TO RAISE awareness on child rights and child protection, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the National Educators Academy of the Philippines, started holding a series of webinars with the theme: Isulong! Karapatan ng Bata sa Panahon ng Covid19.

The 14-episode webinar series will be conducted throughout the whole month of September and the first week of October, in partnership with UNICEF-Philippines, Stairway Foundation, and Save the Children Philippines.

The webinars aim to capacitate school leaders, teachers, and parents on Child Rights in Education, Child Protection in Education in the Time of Covid19, and Positive Discipline in Education for Parents and Guardians.

Participants will be awarded professional development credit units based on applicable DepEd issuances.

The first session was held on Monday, September 7, with children’s rights in education and to development as topics. Other sessions on child rights will follow on September 8, 14, and 15.

Positive discipline in education episodes for parents and guardians will be held on September 9, 16, 23, and 30, and October 7. Child protection sessions will be conducted from September 28 to October 2.

The webinar episodes will be livestreamed on DepEdPhilippines Facebook page.