1,800 students from 17 regions attend LearnCon PH 2023

Around 1,800 learners representing the country’s 17 regions converge in Marikina City for the Learners’ Convergence Philippines 2023 set to open on Sunday, July 30, at the Marikina City Convention Center.

Performers from Infant Jesus Academy rehearse on Saturday, July 29, ahead of the July 30 opening program of the Learners’ Convergence Philippines 2023 at the Marikina Convention Center in Marikina City. Around 1,800 student leaders from all over the country will take part in the event that will culminate on Thursday, August 3. PHOTO BY FREDERICK NASIAD 

Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro, Department of Education NCR regional director Wilfredo Cabral and Marikina City Schools Division Office (SDO) superintendent Ma. Evalou Concepcion Agustin will spearhead the grand welcome and opening ceremony on Sunday where DepEd Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte has been invited as guest speaker.

Organized by DepEd, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Operations (OASOPS)-Bureau of Learner Support Services-Youth Formation Division (BLSS-YFD), and hosted by the SDO and City Government of Marikina this year, the five-day event gathers high school learners and youth leaders with diverse backgrounds representing the 228 SDOs from the 17 regions of the country.

The theme for this year’s LearnCon PH, also held in cooperation with the Schools Health Division (SHD), School Sports Division (SSD), Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DRRMS), and Learners’ Rights and Protection Office (LRPO), is “SaMakabata: Sentro ng Karunungan, Huwaran ng Kagalingan.”

The regional delegations have been sorted out and assigned to the six host schools: St. Scholastica’s Academy-Marikina, Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College, Marist School, Infant Jesus Academy, Ingenium School, and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina.

The student leaders will attend various symposiums, workshops, discussions, and learning sessions throughout the event.