The Commission on Population will conduct the 2016 National Population Quiz (PopQuiz) on February 24, 2016 in General Santos City as part of the National Festival of Talents (NFOT).
SDG with the theme and the youth: addressing challenges and opportunities, PopQuiz aims to gauge high school students' understanding in population, health and environment (PHE) issues.
In addressing PHE, POPCOM Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III A. reiterated that young people should have a better perspective on how these issues are interconnected, how population dynamics affect the environment and how environmental change affects human's health. 17 The Sustainable Development Goals highlights several issues related to population development which greatly affect young people. "The National PopQuiz is an advocacy tool to heighten awareness of POPCOM among the Filipino youth to the mainstream population as a key factor for national development," he stressed.
According to the 2014 data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, more than one fourth of the Philippine population is living below the poverty threshold; undersirable with families living under conditions endangering the safety, health, wellbeing and future of their children. These families are mostly big families with more than three (3) children to support and with very little if not zero income to sustain their everyday lives. Data show that the bigger the family, the more likely it is to be poor and branch out several consequences of this dire situation. Children can not go to school. When children can not go to school, they remain ignorant of the many changes happening around them, especially in their bodies. With this lack of education, young people engage themselves in curiously different risky affairs and vices such as early sexual encounters; the latter being the most prevalent among adolescents below 18 years old. This situation is the cause of many other pressing issues among young people today.
POPCOM, in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), urges the implementation of programs, projects and activities that will strongly uphold the promotion of Responsible Parenthood and Adolescent Health and Youth Development. DepEd's annual National Festival of Talents which includes the National PopQuiz is an innovative way to reach young people and involve them in the advocacy while showcasing their skills and talents.
A total of 1,789 students from public and private high schools nationwide will complete in this year's NFOT n the following fields:
a. Technolympics
b. Performing arts
c. PopQuiz
d. Barisan National Intelligence
e. Fofeign Language Skills Showcase
POPCOM Executive Director Dr. Juan Antonio Perez III A. believes that education is the key to break the transmission of poverty from one generation to the next.
Here are the PopQuiz 2016 winners result:
a. First place - NCR Dheniel V. Pontiga,
b. Second place - Negros Island Region (NIR) Ky Denisse Zerna,
c. Third place - Region IX Arrabon L. Toribio
Prizes: Plaques and Cash: P10,000 for first; P7,000.00 for second and P5,000.00.
By: Gemma Roda
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