OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH
Presented by:
Grace Wendiejoy M. Grino
BTVTED-FSMT3
What is Out-of-school Youth?
• OSY refers to members of the population
who are 15 to 30 years old, who are not in
school, not gainfully employed, and have
not finished college or a post-secondary
course.
(DepEd)
• close to 4 million- not able to enroll for the current
school year.
• 2.75 million- private school students
• As of Aug. 11, 2020, the DepEd noted that some
23 million have enrolled in both public and private
schools, a significant reduction from the 27.7
million enrollees in 2019.
• “The Impact of COVID-19 on Opportunities
for Out-of-School Youth in the Philippines,”
showed that the number of out-of-school
youth in the country rose in the first four
months of 2020 from 16.9 percent to 25.2
percent.
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
Jan. Feb. March April
• The Commission on Human
• “Magna Carta of the Poor” or Republic Act 11291,
and the passage of House Bill 9103 or the “Magna
Carta of the Out-of-School Youth (OSY)”
• RA 11291
Presented with measures and opportunities to make
sure that they benefit in all basic services the
government has to offer.
create a bridge linking them to the fulfillment of their
right :
• to food self-sufficiency,
• access to employment opportunities
• quality education,
• sufficient health services.
• no access to education
• further imprisons them to the shackles of injustice
• discrimination,
• abuse, and
• exploitation.
• HB 9103 recognizes these problems and plans to
create solutions to thousands of out-of-school
youths in the country
• Under the House Bill 9103, a whole-of-
government approach will be needed to
effectively address the needs and concerns of
OSYs:
• DepEd
• TESDA
• CHED
• DOH
• DSWD
• DOLE
• DTI
• The Commission is looking forward to the
soon implementation of both RA 11291 and
HB 9103 as they will benefit the
underprivileged and create different
approaches to combat the cycle of poverty
in the country.
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