House officials lauded President Duterte yesterday for signing the Good Manners and Right Conduct and Values Education Act, saying it is a most welcome move towards moral and values transformation as the country prepares for the new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano (NP, Pateros-Taguig) and House Deputy Speaker Eddie Villanueva (CIBAC partylist) thanked Duterte for his wholehearted support for the return of GMRC as a separate subject for elementary Grades 1-6.
“We believe it is essential that we teach our children, not just to be smart, but also to be good citizens of the country. We need to strengthen their moral and spiritual fiber to help bring out the best in them despite any crisis they may face in the future,” said Cayetano.
Villanueva, a renowned evangelist, described the signing of the new law as an additional “milestone in our quest to restore the moral fabric of our society and transform this nation into a God-and-country-loving nation.”
“We believe that in the long run this law will surely have a positive effect in our fight against graft and corruption and in our pursuit of good governance. This is a big win for the Filipino people, particularly for the future generation,” he said.
Cayetano and Villanueva are principal authors of the law in the House.
The GMRC law or Republic Act No. 11476 also mandates the inculcation among students of the “concepts of human dignity, respect to oneself, giving oneself to others in the spirit of community, and upholding discipline and order,” among others.
RA 11476 replaces the Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao curriculum and aside from restoring GMRC as an elementary subject, mandates the integration of the same subject in the daily learning activities on the kindergarten level. (Ben Rosario)