DepEd allocates
P100 M for education of PH tribespeople
7:05
pm | Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
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Education Secretary
Armin Luistro
MANILA—The Department of Education said it has allotted P100 million
this year to better prepare public schools to accommodate pupils from the
country’s indigenous people.
A total of 100 provinces
in 15 regions as well as the DepEd central office are entitled to the support
fund, according to DepEd. Metro Manila and the Autonomous Region of Muslim
Mindanao were excluded from the support fund since they already have other
funding sources.
Education Secretary
Armin Luistro said the public school system has to improve its capacity to
respond to the IP pupils’ learning needs “in a manner that is flexible,
demand-driven and evidence-based.”
“This is part of our
commitment to achieve the Education for All 2015 targets and the Millennium
Development Goals set by the United Nations which we are duty bound to
fulfill,” he said.
According to the
guidelines issued by DepEd, the money should be used for the training of
teachers, school administrators and DepEd personnel through workshops,
conferences and actual school visits.
The support fund will
also be tapped to build partnerships with other agencies, non-government
organizations and advocates of IP education.
The funds should also go
to establishing baseline data such as were the IP learners are, and situational
analysis of issues related to IP education such as access and quality.
Luistro has said DepEd
will promote an IP education program that will be responsive to their cultural
context, respectful of their identity and supportive of the value of indigenous
knowledge, skills and other aspects of their heritage.
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