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History: Junior Chamber International Philippines

The Youth Leadership Excellence Awards (YLEA) is a flagship project of Junior Chamber International Philippines that aims to recognize outstanding public and private elementary and high school students. It began in 1973 when then-JCIP National President Renato L. Guerrero conceived of honoring top students nationwide to motivate academic excellence. Over 40,000 elementary students received medals in the pilot year. It was recognized internationally for outstanding youth development. The program has continued to expand its scope and impact youth across the Philippines.

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History: Junior Chamber International Philippines

The Youth Leadership Excellence Awards (YLEA) is a flagship project of Junior Chamber International Philippines that aims to recognize outstanding public and private elementary and high school students. It began in 1973 when then-JCIP National President Renato L. Guerrero conceived of honoring top students nationwide to motivate academic excellence. Over 40,000 elementary students received medals in the pilot year. It was recognized internationally for outstanding youth development. The program has continued to expand its scope and impact youth across the Philippines.

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JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES

YOUTH LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD (YLEA)

HISTORY
The Youth Leadership Excellence Awards (YLEA) is one of the flagship projects of the Junior Chamber nternational!"hilippines# ts objecti$e is to gi$e due recognition to outstanding public and pri$ate elementar% and high school students and to inspire them towards greater achie$ements in life# The YLEA had its modest beginnings wa% bac& in '()*# Then "hilippine Ja%cees +ational "resident ,enato -,ene. /# /atoon0 a staunch supporter of %outh de$elopment projects and whose +12 Theme0 -Ja%cees for a /etter Tomorrow0. encapsulated his administration3s thrust towards the %outh0 concei$ed of the idea of honoring academicall% exceptional students all o$er the countr% as a wa% of moti$ating them to excel further# The +ational "resident personall% coined the term0 -"residential Leadership Excellence Award. ("LEA) for this landmar& underta&ing0 as this was his -pet. project# n its pilot run0 the project targeted the top ten graduating elementar% students from each of the '0444 public and pri$ate schools in the countr%# n just a short span of four months0 from Januar% to April '()*0 the entire +ational 1rgani5ation0 with the +ational "resident personall% o$erseeing this pilot project0 $igorousl% promoted the implementation to all participating Ja%cee chapters0 numbering around 674 at that time# About '40444 outstanding graduating elementar% students were gi$en medals and certificates all o$er the countr%0 courtes% of the 2inistr% of Education and Culture0 under 2inister Jaime C# La%a# This project created such a great impact0 that school officials from the $arious parts of the countr% encouraged them to continue this worthwhile underta&ing# This pioneering acti$it% was recogni5ed b% no less than Junior Chamber nternational when it won the -2ost 1utstanding Youth 8e$elopment "roject. Award during the 7*th JC Asia!"acific Conference in 9aohsiung0 Taiwan in '()*0 the onl% +12 Award won b% the "hilippine Ja%cees that %ear# Corollar% to the "LEA0 the +ational Leadership also launched the -Citi5ens Arm% Training Leadership Excellence Award. (CATLEA) that same %ear0 under the chairmanship of +ational Commissioner ,omeo 2ascardo# This project was supported b% the A:" Chief of ;taff <eneral :abian C# =er0 and endorsed b% the 2inistr% of Education and Culture# About >44 graduates were the recipients of this award0 all high school graduates for leadership and academic excellence0 and later organi5ed into one club0 the officers of whom meet at least once a month in the JC" ?ead@uarters# Ahile the CATLEA was dissol$ed in '((4 due to the public3s animosit% towards Citi5en3s Arm% Training program0 the "LEA project0 howe$er continued and prospered# Bnder +ational "resident /enjamin ;# Lim0 the project was renamed -"residential Youth Leadership Excellence Award. ("YLEA)# Bnder his term0 the "YLEA expanded its scope to include elementar% and high school graduating students# The program changed to its present name0 -Youth Leadership Excellence Award. in '((70 under the term of +ational "resident ,oderic& L# +go#

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