DepEd conducts National Child Protection Summit 2018

The Department of Education (DepEd), in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippines and Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc., gathers youth representatives, teachers, guidance counselors, school heads, child rights advocates, and other education stakeholders from various government and non-government organizations for the National Child Protection Summit 2018 today until tomorrow, August 24 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

Anchored on the theme “Bata, Bata, Ating Kinakalinga: Strengthening the Implementation of the Child Protection Policy”, the summit aims to give the participants an opportunity to identify strategies that will further advance the implementation of the Child Protection Policy, and thereby promote the best interest of all school children.

The Summit shall serve as a venue for the participants to gain knowledge on the issues and challenges encountered by schools in implementing the policy, for experts and child care practitioners to share their insights on the vulnerabilities that children encounter, for partners to share promising practices on child protection, and for all stakeholders to identify areas of priority action and further collaboration to help strengthen the Child Protection Policy of zero tolerance against all acts of child abuse, exploitation, violence, discrimination, and bullying.

Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones iterated that one of the topmost priorities of the Department is to provide a safe, nurturing and free-from-fear learning environment to students, teachers, and other school personnel. /