Senator Panfilo Ping Lacson has renewed the call to make good manners and right conduct (GMRC) a core subject in the Philippine education system from the kindergarten to Grade 3.
Lacson has filed a bill seeking to make GMRC a core subject. In a statement, Lacson said that this is needed to lessen the impact of technology and social media to the attitude of young people.
“In order to create a balance, it is necessary for our educational system to aid the Filipino family in imparting good manners and right conduct to our young students by its inclusion in the curriculum at the beginning of their school years,” Lacson explained.
Senate Bill 1185 or the “Good Manners and Right Conduct Act of 2019” is similar to the bill filed by senators Win Gatchalian and Joel Villanueva.
“The GMRC shall inculcate among the students the concepts of human dignity, respect for oneself, and giving oneself to others in the spirit of community, for the effective and holistic development of the decision-making skills of the child,” Lacson said in his bill.
The senator added that GMRC will promote self care, concern for others, respect and discipline.
The bill hopes that the teaching method shall be actual or situational, rather than conceptual.
