The Iloilo Provincial Government, through the Provincial Population Office, organized the 2024 Provincial Teen Center Day on October 18, 2024 at Grand Xing Imperial Hotel to celebrate the province’s contribution towards empowering the youth and fostering the holistic development of Ilonggo teenagers.
The event, with the theme, “Teen Center: Sandigan ng Kabataan sa Bagong Pilipinas,” gathered around 600 peer helpers, guidance counselors, and teen center coordinators in the province.
The School-Based Multipurpose Teen Center offers a safe space for adolescents to receive guidance and counseling in terms of their reproductive health; and serves as an avenue for the youth to access resources to promote their mental and physical well-being;
As of October 2024, a total of 102 teen centers have already been established in secondary schools in the province of Iloilo. The provincial government is allotting P300,000 for the purchase of equipment or recreational materials.
“The province of Iloilo takes pride in having the first and the highest number of teen centers established in the whole country,” according to Provincial Population Officer Atty. Ruel Von Superio.
Moreover, the provincial government has started the construction of 10 stand-alone teen center buildings in secondary schools dubbed as Teen Center 2.0 infrastructure project. Each building costs P3.5 million.
Superio disclosed that 10 more teen center buildings will be built in the province to cater to the reproductive health and mental needs of teenagers.
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. stressed that the provincial government is not just concerned with the academic performance of students but also their social and psychological well-being.
The teen center facility is also designed to cater to the province’s career guidance and counseling program and voter’s education program under the Bulig Eskwela sang Probinsya (BES Probins) Program.
“Our teen centers are evolving to become the youth development centers in our secondary schools,” Defensor said. (Capitol News)
📸: Jessa Salido/PPO designated Information Officer
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