Philippine schools to incorporate climate change in curricula

As a means to raise awareness on environmental issues and concerns on the global problems that we are facing, the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) will soon incorporate basic lessons on climate change in the curriculum of the Filipino public school students.

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For Education Secretary Jesli Lapus, this will be a means to let the students be more environment-conscious and help in any way on the conservation and protection of the environment. Certainly, it is easier to teach young minds to save the world in their little ways than to push for reforms that many seem to ignore.

This new program will be made through the combined efforts of the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change (PTFCC), National Power Corp. (Napocor) and DepEd.

Children, according to Lapus, should be taught about the vital role that they have to play in combating environmental degradation. I agree to this since these younger ones will soon inherit what will be left by the old generation.

The simple ways of closing the faucets when not in use, recycling and segregating biodegradable from non-biodegradable materials will be better appreciated in school with the guidance of the teachers instead of merely flashing these things on our TV sets as commercials.

A memorandum by the officials of DepEd, PTFCC and Napocor has already been signed to formalize the partnership. In the agreement, the PTFCC will be providing training modules and lessons guides, while Napocor will be the funding agency.

With this step-up campaign by these three government agencies, I am very sure that other agencies in the public and private sectors in the country will volunteer in the success of the project.

Solving the problems brought by climate change really needs intergovernmental cooperation. Everyone is part of the solution. So, this only means all should take an active stance in preventing the ill-effects of global warming.