DepEd Memorandum 096, s. 2025 - Learners' Convergence Philippines 2025

DepEd Memorandum 096, s. 2025

Learners' Convergence Philippines 2025

 

 

OCT 14 2025

 

DepEd MEMORANDUM

No. 096, s. 2025

 

LEARNERS' CONVERGENCE PHILIPPINES 2025

 

To:      Undersecretaries

Minister, Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, BARMM

Bureau and Service Directors

Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents

Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools Heads

All Others Concerned

 

1. The Department of Education (DepEd), Office of the Undersecretary for Operations (OUOPS), through the Bureau of Leamer Support Services-Youth Formation Division (BLSS-YFD), will conduct the Learners' Convergence Philippines (LeamCon PH) 2025, in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on October 27 to 30, 2025, with the theme "#GalingKabataan: Boses Mo, Bukas Natin!''.

 

2. The LearnCon PH is the largest face-to-face engagement of learners, youth leaders, and education stakeholders representing the 229 School Division Offices (SDO) from 18 regions of the country. This Convergence provides learner participants with the unique opportunity to not only gain insights from esteemed speakers and engaging activities but also to enrich their learning experience through interaction with one another, fostering a deeper understanding of diverse cultures across the country. Specifically, the LearnCon PH 2025 aims to achieve the following objectives:

 

a. Provide learners with career exploration opportunities, industry insights, and guidance on post-secondary pathways and connect learners with professionals, employers, and educational institutions to help them make informed career decisions, align their skills with industry demands, and prepare for future employment or higher education through the National Career Expo Kick-off for School Year 2025-2026.

 

b. Disseminate relevant DepEd issuances, key programs, projects, and opportunities to learners and education stakeholders.

 

c. Facilitate conversations on pressing issues relevant to learners as emerging leaders, fostering active involvement (e.g., bullying, teen pregnancy, job mismatch, etc.).

 

d. Provide learners with a platform to dialogue, share ideas, insights, lessons learned, and best practices in learner-participation.

 

e. Collaborate with diverse sectors to create a network for delivering real, responsive, and impactful change.

 

f. Provide learners with insights into their role in nation-building, offering a safe space for networking in leadership, governance, civic engagement, health and well-being, gender and social inclusion, climate action, environmental protection, agriculture, innovation, entrepreneurship, future readiness, culture, arts, and peace.

 

g. Gather learner inputs for the co-creation of a Regional Learners' 3-year Strategic Action Plan and Resolutionsaligned with the six (6) Thematic Areas of Learner Support that address regional issues and challenges faced by learners through responsive, inclusive, and sustainable solutions.

 

h. Create a learning environment where learners enjoy their right to participate in matters concerning them, with their views being seriously considered.

 

3. This year marks the fourth edition of the Philippine Youth Convergence (PYC), first conducted in 2022, which was rebranded to LearnCon PH in 2023. The upcoming Convergence shall be hosted by the local government unit (LGU) of Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City in collaboration with the DepEd Negros Island Region (NIR).

 

4. The BLSS-YFD shall convene the different Working Committees, which will be composed of members representing various offices in DepEd, LGU, host region, to assist in the implementation of all preparatory activities, event proper, and event evaluation and monitoring.

 

5. The Undersecretaries, Assistant Secretaries, Minister of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Bureau and Service Directors, representatives of invited offices, and members of the Working Committees are invited to attend the said activity.

 

6. The BLSS-YFD shall oversee the overall planning, preparation, implementation, and evaluation of the LearnCon PH 2025, and shall work in close coordination with the Office of the Regional Director, DepEd NIR, and Local Government of Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City, which shall provide the necessary administrative and logistical support and assistance to the activity.

 

7. Participation in the. LearnCon PH 2025 shall he purely voluntary and will not hamper instructional time pursuant to the provisions set in DO 12, s. 2025, "Multi-Year Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities" and DO 9, s. 2005, "Instituting Measures to Increase Engaged Time-on-Task and Ensuring Compliance Therewith."

 

8. Furthermore, the regional and schools division offices shall ensure strict compliance with the existing DepEd guidelines concerning in-person activities as outlined in DO 3, s. 2023 titled An Order Allowing the Conduct of In-person Activities in Schools, and DO 66, s. 2017 titled Implementing Guidelines on the Conduct of Off-Campus Activities. In line with the Department's commitment to prioritizing the best interest of learners in all decisions and actions involving them, and to protecting them against any form of abuse, violence, exploitation, discrimination, and bullying, full adherence to DO 40, s. 2012 titled DepEd Child Protection Policy, and DO 31, s. 2022 titled Child Rights Policy: Adopting the Rights-Based Education Framework in the Philippine Basic Education must be observed.

 

9. For ease of reference, contained in this DepEd Memorandum are the administrative guidelines, pre-registration forms, parental consent and waiver form, confirmation form, and indicative program of activities in the following enclosures:

 

Enclosure No. 1 : Administrative Guidelines,

Enclosure No. 2 : Schools Division Office Pre-Registration Form,

Enclosure No. 3 : Parental Consent and Waiver Form,

Enclosure No. 4 : Regional Confirmation Form,

Enclosure No. 5 : Indicative Program of Activities.

 

10. There shall be no registration fees to be collected and/or charged to all delegates for participating in the LearnCon PH 2025. Expenses for the board and lodging of selected participants and chaperones from the schools division office assigned by the Schools Division Superintendent (SDS) shall be charged to Learner Support Program 2025 Funds. Travel expenses and other incidental expenses of selected participants and PDOs shall be charged to Local Funds, Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE), Local School Board - Special Education Fund (LSB-SEF), and other fund source/ s, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

 

11. Fund support to cover all LearnCon PH 2025 expenses including venues, as well as the board and lodging, transportation, and other expenses of the members of the Working Committees relevant to the actual conduct of the LearnCon PH 2025 shall be downloaded to DepEd NIR for hosting the event charged to the LSP 2025 Funds subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

 

12. Cost of attendance of the members of the Executive Committee and Management Committee, as well as the representatives of the various offices invited to the Learn Con PH 2025, shall be charged to their respective Local Office Funds. 13. All chaperones and technical working group members who will render service on weekends and holidays shall be entitled to avail of service credits, compensatory time-off (CTO), or overtime credits. These may be used for leave purposes and shall remain valid and binding until they are separated or retired from service, subject to the approval of granting authorities. The service credits or CTO are subject to existing rules and regulations of DepEd and shall be approved by their respective Schools Division Offices.

 

14. For questions and clarifications, all concerned may contact the LearnCon PH Secretariat through email at learnconph@deped.gov.ph.

 

15. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired 

 

(SGD) SONNY ANGARA

Secretary

 

 

Encl.:

            As stated

 

Reference:

DepEd Memorandum No. 044, s. 2022, 033, s. 2023, and 029, s. 2024

 

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index

under the following subjects:

 

BUREAUS

OFFICES

OFFICIALS

PROGRAMS

PROJECTS

SCHOOLS

 

A full copy of DepEd Memorandum No. 096, s. 2025 below: