Monthly Archives: November 2021

In commemoration of the National Peace Consciousness Month held every September, the NSTP Diliman Office organized a webinar entitled “Kapayapaan: Peace Education and the Role of the NSTP in Peacebuilding” last September 24, via Zoom and YouTube Live. The webinar aimed to introduce peace education—what it is and how it is contextualized in Philippine universities—as a new common module topic for NSTP. Together with staunch peace advocates Dr. Jasmin Nario-Galace (Miriam College), Dr. Herbert B. Rosana (Bicol University), and Asst. Prof. Yasmira Moner (Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology), the webinar explored potential pathways to promote peacebuilding through peace education in Philippine universities and colleges. 480 participants entered the Zoom space, and almost 15,000 viewers were able to watch the engagement through YouTube Live. Bringing together participants from all over the country, the webinar shed light on how peace education is valuable in the peacebuilding process. It opened a wide range of discussion about its implementation: from the provision of training and support for teachers despite not being peace educators, to the challenge of possible peacebuilding projects during this remote and blended learning period. Dr. Ma. Theresa Payongayong, Vice Chancellor for the Academic Affairs of the University of the Philippines Diliman, formally opened the event welcoming the speakers and the thousands of faculty and students representing various state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the country. She shared that UP Diliman, consistent with UP’s mandate to become a public service university, has provided supplementary knowledge products and instructional materials for various academic programs. As she had said, “For the past 18 months of adapting and adjusting to the new normal, peace is very much needed… and we are very much looking forward to ‘Healing as One Nation and Recovering as a Better Generation,’ as the theme for this year’s National Peace Consciousness Month.” NSTP Diliman Office Director Asst. Prof. Dennis Quilala framed the peace education within the NSTP while underscoring the importance of teaching peace within the university. Setting the agenda for the webinar, Asst. Prof. Quilala also provided an overview of the Tatak UPD NSTP Common Module Topics […]