Outgoing Education Secretary Leonor Briones will shortly hand over an eight-year road map to incoming Education Secretary and Vice President-elect Sara Duterte aimed at improving the country’s basic education delivery and quality.
“This will be the first time that an outgoing administration will hand over a well-crafted education plan to the incoming administration,” Briones said on Friday during the launch of “Basic Education Development Plan 2030” (BEDP 2030).
Briones explained that the document was created to fill in the gaps, “sustain and enhance relevant programs, and use innovations in fostering resiliency and embedding the rights of the children and youth in education.”
BEDP 2030 was conceptualized in 2017, according to Roger Masapol, director of planning services for the Department of Education (DepEd).
Access is one of the framework’s four pillars, ensuring that all school-aged children, out-of-school youth, and adults have access to appropriate fundamental learning opportunities.
BEDP 2030 also prioritizes fairness for underprivileged children, quality, which ensures that learners finish K-12 basic education, and resiliency, which allows students to exercise their rights and defend themselves.
In a statement, the Department of Education said, “The plan aims to continue the goals of the department for all Filipinos to realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully to a cohesive nation through the protection and promotion of the right to education.”
The strategy will be implemented in two phases, according to Masapol.
“Phase 1 shall focus on addressing the impact of COVID-19 on learning delivery, issues on reading and numeracy skills and decentralization of projects, programs, and activities,” he stated.
In the meantime, the second phase will concentrate on maintaining gains, institutionalizing future efforts, and developing new educational technology and innovations.
