DepEd celebrates Children’s Month
By HELENNA C. PALEN
Principal III
Ambago Central Elementary School
West-2 District
The Department of Education (DepEd) joins the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), other government agencies, and the whole nation in celebrating the 2021 National Children’s Month (NCM) with the theme New Normal Na Walang Iwanan: Karapatan ng Bawat Bata Ating Tutukan! this month of November.
The celebration is pursuant to Republic Act No. 10661, titled An Act Declaring the Month of November of Every Year as the National Children’s Month, which honors the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1989, and further instills the significance of the CRC in the Filipino consciousness, as well as to sustain the promotion and protection of children’s rights. It also mandates DepEd to facilitate and encourage the celebration of the NCM in all public and private schools nationwide.
This year’s NCM celebration will cover the myriad of issues on children’s rights to survival, development, protection, and participation in the new normal setting. It also aims to ensure that no child will be left behind, regardless of the situation.
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the NCM activities will still strictly comply with the minimum health standards, and it shall utilize quad media – print media, broadcast media, outdoor media, and social media as tools in educating Filipinos on children’s rights, parenting, and the concerns surrounding them.
Also, this year’s celebration is anchored on the 3rd National Plan of Action for Children Goals to progressively realize the rights of children. ###
