Wellness in Education: PHL DepEd explores innovations to support schoolchildren of Indigenous Peoples (IPs)

"Sponsored by the Philippines’ Response to Indigenous Peoples’ and Muslim Education (PRIME) Program, the exhibit dubbed “Bunsód: Katutubong Dunong Pagtuturo Pagkatuto” is also in observance of the National Indigenous Peoples’ Month.
“As a response to our commitment to make education universal and inclusive, DepEd has been extending efforts to cross the boundaries on culture, tradition, and religion,” said Education Secretary Armin Luistro. Luistro added that the DepEd, with assistance from the Australian government, is making quality education more accessible to indigenous people through PRIME.
“While this PRIME project is a big boost to the Education for All goal of the department, it is, more importantly, the government’s way of responding to the needs of Indigenous Peoples and Muslim communities for relevant and responsive basic education, one that removes barriers to meaningful participation in society and empowers learners to exercise their rights and duties as Filipino citizens,” he expressed."
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PHL Peace Update: P. Murphy shares "Winning formula to achieve peace: basis of trust, perseverance, intensity, parity of esteem & int'l dimensions..."

A British lawmaker visited two cities - Davao and Manila — last week to share the lessons he learned at the negotiating table in Northern Ireland to provide insights for the Mindanao peace talks. Called the "talks minister" because of negotiations he had done, Paul Murphy, who is also a former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (NI) and Wales, spent two years chairing some of the talks which led to the groundbreaking Belfast/Good Friday agreement in 1998, the framework for peace in Northern Ireland.

"Peace doesn't happen overnight, but if there's a will, then eventually it will," Murphy told members of the peace panels of the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF); the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and key government offices; the Senate and House of Representatives; Armed Forces of the Philippines; Philippine National Police; civil society groups and business leaders in Mindanao."
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