This Department of Education (DepEd) Order was issued in 2022. As the document states in the introduction:
- “ln line with the government’s thrust of inclusive and sustainable peace through the Whole-of-Nation Approach in achieving good governance, all DepEd officials and personnel are enjoined to adopt the Balangkas ng Nagkakalsaag Sambayanan (BANSA) which serves as DepEd’s Peace Framework.”
- “This peace framework articulates the initiatives and contributions of the Department to peace education and peacebuilding in accordance with its mandate to deliver quality, accessible, relevant and liberating K-12 Program by a modern, professional, proactive, nimble, trusted and nurturing DepEd.”
- “This framework serves as a guide to all DepEd offices including schools in their involvement and engagement with various peace-related bodies in their localities, such as, but not limited to, the Inter-Agency Committee on Children in Armed Conflict (IAC-CSAC), the Anti-Terrorism Council, the Committee for the Special Protection of Children, and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) where DepEd is a member.”