TACLOBAN CITY—Dr. Luisa Bautista-Yu, education director in Eastern Visayas region, is set to speak at Asia Education Summit on Flexible Learning Strategies for Out-of-School Children in Bangkok, Thailand today upon the invitation of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-Bangkok.
“Dr. Yu will share on the strategies we have implemented to build back better after Yolanda. Her topic is Rebuilding Hope in Eastern Visayas,” said Jasmin Calzita, information officer of Department of Education in the region.
“We have made a significant progress in protecting our school children. And with the lessons we learned from Yolanda, we hope to inspire all educators around the world to never give up for the children,” Calzita said, adding that Dr. Yu is the only speaker from the country to speak for “education in emergencies.”
Representatives from Nepal and Japan who also have recovered from disasters will also speak on similar topics during the event.
According to Calzita, who joined Dr. Yu in the summit, there will be other representatives from the country but they will be speaking on different topics.
The Asia-Pacific region has 18 million out of school (primary school age) children, with the Philippines having 1.5 million while Pakistan has the highest out of school in Asia Pacific with 5.4 million, Calzita said.
This year’s Bangkok Unesco, summit, in partnership with South East Asian Minsters of Education Organization (SEAMEO Innotech) and Thailand government, brings together representatives and other stakeholders from 30 Asian member-states to discuss and share best practices in 21st century learning to solve the issues of most marginalized children who are out of school.
