‘Honesty cart’ boosts values formation at Pampanga school

By ZORAYDA TECSON

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga –

An “honesty cart” was put up in a public high school in Lubao town, this province to boost values formation among students.

The move is in line with the Department of Education’s (DepEd) program dubbed “Project Watch” which aims to restore and strengthen the values of punctuality and honesty among the youth.

Teachers Jazmine Rose Abellana and Roselle Aguilar of Remedios National High School

came up with the idea of putting up the “Honesty Cart or Honing One’s Sense of Truthfulness

Through Buying and Selling in Cart” inside their campus to promote a culture of honesty and integrity among students.

“The advocacy of our project is to teach students the virtue of honesty,” the mentors said during the DepEd’s news program here on Tuesday.

School principal Jeanie Lintag said they are happy to come up with the project.

“Dito sa amin school, masaya kami na pati ang

Significance of EduTech

By: RACHEL D. ABATAYO DepEd – Tangub City

As evolution in technology drive globalization and digital conversion, teachers find ways to improve learners’ engagement using the technology tools and help learners obtain the necessary skills to thrive in the careers of the future.

The present pandemic is signifying why online education should be a vital part of teaching and learning by integrating technology into existing curricula. Schools have become aware of the importance of technology and advanced equipment in revitalizing the educational process.

The effective use of digital learning tools in classrooms can upsurge learners’ engagement which enables them to acquire new skills and knowledge, makes learning and research easy, improves mental and physical health, creates awareness of new advancement in technology and helps them build essential 21st century skills. It also helps teachers improve their lesson plans, provides access to a wide range of teaching and learning materials, facilitate personalized leaning and become innovative in generating new ideas that can make earners mga magulang ay supportive sa proyektong ito (Here in our school, we are happy that parents are also supportive to this project),” Lintag said.

Patterned after the Honesty Café in the province of Batanes, the cart is left unattended and student-buyers are expected to voluntarily leave their payment for the items they are getting.

Among the available merchandise at the “Honesty Cart” are candies, biscuits, mineral water and school supplies such as pencils, ball pens, crayons and pad paper, among others. ( PNA )

DOH sends doctors-to-the-barrios to Ilocos Region

By HILDA AUSTRIA

excited about learning new concept.

Virtual classrooms, video, and other technology tools can not only make class livelier, they can also create more comprehensive learning environments that foster collaboration. It enables teachers to collect data on learners’ performance.

Therefore, educational technology has a significant role in today’s educational system. Using communication technologies to share and receive information makes an engaging situation that promotes effective teaching and learning. Numerous application that supports internet learning have made teachers’ work more reachable and better than ever because they can easily interact with their learners and share knowledge with the use of digital media.

DepEd should appreciate the significance of education technology in refining teaching and learning process. Therefore, they should provide monetary support and allow teachers to integrate new technologies in the classroom.

Adopting new technology will aid teachers to engage learners in innovative, exceptional, and exciting ways.

The Importance of Sports Activities in Schools

By: MAIDY S. OBAD Teacher- 3 Antero U. Roa Central School District-7 Ozamiz City Division

Sports activities offered at school are an excellent way for students to develop their personalities. Knowing oneself, learning to conform, and even understanding what it takes to be a good sportsperson are just a few of the many goals that the Department of Education wishes to instill in its students. Nonetheless, all of this helps to ensure that every Filipino learner achieves exceptional physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being.

In general, sports activities help students improve their physical fitness. They help to achieve coordination, balance, and flexibility by strengthening the bones and improving the muscles. Sports also improve stamina and concentration, as well as aid in the treatment of depression and anxiety.

Basically, young ones are more active in dealing with tasks in every undertaking. In sports, pupils can participate in a variety of activities at their levels. These include athletic meets, Physical Education (PE) games, and similar activities in which students participate in ball games, swimming, chess, athletics, board games, and other activities.

Engaging in sports has its relationship towards learning. It has positive impact not only to the physical aspect of one individual; in reality it has more positive effects on mental, emotional and social aspects of one’s life.

MALASIQUI,

Pangasinan –

The Department of Health (DOH) has deployed seven doctors who graduated from the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) Program to several provinces of the Ilocos Region to give health care services to depressed, marginalized and underserved communities.

“These medical doctors will be responsible for implementing the national and local health programs. They will conduct regular medical consultations and referral of critical cases to appropriate health facilities,” said DOH Ilocos regional director Paula Paz Sydiongco in a statement on Tuesday.

Three of the seven

DTTBs were deployed in Ilocos Norte province, two in Ilocos Sur, and two in La Union, based on the list of priority areas without

Sex education in conservative view

By: LORIJANE T. GUMAHIN Teacher III Balingasag Central School Balingasag Central District Division of Misamis Oriental

The goal of sexuality education is to increase and improve young people’s capacity to make thoughtful decisions about their relationships, sexuality, and overall emotional and physical well-being. Children and teenagers are not encouraged to have sex because of sexuality education.

Sexuality education delivered within a safe and enabling learning environment and alongside access to health services has a positive and life-long effect on the health and well-being of young people.

Studies in various European nations have demonstrated that the implementation of comprehensive national programs for sexuality education has decreased the number of adolescent pregnancies and abortions as well as a drop in the prevalence of HIV infection and STIs among young persons aged 15 to 24. Beyond that, sexuality education can enable young people to build deeper and more lasting relationships by boosting confidence and enhancing skills to handle various obstacles.

The expression of sexuality and sexual behavior are influenced by social standards and gender inequalities. Many young women lack sufficient control or power in their romantic relationships. On the other hand, young males may experience peer pressure to act in ways that conform to male sexual norms and partake in manipulative or dangerous actions. A high-quality sexuality education can help avoid abuse and promote mutual respect and consensual relationships by having a beneficial influence on attitudes and values and by balancing power dynamics in intimate relationships. medical doctors.

In the Philippines, sex education is not totally implemented due to some issues being a conservation nation. However, the Department of Education (DepEd) has rolled out a Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) K to 12 Curriculum Guide starting with Regions 1, 7, and 11 — regions with the supposed highest rate of teen pregnancy. Accompanying the curriculum are DepEd teacher trainings on CSE.

The present government curriculum is still founded on conservative principles, advocates are pointing out. They would prefer to see the positive sexuality framework, a method that promotes sex as a normal and healthy aspect of life rather than something to be embarrassed, used instead.

“They will fill the gap in communities that are lacking in health services,” she said.

“Through this, they will have deeper roots in public health perspective and hopefully, this will be the opportunity for them to become health advocates eventually benefiting the nation,” she added.

Aside from providing medical services, the DTTBs will develop and implement advocacy projects and strategies and conduct monitoring and evaluation of health programs, she said.

Sydiongco said they will also conduct epidemiology investigations whenever necessary and perform medico-legal cases and conduct regular medical consultations and referral of serious cases to appropriate facilities.

The Doctors to the Barrios program was created in 1993 to address the lack of doctors serving in rural

Sydiongco said through the deployment, they would be able to witness the realities of the healthcare system at the grassroots level. See SENDS , page 7