To help improve literacy of Filipinos, DepEd expands financial education in K to 12. (Photo from DepEd)
“Financial Education is vital in developing a financially literate citizenry, empowering them to make wise financial decisions, take advantage of economic opportunities, and achieve financial health” said DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones.
DepEd, through the Bureau of Curriculum Development (BCD), has expanded financial education in the curriculum to help improve the financial literacy and capability of its learners, teachers, and personnel which will enable them to acquire financial health and financial inclusion.
“Financial literate citizens can contribute more productively to inclusive growth and be more effective agents of nation building,” Briones said.
POPCOM launches Islamic values-based module for gender, health education (Photo via Betheena Unite/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Proponents and stakeholders on adolescents’ sexual reproductive health in the Philippines and Indonesia launched the Comprehensive Gender and Health Education for Youth (CGHEY) module last Feb. 24,, a statement from the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) bared Thursday, March 11.
Indonesia’s Ministry of the State Secretariat and the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and PopCom jointly released the five-section compendium that aims to educate Muslim adolescents on critical information in the areas of anatomy and physiology, gender and development, health and nutrition, social relationships, as well as human relations and spiritual responsibilities, in the context of Islamic values and principles.