š¯—¦chool of living tradition for Baguio students ok’d
>> Sunday, March 6, 2022
BAGUIO CITY -- The city council has approved on third and
final reading an ordinance to provide an avenue for students in all public
and private learning institutions to study cultural practices of the Cordillera
indigenous peoples including their history, chants, dances, and way of life.
Authored by Councilor Arthur Allad-iw, the ordinance aims to re-inculcate the indigenous cultural heritage to students in the different schools in the city.
The establishment of the SLT program shall provide an opportunity for students in public and private educational institutions in the city to experience first-hand the cultural heritage of the Cordilleran IPs by bringing them close to the IP community.
Under the SLT program, the students shall study cultural practices except ritual-related activities, materials and instruments used during death rituals, and sickness and pandemic which are exclusively for the exercise of elders, bearers, and practitioners.
The ordinance emphasizes that the conduct of any activity under the SLT shall be consulted first to the elders, practitioners, or villagers to avoid misrepresentation or any other forms of negligence.
Approval from the IP community shall be sought first by the students or their advisers in cases of sensitive cultural practices or those enumerated by law needing the consent of the concerned indigenous groups as mandated by Republic Act 8371 otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997 and other issuances on the matter by the concerned agency.
Authored by Councilor Arthur Allad-iw, the ordinance aims to re-inculcate the indigenous cultural heritage to students in the different schools in the city.
The establishment of the SLT program shall provide an opportunity for students in public and private educational institutions in the city to experience first-hand the cultural heritage of the Cordilleran IPs by bringing them close to the IP community.
Under the SLT program, the students shall study cultural practices except ritual-related activities, materials and instruments used during death rituals, and sickness and pandemic which are exclusively for the exercise of elders, bearers, and practitioners.
The ordinance emphasizes that the conduct of any activity under the SLT shall be consulted first to the elders, practitioners, or villagers to avoid misrepresentation or any other forms of negligence.
Approval from the IP community shall be sought first by the students or their advisers in cases of sensitive cultural practices or those enumerated by law needing the consent of the concerned indigenous groups as mandated by Republic Act 8371 otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997 and other issuances on the matter by the concerned agency.
In furtherance of the
SLT, the students, parents, teachers, and school staff in the basic education
shall be encouraged to engage in researches, documentation, and compiling of
appropriate and available learning materials.
A committee shall be
formed in schools to come up, implement, and evaluate plans and programs under
the SLT. Inter-school meetings or seminars may take place where learning
institutions may share studies, researches, and practices that would further
improve the activities and programs of the SLT in their respective schools.
Elders of indigenous groups may be tapped as resource speakers.
The ordinance was signed
by Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Feb. 22. -Jordan G. Habbiling
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