JOVAR G. PANTAO
Specializations:
- Peacebuilding
- Preventing and Transforming Violent Extremism
- Child Protection
- Peace Education
- Education
- Youth Development
Jovar Pantao is a faculty member of the College of Education at Mindanao State University-General Santos City (MSU-GSC), a fellow of the Philippine Public Safety College, and a coach of the Future Bridging Leaders’ Program of the Asian Institute of Management. Until recently, he was the OIC Director of MSU-GSC’s Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao (IPDM).
His works focused on education for peace, child rights, educational planning, preventing violent extremism, and gender and development in the context of fragile communities. He published and co-authored peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, and research reports in international journals and wrote textbooks, toolkits, and modules for students of basic education.
He has a long list of engagements with international development organizations where he has developed tools, guidance, monitoring, and evaluation services, as well as technical support for organizations working to strengthen the pursuit of quality education as well as sustainable peace and development.
Jovar participated in high-level programs that included policy research, development, and action learning at Uppsala University, based in Sweden, and the Hague Academy of the Netherlands. He was also a fellow of the Congressional Internship Program for Young Mindanao Leaders at the House of Representatives and the University of the Philippines-Diliman.
Jovar has a doctoral degree in educational management, a master’s degree in teaching science, and a Bachelor of Elementary Education from Mindanao State University. He also earned a degree in Master of Public Safety Administration-Executive Program from the National Police College and the Philippine Public Safety College.