VICE President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte urged parents and local leaders to make sure that the youth are in school.

“Dapat po meron tayong target na paniguraduhin na 100 percent sa ating mga kabataan ay nag-aaral,” Duterte said during the celebration of the 23rd Pagbana-ag Festival and 64th Hinoba-an anniversary where she was the guest speaker.

She stressed the importance of guiding children to keep them away from drugs and violent extremism.

Duterte also introduced the Mag Negosyo Ta ‘Day, a program of the Office of the Vice President.

She shared her PagbaBAGo campaign, which was first implemented when she was the mayor of Davao City, which advocated education as a way to end poverty. She added that PagbaBAGo comes hand-in-hand with family planning.

“Dala namin sa PagbaBAGo campaign ang importance ng responsible parenthood o pagpaplano ng pamilya dahil karamihan sa mga naghihirap na pamilya maraming anak dahil wala silang access sa kaalaman sa tamang pagpaplano ng pamilya,” she said.