Planning of LCC Activities for the utilization of funds for the 2020 National Literacy Conference and Awards (NLCA) which was cancelled due the COVID-19 pandemic became the main agendum during the first-ever virtual Technical Working Group (TWG) Meeting via Microsoft Teams held on April 28, 2020. This is amid the Luzon-wide Lockdown as recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and approved by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Dr. Heidi B. Macahilig of the Philippine Normal University (PNU) presided over the virtual meeting aimed at approving the LCC Secretariat’s proposed activities for 2020 Current Funds which were narrowed down into four (4) key result areas (KRAs) Advocacy, Social Mobilization and Networking; Policy Formulation and Research; Knowledge Management; and Capacity Building, including other possible procurement programs. The Council’s contribution to DepEd’s Learning Continuity Plan was also presented for discussion, seeking the participation of the Council member agencies to support the Secretariat in the coordination and implementation of the plan. These proposed activities are in lieu of the cancelled implementation of the 2020 NLCA, as ratified during the recently conducted 141st Council Meeting.
The videoconference was participated in by Mr. Nemesio O. Malatamban III of the House of Representatives; Mr. Zaldy I. Masangkay of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG); Ms. Melinda T. Quiñones of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA); Ms. May R. Cinco of the Education Network (E-Net) Philippines; Mr. Edicio dela Torre of the Education for Life Federation; Ms. Aurea Jean A. Abad of the NLA Board of Judges, and the LCC Secretariat head and staff.
