PAREF Schools
Catholic educational foundation in the Philippines
Parents for Education Foundation, Inc. (PAREF) is an educational foundation established by parents that administers schools for basic education in the Philippines, collectively known as PAREF Schools. It owns several single-sex Catholic schools that are closely affiliated with Opus Dei.
History
Parents who derives inspiration from the teachings of Catholic saint Josemaría Escrivá organized themselves in 1976 as the Parents for Education Foundation, Inc. (PAREF). They believe in an "integral education" for their children that puts parents role first, and teachers role second. The founders states that PAREF is a response to what they believe as "confusion" on Catholic teachings arising from the Second Vatican Council and the sexual revolution in the Western world which followed it. The parents-founders would pattern their system to the Fomento schools system in Spain.
It established its first school in 1976 - Woodrose School, a girls' school for up to fifth grade in New Manila, Quezon City. It later moved its campus to Ayala Alabang Village.
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