QUEZON CITY, Sept 29 (PIA) – The Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC), chaired by Department of Education (DepEd) aAs it is the policy of the State to “give the highest priority to the adoption of measures for the universalization of literacy” and with the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) as the “overall advisory and coordinating body providing policy and program directions for all literacy endeavors in the country,” RA 10122 provides for an expanded powers and functions of the Council. Among others, “to engage the sevices, expertise and resources including, but not limited to, cooperation, assistance and support of appropriate government agencies or NGOs involved in literacy;” and to “formulate measures on the monitoring and evaluation of the literacy situation in the country, including the establishment and maintenance of a national databank and information exchange and dissemination system to support literacy efforts at the national and local levels.nd in cooperation and coordination with other Government Organizations, Local Government Units, Private Organizations and Non-Government Organizations, will hold the National Literacy Conference on Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2015, at the DepEd ECHOTECH Center, Cebu City. DepEd Secretary Armin A. Luistro, FSC, will give keynote address in the opening program of the conference, which is centered on the theme, “Educational Justice and New Literacies.”

Llikewise, the RA provides for “equal opportunity for duly designated representatives to vote and participate in any deliberation during meetings of the Council” and  the creation of a permanent Secreatriat workforce to support the Counci.

The provisions in the amended law is attuned to the current changes and developments in Philippine society and the world specifically in the area of literacy. It  gives the Council an unfolding and widened opportunity  to actively involve a greater segment of government and civil society in the campaign for the promotion of literacy for all Filipinos.