UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a United Nations Organization to promote international corporation and implementation of international agreements. Recent UNESCO conference reports underscored the changes in the global scene and the implications of these changes for educational policies and strategies.

The paradigm and conceptual framework of the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum adapted the UNESCO Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century which proposed that the learning process should be based on:

4 PILLARS OF EDUCATION 1. 2. 3. 4. learning to know learning to do learning to live together learning to be

EDUCATION FOR ALL

The Philippines was a signatory in the World Conference on Education for all (EFA) on a global plan to give every child in the world quality basic education. The EFA commitment was translated into a ten-year EFA

Philippine Plan of Action, 1991-2000, and committed to the Philippine EFA 2015 Plan. Priority areas are Early Childhood Education, Formal Basic Education and Alternative Learning System.
Universal basic education is the central goal of the Philippine EFA strategy.

4 MAJOR INTERVENTIONS DEFINED IN THE UNESCOS FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION TO MEET BASIC LEARNING NEEDS:
1. institutionalize early childhood care and devt 2. provide universal quality primary education 3. eradicate illiteracy 4. launch continuing education programs for adults and out-ofschool youth

The country pledged to uphold appropriate standards by addressing access, equity, quality, relevance and sustainability concerns relative to the flow of students into and within the system.

EFA has become inextricably woven into the Department of Education fabric, the overriding responsibility of all its units. It has become an exemplar on vision assimilation and organizational adaptation and integral part of the overarching philosophy and integral strategy of basic education in the Philippines.

The Philippine EFA Plan reaffirmed the commitment of the country during the Millenium Summit of the member states of the United Nations towards reducing poverty and the worst forms of human deprivation.

The Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) set within 2015 include the following:
1. reducing by half the number of people, who live in extreme poverty, with little access to food and safe drinking water 2. reducing death in mothers and children below five

accessible to all 4. reducing gender disparities 5. providing access to reproductive health services 6. pursuing national strategies for sustainable devt 7. reversing environmental resources losses 8. developing a global partnership for development

3. making primary education

Multisectoral consultations among agencies are being conducted in collaboration with the UN country team. A monitoring system has been developed so the government can track down performance levels vis-a-vis international commitment.

CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL SYSTEM

In 1999 the Philippine government through the Department of Education, the local government units and the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) initiated the Child Friendly School System (CFSS). The CFSS project was piloted in the elementary schools. For school year 2006-2007 the CFSS project is being piloted in selected secondary schools.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL:

gender sensitive and notdiscriminating. Specifically the CFS treats all children equally regardless of gender, social status, cultural origin or religious belief
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quality learning and encourages children to participate in school and community activities 3. promotes good health practices and behaviors and guarantees that school premises are safe and clean

2. child-centered, imparts

children in mind and seeks to provide an environment that is safe, secure and a home away from home 5. works closely with children families and engages the support and interaction of community institutions and other individual

4. has the best interest of

THANKS! =) ROSEMARIE R. MEJIA

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