A chorus of criticism may have forced the Department of Education to delay the start of school year, but advocacy groups are concerned about what they called “major failings” in the government’s approach to protecting students from sexual exploitation as they shift to online learning.
Education Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio said, “We hope to include a video lecture on child protection during the orientation week ,” or the week before 5 October 5.Citing the government’s existing Child Protection Policy , Basillo said the existing law is fundamentally outdated and not equipped for the current learning context.
Although the Department of Justice-Office of Cybercrime reported a large spike in child exploitation cases during the initial lockdown in Metro Manila, the average reporting rates of incidences has long handicapped the country’s ability to curb the decades-long crisis. A widespread culture of “victim blaming” silences many children from speaking up to family members or law enforcers.
chose “printed modules” as their preferred teaching method for the new school year, Basillo of ACT says this is not an opportunity to dodge the issue at hand.
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