The Department of Education will launch a virtual leadership and character development training for student-leaders to hone their leadership skills and character.

Organized by the Bureau of Learning Support Service-Youth Formation Division, the webinar series kicked off on May 21, 2021 and will run until June 11, 2021.

The two-hour per day training will be held every Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Each session will feature a different resource speaker.

Through the webinar series, DepEd aims to improve the leadership knowledge, skills and attitudes of SSG leaders based on the groundwork for good governance, volunteerism, unity and cooperation.

The virtual training will also tackle personality and character development that aims to educate student leaders on the proper attitude and character traits that will help them lead their fellow learners.

Other session topics include federation overview, culture and language of the federation, social media engagement, technical writing protocol and procedures, how to conduct parliamentary meeting, orientation on national ID program and digital citizenship.

“[My challenge to student leaders is to] listen to each other and listen with an open mind. Open your minds to change. ‘Yun ang challenge ko, you listen to us and we listen to you and we will make decisions together,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.