1. Legal Framework for
the
Institutionalization of
Peace Education
WELITO I. ROSAL
Principal 2
A.L. Navarro National High School

7. WHY EDUCATE FOR
PEACE?
1. It is an Ethical Imperative.
2. It is Practical Alternative.

11. Executive Order No. 570,
Series 2006
Institutionalizing Peace
Education in Basic
Education and Teachers
Education

12. Section 1 . Policy Statement
Peace Education shall be anchored on:
1. values and principles of spirituality
2. human rights
3. non-violence
4. social justice
5. interfaith
6. human security

13. Section 2. Institutionalization
Principles
a. Be in harmony with
educational priorities and inter’l
commitments related to a
culture of peace and dev’t;

14. b. Be pursued through a holistic
approach involving pre-service
and in-service trainings, school-
based and alternative learning
and technical education; and,
c. Involve the participation of all
types of schools.

15. Section 3. Definition of
Terms
[Peace Ed, Basic Ed,
Teachers Ed, ALS, Tech’l
Ed, Culture of Peace,
Exemplars, and etc.]

16. Objectives of Institutionalization
of Peace Education
1. To ensure that education contributes
to the attainment of a culture of
peace in the country.
2. To strengthen the partnership
between government and civil
society as well as among all types of
learning environments and
stakeholders in promoting and
implementing peace education.

17. 3. To ensure that Peace Education
Materials [instructional, learning and
advocacy] are developed and used.

18. Executive Committee
Chair: Office of the Presidential Adviser
on Peace Process [OPPAP]
Co-chair: DepED
Members:
@ CHED
@ NEDA
@ NCCA
@ DILG

19. @ National Commission on
Indigenous People
@National Youth Commission
@Miriam College Peace Education
Center representing the Peace
Education Network [PEN]
@Mindanao Peace Education Forum
[MinPEF]

20. Roles, Functions and
Responsibilities
•OPAPP
•DEPED
•CHED

21. 1. Take lead in mainstreaming Peace
Education in the basic education
and ALS;
2. Make available to all teachers and
ALS implementers the Peace
Education Exemplars;
3. Conduct In-service training
advocacy and info dissemination

22. 4. Develop the needed training modules to
facilitate the indigenization of these
materials;
5. Issue policies and guidelines in the use
of Peace Education Exemplars in schools
and ALS;
6. Establish networks and promote
dialogue and cooperaton;

23. 7. Organize Peace Education Circles/Teams
in the region, division and school levels;
8. Encourage and nurture local peace
initiatives, such as: peace congress or
peace camps; and,
9. Monitor and evaluate feedback on the
process of implementation.

24. MONITORING AND EVALUATION
1. Monitoring shall be done semi-annually to
identify concerns and problems while
Evaluation will be conducted annually to
measure the progress and impact of peace
education program in target areas.
2. DEPED shall conduct monitoring and
evaluation in basic education and ALS.
3. CHED shall conduct M&E in Teacher Education
Institutions.

25. 4. The NEDA shall complement this function by ensuring
that these education efforts are aligned with the
education policies and programs stipulated in the
national dev’t plans. It shall also advocate for
appropriate budgetary allocations among agencies with
peace education programs.
5. Each of the implementing agencies [OPPAP, DEPED &
CHED] shall appoint focal division/office within their
agencies. The focal division/office shall then appoint
representative [s] to the appropriate TWGs. These
representatives shall report on the programs and
activities implemented by their agencies. The secretariat
[OPPAP] shall consolidates monitoring and evaluation
reports.

26. DepED Memorandum No.
469 s 2008
Institutionalization of Peace
Education in the Basic
Education Curriculum

27. Culture of PEACE
A set of
attitude/orientation
values/interest
Behavior
Principles/belief
tradition
lived by any
individual and
commonly shared
by any group of
people of a given
community
Is the way any group of people…
Live
Think
Feel
Organized themselves
Celebrate and share life
(human
society)
rooted in system of values
meanings
world view
expressed visibly in languages
gestures
symbols
rituals
styles

28. Culture as a way of life…
It becomes a basic living pattern by which a
group of people can design their collective
consciousness and behavior as a community within
and in relating with other groups of people and
cultures in their environment.

32. THANK YOU AND
MAY GOD BLESS US
ALL!
May the TRIBE of PEACE ADVOCATES
increases!