The peace competencies part of the brand new Kindergarten to Grade 10 (Okay-10) curriculum for primary training ought to train college students in regards to the authorities’s pursuit of various peace processes, respect for human rights, and important pondering, amongst others, Makabayan lawmakers stated Friday.
House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro, House Assistant Minority Leader Arlene Brosas, and Kabataan party-list lawmaker Raoul Manuel made the decision according to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) launch of the revised Kindergarten to Grade 10 (Okay-10) curriculum, which now contains “peace competencies.”
“Peace education should include a justice component. Students should be taught about the government’s efforts in pursuing a peace process with various sectors to achieve a just and lasting peace,” Castro stated in a press convention.
“Because peace should be based on justice and respect for the human rights of our people,” Castro added.
Manuel, for his half, stated that peace training ought to underscore that reaching peace is anchored on good governance and environment friendly supply of social providers to the folks.
“Ideally, peace education should teach students how the government is able to provide efficient services to the people, such as access to education and health services, because access to these makes a conducive environment for peace,” Manuel stated.
“Because we won’t have a just and lasting peace if the people are being deprived of basic social services, and only those who sit in high places of power get to gain wealth. Peace does not exist in a vacuum. Peace depends on good governance and good leadership,” Manuel added.
Further, Manuel stated peace competencies mustn’t embody tagging critics as communist rebels, disinformation, attacking activists, and quashing essential pondering.
“Such a mindset has no place in the education sector,” Manuel stated.
Brosas, then again, stated peace training ought to emphasize that respect for human rights, together with essential pondering, was key in holding democratic governments accountable and reaching peace, if not prosperity.
“We should be teaching how human rights violations are happening. We should enlighten the students to practice critical thinking and think about how they can improve the situation of our country being a democracy, and what is the government doing to protect our rights,” Brosas stated.
“If students are able to understand that, they will be more respectful and kind, and those traits are really what we need right now,” Brosas added.
GMA News Online has sought remark from the Department of Education, however the DepEd had but to answer as of posting time.
The DepEd formally launched the revised Okay-10 curriculum on primary training on Thursday.
Among the options of the recalibrated curriculum is the discount within the variety of topics, with better emphasis given on the event of Kinder to Grade 3 learners’ foundational expertise—reminiscent of literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional expertise.
Furthermore, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte stated that “peace competencies” would even be built-in into the brand new curriculum to spotlight “the promotion of non-violent actions and the development of conflict-resolution skills in learners.” — DVM, GMA Integrated News
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