The global health crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic crystallizes the dilemma of policymakers to a continuous provision of quality education. The situation has led to the unprecedented scale of teaching practice moving from the conventional education system to online digitalization and alternative learning modalities. In the Philippines, though teachers have expressed their readiness to this switch to distance learning, the lack of facilities, equipment and capacity building has made them doubtful of the success of the implementation of the Department Order 12 s. 2020 entitled “Adoption of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan for School Year 2020-2021 in Light of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency” that has been the catalyst of the changes in education delivery thr ...

The Project Urban-GOLD is in complementary with the DepEd’s Gulayan sa Paaralan and the School Inside a Garden programs which strengthen the integration of environmental education in the elementary and high school curriculum and sustain environmental consciousness and action among learners and the community, and instill in them the values of unity, teamwork, volunteerism, nationalism, and community service for environmental protection and conservation. Project Urban-GOLD aims to enhance the availability of food at the household and community levels through home gardening and urban agriculture. As urban gardening promotes food production within the community which include small land farming in households, local community gardens, indoor and rooftop gardens, vertical farming, this Project ...