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After establishing three thriving campuses, Dr. Soliven re-emphasized the humanitarian aspect of her work by setting up the O.B. Montessori Child and Community Foundation in 1983, which brings the Montessori education through its Pagsasarili Preschool program to the masses. To date, there are more than 200 such preschools in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
With her name now synonymous with quality childhood education, Dr. Soliven was appointed by the Philippine government as its representative to the UNESCO Paris Executive Board from 1986 to 1987. She eventually served as an active member of the Education Committee of UNESCO Philippines from 1990 to 2001, and then was appointed by the nation’s president as Secretary General of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines with the official title of Ambassador. It was during this period that Dr. Soliven established the Mothercraft Training and Literacy Course for Village Mothers, which won the 1993 UNESCO International Literacy Award.
After her stint as ambassador, Dr. Soliven completed her doctorate degree major in Educational Management at Centro Escolar University through its linkage with the University of Adelaide in 2002. She was conferred with the Doctor of Humanities degree (Honoris Causa) by the University of the Visayas, Cebu City, in 1998.
Dr. Soliven has written several books, namely, CONCEP Manual: Planning the Young Child’s Education (1996); Half a Millennium of Philippine History (1998); Pagsasarili Mothercraft Literacy Course for Local and Overseas Filipino Working Women (2002); and How Well Do You Know the Wonders of Your Children (2016).
Since 1990 she continues to write on education, travel, and social behavior in “A Point of Awareness,” her Thursday column for the Philippine Star, while serving as Chairman of the Board of the five OBMC campuses.
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