DEPED TO BOOST CHILD PROTECTION
THE DEPARTMENT of Education reaffirmed its commitment to protect learners in schools from violence and abuse.
THE DEPARTMENT of Education reaffirmed its commitment to protect learners in schools from violence and abuse.
At the AKO PARA SA BATA webinar series organized by the Child Protection Network Foundation that will end on November 24, 2022, Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio said that the department took steps to safeguard the welfare of students.
“The Child Protection Unit was created to fully implement DepEd’s policy of zero tolerance for such violence and abuse while the Child Rights in Education Desk was created to ensure that basic education schools, learning centers, and offices of DepEd are child-centered, child-caring, and protect the right of the child in the context of basic education,” Duterte-Carpio said in her speech read by Suzette Gannaban-Medina, officer-in-charge of DepEd’s Child Protection.
The conference aims to create a roadmap for the future to bridge identified gaps in the last 25 years and further strengthen the systems for child protection in the country and highlight the current best practices in the field.
The nine-episode webinar series event also seeks to create a strong child protection system nationwide by defining clear parameters and collaboration on concrete action points toward effective child protection.
Gannaban-Medina emphasized the significance of establishing an organized and reachable Child Protection Unit
“Every school must have a functional CPU that is accessible, that is why we will soon be launching our national hotline and referral system called TeleSafeguarding,” she said.
The Child Protection Unit also plans to continue the capacity-building of Child Protection Committee members nationwide by conducting E-learning courses on child protection concerns for educators and CPCs.
The 4th episode of the APSB 2022 online series entitled “Teacher, anong gagawin sa sumbong ng pang-aabuso,” was attended by social workers, teachers, guidance counselors, NGO workers, parents, local government officials, and professionals in the frontline of women and children protection work.
