Indigenous Peoples School Services Association - IPSSA

The Indigenous Peoples Schools Services Association (IPSSA) together with the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk aims to share best practices in meeting the common objective of preserving the culture of the indigenous peoples. The IPSSA's goal is to promote respect while advocating cultural identity, preserving ancestral domain, and protecting the environment. IPSSA wishes to engage the member schools i

n making the association a platform for advocacy to make representations to various government agencies and private institutions regarding indigenous peoples schools' concerns on assessment standards, curriculum and instruction, and other regulatory policies for indigenous peoples schools with due regard to their unique differences and culture. The other purposes of establishing the IPSSA are as follows:

To adopt the use of technology in the preservation of IP culture;

To assist one another in sourcing out financial support and assistance toward educational goals;

To develop common initiatives for self-reliance in attaining sustainable school operations;

To pool together resources in providing assistance to member schools in terms of faculty development and professional development including enrollment in, and completion of higher graduate degrees;

To pool together resources in providing assistance to member schools in terms of administrators' training and preparing their understudies through the development of a succession process in member schools