The Kabataan Party-list urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to declare a mental health emergency following a DepEd report that a total of 404 youth students nationwide took their own lives while 2,147 others attempted suicide during Year 2021-2022.
The Kabataan Party-list on Thursday urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to declare a mental health emergency following a Department of Education report that a total of 404 youth students nationwide took their own lives while 2,147 others attempted suicide during Academic Year 2021-2022.
“Crunching the data, there had been more than one student who fell victim to suicide per day, while roughly one student attempted to commit suicide every four hours in the past academic year. These are numbers we have never seen before,” said Manuel following DepEd’s statement during a recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Basic Education.
House Bill No. 6574 mandates the hiring and deployment of mental health professionals to public elementary and secondary schools, vocational institutions and offices in the central, regional, and school division governance levels of the DepEd within five years.
Under the bill, DepEd will also provide for sufficient resources for mental health programs and projects designed to maintain and address the mental health and well being of learners and personnel.
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