TO STRENGTHEN financial literacy, the Department of Education and its partners BDO Foundation Inc. and Huawei Technologies Phils. Inc. launched the Search for the Best Supplemental Learning Materials in the Teaching of Defined Key Concepts in Science and Mathematics.

The initiative aims to foster innovation, creativity, and flexibility for the teachers and integrate financial literacy concepts in basic education curriculum. The winning SLMs will be added to the roster of SLMs that can be used by other teachers to teach learners the importance of budgeting and saving.

“We are trying to teach our learners the basic concepts of financial literacy so that they will also know how to manage their finances, especially in these trying times,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.

“Math and Science provides the basics in life and also the steps to enjoy art. The initiatives on working on this project with Huawei is an efficient way on spreading the education in Science and Math, and also financial literacy which is of paramount importance to our economy,” BDO Foundation Chief Teresita Sy-Coson said.

“Huawei’s mission is to bring digital [technology] to every home and organization to be fully connected. We would like to continue this CSR program in the hopes that more people will benefit from it in the future,” Huawei Vice President Daniel Guo shared.

The search is open to all Science and Mathematics teachers in public and private schools in elementary or junior high.

The deadline for submission for regional entries is January 15, 2022, while national entries is January 31, 2022.

The judging period will be from February 7 to April 8, 2022, while the deliberation will be from April 18 to 22, 2022. The awarding of winners will be on April 29, 2022.

“We’re very fortunate because we have partners like you, from the BDO Foundation and Huawei who have been very aggressive in the efforts to make sure that appropriate learning resources and incentives are provided so that our fellow teachers will find innovative ways to teach financial literacy,” Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado San Antonio said.