YOUTH FORMATION DIVISION

The Youth Formation Division (YFD) is a newly-formed division under the Bureau of Learner Support Services (BLSS) in the Department of Education Central Office. It aims is develop the Filipino youth for societal development, a Filipino Youth that understands that society cannot be successful unless all of its parts work together and address the nonworking parts in the society by providing a learner-centered development towards a proactive Filipino youth. It is anchored in supporting the K to 12 curriculum by honing and complementing the following learning areas and skills to be developed namely: Societal engagement, Technical skills, Social skills, Creativity and innovation skills, Affective skills, and Self mastery skills.

The goal of YFD is to empower Filipino children and youth who are responsible, hardworking, enterprising, persevering, value-driven and culturally-rooted equipped with world class skills imbued with values such as maka-Diyos, maka-Tao, maka-Bayan at maka-Kalikasan.

The purpose of YFD is to formulate policies, standards and guidelines on youth programs in collaboration with its stakeholders to complement the learnings through co-curricular and non-curricular activities that promote character information, civic engagement and social consciousness towards an empowered Filipino youth that are value-driven, culturally rooted and God-fearing citizens.