DepEd commences Brigada Eskwela 2022, promotes collaboration and resiliency in education

Brigada Eswela (BE) 2022 was officially launched by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, August 1, to promote collaboration and resiliency in basic education.

The collaboration between the parents, the teachers, local governments, and the entire community on Brigada Eskwela opens a deeper and meaningful collaboration even until after the school year closes,

Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte said.

With the national government supporting DepEd with the Basic Education Development Plan 2030 serving as our guide, the success of the Department’s plans and programs shall now be completed by undying love for the profession of teaching Filipino children, our children, the future of our nation,

VP-Secretary Duterte added.

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DepEd said the BE will run until August 26 and highlights the country’s collective efforts from various partnership engagements, creating a safe learning environment for the learners, teaching and non-teaching personnel, and community to achieve safety while ensuring the delivery of quality education.

Brigada Eskwela 2022 will be a full-blown program focusing to deliver access to education and quality of education,

DepEd said.

It added that the physical aspect of the program or Brigada Eskwela sa Paghahanda is a couple of weeks’ school maintenance and minor to medium repair for the re-opening of in-person classes.

For the education quality aspect, DepEd said BE complemented through Brigada Eskwela Plus seeks to increase learner participation and reduce dropouts and improve education quality in participating schools to increase student performance.

Moreover, Brigada Pagbasa is an after-school reading remediation program in response to Bawat Bata Bumabasa (3Bs Initiatives).

This new administration shall take the lead in deepening our ties with our existing partners and in generating new ideas, programs, projects, activities, and avenues for collaboration,

Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs and International Cooperation Gerard Chan expressing his support.

DepEd gave assurance to conduct BE activities and initiatives that will safely open classes, and gradually reintroduce the shift from a blended learning setup to 5 days of in-person classes, especially with challenges continually posed by the COVID-19 pandemic along with inevitable natural disasters.

We are gathered here today to pilot Brigada Eskwela all over the country. It is truly inspiring, and I hope that the energy that you are showing today will create waves and [the] waves of same energy even in the farthest public school in the Philippines,

VP-Sec. Duterte said.