EIGHT faculty members from the Ateneo de Manila University were named fellows of the University of the Philippines President Edgardo J Angara Fellowship Awards.

The awardees include Kenneth Isaiah Abante, Dr. Maria Assunta Cuyegkeng, Dr. Geoffrey Ducanes, Dr. Maria Regina Hechanova-Alampay, Dr. Enrique Niño Leviste and Dr. Glenda Wui, Dr. Maria Mercedes Rodrigo and Dr. John Paul Vergara.

Other fellows of the UP PEJA Fellowship Award are from Georgetown University, Philippine Normal University, University of the Philippines, and Far Eastern University, among others.

The UP PEJA Fellowship Award is given to members of the academe, researchers and scholars in the Philippines or abroad who have distinguished themselves in policy research and have shown leadership potential and commitment to service and the improvement of the education sector.

It was established on September 29, 2008 by the UP Board of Regents to promote high-level policy discussions and research on topics that address national development goals and initiatives, including fiscal budget and financial studies, politics, public administration, good governance, employment policy and job creation.

It was relaunched this year to support the mandate of the Second Congressional Commission on Education to study and review the education sector and provide recommendations on reforms that need to be implemented to further improve the quality of education in the country.

Last week, the Senate adopted a resolution commending the recipients of the relaunched UP PEJA Fellowship awards.