Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 570)
The primary purpose of Executive Order No. 570 is to institutionalize peace education in basic education and teacher education in the Philippines.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is mandated to mainstream peace education in the basic formal and non-formal education curricula.
CHED is responsible for introducing and mainstreaming peace education in teacher education.
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), DepEd, and CHED are tasked to collaborate to strengthen linkage with private schools in promoting peace education.
Section 4 mandates OPAPP, DepEd, and CHED to establish or enhance mechanisms and allocate appropriate funds to ensure the sustained implementation of peace education in the educational system.
Existing peace education exemplars and other peace-related modules developed by OPAPP and DepEd are to be utilized.
In-service trainings are to be conducted to improve the knowledge and capability of supervisors, teachers, and non-teaching personnel on peace education.
Executive Order No. 570 took effect immediately upon its signing on September 26, 2006.
All issuances, rules, and regulations inconsistent with any provision of Executive Order No. 570 are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
The policy of peace in EO No. 570 adheres to the principles of peace, equality, justice, and freedom as enunciated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution.