There’s one thing that Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte wants from parents and local government leaders: ensure that 100 percent of the youth are attending schools.
Vice President Sara Duterte during the celebration of the 23rd Pagbana-ag Festival and 64th Hinoba-an Anniversary n Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 24. (OVP)
“Dapat po meron tayong target na paniguraduhin na 100 percent sa ating mga kabataan ay nag-aaral (We should have a target to make sure that 100 percent of our youth are studying),” she said before the crowd who were mainly local government officials and employees in Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental.
The Vice President was guest of honor in the celebration of the 23rd Pagbana-ag Festival and 64th Hinoba-an anniversary.
In her speech, she also stressed the importance of guiding children to the right path and never let them succumb to drugs and violent extremism.
The official also took time to introduce her PagbaBAGo campaign, which was first implemented when she was still mayor of Davao City.
The campaign, which advocates education as a way to end poverty, comes hand-in-hand with family planning, Duterte said.
“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 (Through the PagbaBAGo campaign, we bring the importance of responsible parenthood or family planning because many of the impoverished families have many children because they don’t have access to the knowledge of family planning),” she added.
Meanwhile, Duterte also graced the Pasalamat Festival in La Carlota City in Negros Occidental, where she reiterated her earlier message about the importance of education as key to better life opportunities.
(Photo from Inday Sara Duterte via Facebook)
She reiterated the goal of the creation of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) MATATAG agenda which will hone young children to be patriotic and serve the country.
“Sa taong ito, inilunsad ng Department of Education ang MATATAG agenda na naka-angkla sa Basic Education Development Plan 2030 (In this year, the Department of Education launched the MATATAG agenda that is founded on the Basic Education Development Plan 2030),” she said.
“Ang MATATAG agenda ay ang ating tugon sa agarang pangangailangang ihanda ang ating kabataang Pilipino na maging matatag, may kakayahang matuto, at umangkop bilang mga magiging pinuno at manggagawa ng bansa (The MATATAG agenda is our answer to the immediate need to ready our Filipino youth to be strong, have the ability to learn, and adapt as future leaders and workers of the country),” the Vice President added.