{"id":161223,"date":"2018-04-23T06:10:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T10:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=161223"},"modified":"2018-04-23T06:10:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T10:10:13","slug":"previous-sk-poll-delays-dampened-youths-interest-deped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/23\/previous-sk-poll-delays-dampened-youths-interest-deped\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous SK poll delays dampened youth&#8217;s interest : DepEd"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_161224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161224\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0-02-06-cfa88fb10b58ee24281df2b6e49e1b65b5ad28b0039ad5aa96d8223b51e7dd23_913f7c3d_5addaaf0d4e8d3_63897059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161224\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0-02-06-cfa88fb10b58ee24281df2b6e49e1b65b5ad28b0039ad5aa96d8223b51e7dd23_913f7c3d_5addaaf0d4e8d3_63897059.jpg\" alt=\"Del Pascua added the youth might have been uninspired by \u201can avalanche of information that the youth council is not doing anything\u201d. (PNA photo)\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Del Pascua added the youth might have been uninspired by \u201can avalanche of information that the youth council is not doing anything\u201d. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday that previous postponements of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections might have dampened the youth\u2019s interest to participate in this year\u2019s youth council poll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay ilang years nang walang SK so yung gap na yun is a contributory item dito kung bakit maraming hindi nag-file ng candidacy (There had been no SK for years so that gap is a contributory item here why many did not file candidacy),&#8221; DepEd Undersecretary Alain Del Pascua told a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Del Pascua added the youth might have been uninspired by \u201can avalanche of information that the youth council is not doing anything\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe youth have not been inspired by these news, by these comments from regional and national sources\u2026SK Reform Act has been passed and kokonti ang information na nailabas tungkol dito kaya hindi yan napaabot sa mga kabataan sa ngayon (few information were released about this and they did not reach the youth),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Interior and Local Government Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said the anti-political dynasty bill is another factor to consider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMadalas naririnig ko ay ang anti-pol dynasty was a big factor in this ang daming na-disqualify (I often hear the anti-pol dynasty was a big factor in this as many got disqualified) because they were related to incumbent public officials,\u201d Malaya said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsa pang dahilan, naka enroll sa eskwelahan at walang oras (Another factor is they are enrolled in school and they have no time),&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA), Del Pascua said the training, which would address the issues concerning the non-performance and corruption cases of previous SK officials, is mandated in the reformed SK Reform Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is one of the institutional changes included in the SK. Right after their election, there will be a mandatory training where core values, governance, etc. is taught,\u201d Del Pascua said.<\/p>\n<p>He added the age limit of SK candidates was adjusted in response to such issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDati kase below 18 kaya wala silang responsibility in holding the funds or approving the projects ngayon binigay na yan sa SK kasi nasa age of majority na ang mga officials na mahahalal (Previously below 18 so they don\u2019t have responsibility in holding the funds or approving the projects now given to SK because the elected officials will be in age of majority),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday that previous postponements of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":161224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[21055,37226],"class_list":["post-161223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-department-of-education-deped","tag-sangguniang-kabataan-sk","mauthors-ma-teresa-montemayor","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}