Harmonious implementation of BE-LCP

Romalyn O. Licup

THE Department of Education (DepEd) wants to foster harmony throughout the implementation of Basic Education- Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP).

According to the agency, there is a great need to provide synchronized instructions to field implementers and to understand its role in the BE-LCP implementation, which is a vast undertaking.

The Department also issued a call for united efforts in addressing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recently, the agency spearheaded the conduct of the weeklong Strand Interface on Programs and Guidelines (SIPAG) Conference 2021 where concerns and challenges faced by DepEd personnel in the past year due to the pandemic and the rollout of programs for the incoming transition once the vaccination starts in the education sector were discussed.

The conference garnered 2,575,176 website views, 1,211,000 views on Facebook live, 111,626 Facebook group members, and 109,900 Zoom participants.

The DepEd said that programs, projects, and activities can be achieved with harmony, and if everyone works together. Each unit, each individual should contribute to the sustainment of the said projects, the agency said,

Various policy and program updates under respective strands, including the financial report on the Bayanihan Act II and its support to the BE-LCP projects, creation of the Child Protection Unit (CPU) and Child Rights in Education Desk (CREDe), enrollment, partnerships and projects updates were also highlighted.

SIPAG 2021 also discussed the strand programs developed under the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2021, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last December 2020. The GAA increased the teaching and connectivity allowances of public school teachers as an added assistance during the pandemic.

With the success of the event, the OUA is encouraging participants to view and share the various resources gathered and developed during the activity. DepEd officials, field coordinators, principals, school heads, and teachers may access them through: Website: sipag2021.weebly.com and Facebook:facebook.com/groups/sipag2021.

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