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LGUs to play crucial role in nationwide listing of out-of-school youths—Villafuerte 

Published Dec 15, 2023 06:48 am

At A Glance

  • Local government units (LGUs) will play a pivotal role in the nationwide listing of out-of-school youths (OSYs) under a recently approved bill in the House of Representatives, according to Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte. 

FB_IMG_1645855227663.jpgCamarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local government units (LGUs) will play a pivotal role in the nationwide listing of out-of-school youths (OSYs) under a recently approved bill in the House of Representatives, according to Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte. 

House Bill (HB) No. 9347 or the proposed “Magna Carta of the Out-of-School Youth” aims to acknowledge and promote the rights of OSYs and maximize their prospects as highly-productive citizens. 

“This bill was given its final nod by the House in support of improving the total well-being of OSYs, by way of providing them with learning and employment opportunities along with the social services and intervention programs needed by them to achieve their full potentials,” Villafuerte said in a statement on Thursday, Dec. 14.  

The lawmaker said HB No. 9347 “tasks LGUs with creating the database of OSYs in their respective cities, municipalities, and barangays to ensure that Filipinos between the ages of 18 and 30 who are neither in school nor gainfully employed have ready access to adequate education, health, and social services with the goal of harnessing their full potentials as partners of Government in nation-building". 

Under the measure, OSYs will have access to a variety of programs that shall include back-to-school transition; enrolment in the Alternative Learning System (ALS) or Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET); and counseling plus mental and reproductive health services in the barangay, municipal and city levels. 

Villafuerte, president of the National Unity Party (NUP), said LGUs will be mandated to set targets on the number of OSYs to be back in school, enrolled in ALS or TVET, and/or avail of the social protection programs designed for them. 

LGUs will also play a role in the mobilization of Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and Local Youth Development Council (LYDC) panels to provide OSYs with the appropriate training and social protection programs. 

SKs and LYDCs shall be directed to assist in the mapping out of OSYs in every barangay and to promulgate resolutions necessary to carry out OSY programs at the barangay level.

HB No. 9347 was one of the measures passed by lawmakers before the 19th Congress went on a five-week holiday starting on Dec. 13. 

Both the Senate and the House will resume sessions on Jan. 22, 2024. --Dexter Barro II

 

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