{"id":3881,"date":"2018-01-10T01:50:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:00:43","slug":"inquirer-features-teacher-nelia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/blog\/inquirer-features-teacher-nelia\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquirer features Teacher Nelia"},"content":{"rendered":"Former flight attendant now develops youth as \u2018Teacher Nelia\u2019<\/strong>\n
The founder of the CIE British School believes in the Pearl Principle or using adversity to bring out the \u2018gem\u2019 in each individual.<\/div>\n\n
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By:\u00a0Linda Bolido<\/a><\/div>\n
Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/a>\u00a0\/ 05:01 AM January 10, 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\"\"\n\"\"\n\nNelia Cruz Sarcol is a vibrant person who started her career as a flight attendant, then doffed her wings to go back to university, graduated magna cum laude, and received awards from two prestigious international honor societies in the United States.\n\nAfterward, she founded the Centre for International Education (CIE) British School, recognized by the University of Cambridge International Examinations, UK. Nelia, now known as \u201cTeacher Nelia,\u201d calls it \u201cThe School for Leaders.\u201d\n\nThe University of Cambridge, established in 1207, is one of the oldest and most distinguished universities in the world. Its International Examinations is the world\u2019s largest provider of high-quality, leading-edge qualifications that meet the ongoing demands of employers and educators across the world.\n\nThe CIE British School awards British International General Certificates of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and General Certificates of Education (GCE) A-level qualifications to its high school and pre-university students. To date, there are three campuses: Makati, Cebu, and Tacloban.\n\nCollege bachelor's degrees have been added, as well as a master\u2019s degree in Management. The current CIE Non-Academic Programs that complement the rigors of academics are likewise impressive: art, violin, swimming, aikido, fencing, golf, and travel.\n\nPatriotic book<\/strong>\n\nA handsome structure that houses the CIE British School's main campus on President Magsaysay Avenue in Cebu symbolizes the vision and dedication built into this school by Teacher Nelia. It would be difficult to put in a nutshell all of her accomplishments, but a review of a simple but patriotic book provides an insight into what drives this gem of a woman.\n\n\"\"\n\n\u201cThe Pearl Principle,\u201d authored by Teacher Nelia and published in 2008 by the CIE Global Colleges, Inc., revolves around the life cycle of the oyster, and how it gives birth to the pearl. It recounts how microorganisms invade the oyster and make it secrete nacre to protect itself.\n\nOut of this unique natural event, the beautiful, precious pearl emerges, as well as its story of inspiration.\n\nNelia likens these irritants to adversities that constantly challenge Filipinos, but which they can transform into opportunities to improve themselves as a people and a nation.\n\nNelia, to this day, espouses the Pearl Principle as a guiding post for herself, her school, and the people around her. She looks at it as a movement anyone can join or dedicate one\u2019s self to, in the continuing effort to create a progressive nation and citizenry.\n\nTo quote the description of Nelia\u2019s CIE British School, The School of Leaders: \u201cIt is a center of excellence that develops creative people who are imbued and equipped with outstanding academic skills, innovative thinking, pioneering spirit, entrepreneurial mindset and strength of character to make a lasting contribution to improving the quality of life as enlightened generative leaders and channels in social transformation.\u201d \u2014CONTRIBUTED<\/em>\n\nPhilippine Daily Inquirer. Weblink: http:\/\/lifestyle.inquirer.net\/284008\/former-flight-attendant-now-develops-youth-teacher-nelia\/#ixzz53kJaFYyx<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3881"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4386,"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881\/revisions\/4386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cie.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}