CDO leads in securing DRR module for K-12 curriculum

• Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2601443757582/cdo-leads-in-securing-drr-module-for-k-12-curriculum
• Sunday, October 4, 2015

(CIO/PIA10)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, October 1 – The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) leads in the creation of the disaster preparedness module in the whole country that will be used by the Department of Education (DepEd) in their K-12 curriculum.

Allan Porcadilla, officer-in-charge of CDRRMO, said that the said module was created by the DepEd focal persons on disaster where the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) also takes part.

Porcadilla added that the project was outlined from the Republic Act 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Act of 2010 for the curriculum integration of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR CCA).

He also revealed that Cagayan de Oro will be the pilot are of the Climate Change Commission project that will be implemented in 2016.

Dr. John Mingo and Lovern Mercado, focal persons of DepEd, together with the CDRRMO through the leadership of Porcadilla and overseer Ret. Col. Mario Verner Monsanto spearheaded the three-day training.