Youth Formation

Youth Formation Division

The Youth Formation Division (YFD) aims to develop the country’s youth for societal growth. It provides youth-serving units and organizations with responsive, learner-centered, youth-oriented policies, standards, guidelines, programs, and projects which shall contribute to the holistic development of learners. This includes engaging in partnerships with local, national, and international youth-oriented organizations to gain more development opportunities for the learners. Furthermore, part of its mandate is to apply psycho-social development approaches and strategies for the holistic development of the youth and children. YFD also strives to foster a holistic approach to youth development by providing opportunities for engagement in key areas of advocacy.

Through the years, YFD led the following major initiatives that upheld the right of children to be heard and participate in making decisions in the education process and help our youth formators and teacher-advisers guide our learners to unleash their full potential. To strengthen the implementation of these PPAs, YFD is now on the verge of finalizing its own learner formation framework.

YFD Purpose

The YFD endeavors to provide youth-serving units and organizations with responsive, learner-centered, youth-oriented policies, standards, guidelines, programs, and projects which shall contribute to the holistic development of learners who are value-driven, career-oriented, culturally-rooted and socially responsible.

YFD Goal

The YFD strives to empower Filipino children and youth imbued with the values, maka-Diyos, maka-Tao, maka-Kalikasan, and maka-Bansa, enabling them to become highly-skilled individuals who are responsible, hardworking, enterprising, persevering, value-driven, and culturally-rooted.

PRIORITY PROGRAMS

It is the foremost co-curricular student organization authorized to operate and implement pertinent programs, projects, and activities in schools nationwide. It aims to empower students to strive for excellence in academics, leadership, and social responsibility, and develop a love of country, values, and competencies to reach their full potential and contribute to the nation.

These programs aim to capacitate Youth Formators and Teacher Advisers to manage student organizations and provide curriculum support for personal, social and emotional education development. It also aims to increase their level of participation and strengthen their roles in implementing program, projects, and activities.

The program aims to help learners explore their choices and make responsible decisions relevant to their career pathing. This includes planning for their track and strand for Senior High School, choosing their curriculum exits (Higher Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Middle-Level Skills Development), and planning for their future.

One of the major responses of the Youth Formation Division for inclusive learner participation is the creation of the Allyship program. It aims to improve the YFD’s delivery of services particularly in terms of providing education on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as creating opportunities for our learners with special education needs such as IP and ALS, and provide them with learner formation support services.