Fostering learners thru inclusive education

Debbie Joy M. Basilio

THE Department of Education (DepEd) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) vow to continue their commitment in fostering learners through inclusive education.

The 2020 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report, with the theme “Inclusion and education: All means All”, aims to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) and its targets.

At the same time, a call to action was also established highlighting the report’s messages and recommendations.

The DepEd supports inclusive education and shared how the Philippines responded to different challenges in education, including the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and other natural disasters.

DepEd’s battle cry is that no one should be left behind and that includes people with disabilities and especial requirements. According to the agency, the Constitution does not make any distinction between and among people from different groups or with different needs.

The Constitution says that education should be available to all Filipino children, to all Filipino learners. This is why the DepEd make sure that education will continue and that now one will be left behind even during natural disasters or events, and even political interventions.

Officials support this, even as the DepEd adjusts and advances the curriculum based on the needs of the learners and the establishment of the K to 12 program.

The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 recognizes the diversity of the country’s learners, schools, and communities that is why its thrust is the fundamental right of every Filipino Citizen.

Seeking to be inclusive, the K to 12 has broadened the goals of basic education by providing a wider range of options not only for higher education, but also for opportunities in employment and entrepreneurship.

The author is Teacher

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III at Benigno S. Aquino National High School, Concepcion

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