Orientation on the Youth Formation Division

and the Student Government Program

By: Dr. Juan R. Araojo Jr.
Chief Education Program Specialist
Youth Formation Division
Introduction on the Youth Formation
Division
 ABOUT YFD

DepEd Central Office

Bureau of Learner Support Services

School School Youth

Health Sports Formation
Division Division Division (YFD)
 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Youth
Formation
Division (YFD) Provides youth-serving units and organizations
with responsive, learner-centered, youth-
oriented policies, standards, guidelines,
programs, to
projects and contribute to the holistic
development of learners who are values-driven,
career-oriented, culturally-rooted and socially
responsible citizens.
 GOAL
Youth
Formation
Division (YFD)
Empowered Filipino children and youth who are
responsible, hardworking, enterprising,
persevering, value-driven and culturally rooted
equipped with world class skills and imbued with
values such as maka-Diyos, maka-Tao, maka-
Bansa, at maka-Kalikasan.
 KRAs |
Policies, OUTCOMES
Youth-serving units and
Standards, and Capacity Building
organizations will have an
Guidelines
efficient and effective youth
formation program
Research, management and evidence-
Monitoring, and Knowledge based interventions.
Evaluation Management

Schools will have a competent

and sustainable student
organizations and will have
Partnerships and
effective school organization
Linkages
management.
 YFD PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES
Values Formation
Program for OSY
Career Guidance Program (CGP)
Skills Development Training for
OSY
JENESYS
Consultation with International
Orgs for Student Development
Program
Partners Meeting on Student
Exchange Program
Multi-sectoral meeting on Youth
Formation Programs
Student Government
Program (SGP)
Youth Formation Field
Counterparts Orientation-
Workshop
Special Program for the
Employment of Students
(SPES)
MAKA-DIYOS MAKABANSA Club Development
Programs
National Federation for
SSG
and SPG
Recognizing Outstanding
Club Orgs and Advisers
National Ecosavers Program
One Million Trees and Beyond
National Native Trees
Conservation Project
MAKA- MAKAKALIKASAN Clean and Green and Eco-
TAO friendly Palarong Pambansa
YFD Accomplishments
Training Needs Assessment on DepEd
Student Government Program
(September 26, 2016)

Orientation-Workshop of Youth
Formation Coordinators in the
Division and Regional Level
(October 10-11, 2016)
 Japan East-Asia Network of
Exchange for Students and
Youths (JENESYS) 2016 Program
(October 27-November 8, 2016)
Career Guidance Program for Career Guidance Program for
Grade 11 Writeshop Grade 11 Validation
(December 5-9, 2016) (December 13-15, 2016)
The Student Government Program
THE DEPED STUDENT GOVERNMENT PROGRAM (SGP)

The Student Government Program focuses on

enhancing task-related leadership competencies,
attitudes, skills and knowledge of public school student
leaders, teacher-advisers, and other key players by
exposing them to best practices of leaders, innovators,
and organizations from various fields through creative
education, interactive plenary and break-out sessions,
ideation and design innovations.
 GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF SGP
Understand the operations within the
Student Government and among other
student organizations including
formulation of programs, management,
monitoring, and evaluation.
Provide a deeper understanding of issues or
concepts that revolve around the student
leaders school and community through a
national and youth situationer and generate
concrete plans on how to synergize ideas for
future collaboration.
Establish a pool and a bonded
community of public school student
leaders and advisers that continuously
performs the duty to excel, to lead and to
serve with or without titles or positions.
Provide a venue for collaborative
and integrative projects, ideation,
formulation and critique of the
dynamic, feasible, doable, and
concrete general plan of activities
and social innovations for
implementation in the schools.
increase engagement of teacher-
advisers and student leaders in
school governance and community
development and as an effective
partner in creating a child friendly,
gender-sensitive, safe and
motivating environment for the
studentry.
THE DEPED STUDENT GOVERNMENT PROGRAM (SGP)

Teacher-Advisers, School Student Leaders Development

Heads, and Youth Formation Program
Coordinator Training Program
RESULTS OF THE TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT (TNA)
 TNA OF TEACHER-ADVISERS

CHALLENGES SKILLS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE

CHALLENGES
Overload of work Time Management and Stress
Management Skills
Arising conflict between teacher- Conflict Management Skills
advisers and subject area teachers
and school heads
Low participation of students to Persuasion Skills/Interpersonal
programs, projects, and activities of Skills
school organizations
Scarcity of new ideas and Creative thinking skills
knowledge
on trends Reflective teaching skills/mentoring
Lack of and coaching skills
recognition/awards/incentives for
teacher-advisers
YFD CONTACT DETAILS

blss.yfd@deped.gov.ph

(02) 637-9814

Rm 307, Youth Formation

Division, 3rd Flr. Mabini Bldg.
DepEd Complex, Meralco
Ave.,
Projects,Programs