Teachers Are Peace Builders

Teachers are the original peace builders of the country, as they bring education to countless Filipino children despite the odds.
Director Peter Perfecto of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAP) said that the daily personal sacrifices of the teachers in doing their job already create ripples and waves of peace across the country.
Director Perfecto was guest during the three-day workshop for the recently launched Peace Education Teaching Exemplars attended by 100 supervisors, principals and teachers from the provinces of Western Visayas.
The workshop was jointly organized by the Department of Education (DepEd), OPAP and the UNICEF. The regional workshop is a part of a nationwide series of workshops aiming to provide the participants with the people perspectives on peace concepts and peace education process.
The workshop further aimed to help educators clarify their roles in the promotion of schools as zones of peace and in peace efforts in the community, as well as equip them with conflict-resolution techniques, and facilities building commitment to peace education, through the use of the Peace Education Teaching Exemplars.
The Peace Education Teaching Exemplars are compendia of lessons in different grade and year levels in the elementary and high school that highlight values and concepts related to peace. /MP