CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) inked partnership agreements with Philippine National Police (PNP) and International Youth Fellowship Philippines (IYFP) for  programs, projects, and activities geared towards the welfare and development of young learners in Central Luzon.

DepEd’s partnership with PNP seeks to provide students with knowledge on the dangers of drug abuse, intensify information campaigns on illegal drug abuse, encourage and motivate students to actively engage in drug prevention activities; and strengthen the National Drug Education Program in schools.

“While DepEd is responsible for ensuring access, promoting equity, and improving the quality of basic education, we at the PNP on the other hand guarantee public safety and security. We are looking forward to the shared results that will come up in this endeavor and our continuous partnership for the welfare of the young ones,” PNP Regional Director PBGen. Valeriano De Leon said.

Moreover, the partnership with IYF aims to provide programs, projects and activities that will shape the spiritual, intellectual, emotional growth and leadership skills of the learners; conduct skills development program though Mind Education for Educators; and capacitate learners and educators through various programs in line with the DepEd Core Values: Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa.

“We bring them to the world of mindset and we teach them how to have constructive mindset. With internet, gaming, people’s thinking and brain power deteriorate and they have no power of thinking reasonably. So we thought of a way on how to change the mindset of people through our program,” IYFP President Kyung Hyun “Abraham” Nam said.

These will be implemented under the Education Support Services Division of DepEd Regional Office 3.

“Just like any other government agency, DepEd was bestowed with a gargantuan task, a huge and critical responsibility that is a brighter future for our young learners. As stewards of their future and as second parents to them, we are not only tasked to teach them how to read and write, or how to solve complex mathematical equations, but more importantly, we are responsible to mold them into God-fearing, responsible, and patriotic citizens who will be able to contribute meaningfully to building our nation,” DepEd Regional Director May Eclar said. (CLJD-PIA 3)