in some way by some kind and generous souls somewhere in her fledging years, she feels good and enjoys helping others today. Her family sends some poor but deserving young people to school.
Dr. Labor is married to Rev. Roberto Mansayon – Almero who is a Minister of the Gospel by profession. She herself is an ordained Minister of the Gospel. Together, they work and live for the glory of the Creator. In the Aklan Inter Faith Academy, they exert time and efforts and work with dedication not only for the academic preparations of the children, but also train them how to live right, that they may grow up basking in the light and loving to do what is right.
Their three children are all well established. Dwain, the eldest, studied and finished nautical. He is married to Rolyn D. Bautista. They now live in Australia with their daughter Keziah Jeuel. The second child, Myrl, the only daughter, finished Education, major in PEHM. Also an ordained Minister of the Gospel, she is married to Edwin P. Radones. They live in Manila. They expect to have a daughter very soon. Ademir, the youngest Labor child, is a deft hand in Computer Science, and an ordained Minister of the Gospel. He helps both the Aklan Inter Faith Academy and the Glad Tidings Ministries. He is married to Joeve C. Bolivar, the school nurse of the Aklan Inter Faith Academy. The couple has a two-year-old son, Jether Jayce Deuel.
They firmly believe in the saying that "he who travels much knows much". The Labors have visited the United States of America, specifically the states of Washington, Florida and Georgia. The family also saw Hong Kong; Bangkok, Thailand; Brunei; Singapore; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Australia, specifically Sydney. /MP
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