UCSP Reviewer The barangay shall allocate 10% of the general fund to
SK and it must be disbursed solely for youth
SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN REFORM ACT
OF 2015
enactment of Republic Act No. 10742 or the
“Sangguniang Kabataan (SK Reform Act of 2015)” is
branded as a progressive policy towards engaging the
youth to participate in good governance. The SK
Reform Act is a recognition by the State of the youth’s
invaluable role in nation-building.
sought to promote and protect the youth’s physical,
moral, spiritual, intellectual and social wellbeing and
impress on them the values of patriotism, nationalism
and other desirable nationalistic values and encourage
their involvement in public and civic affairs to prepare
them for good governance and leadership
Katipunan ng Kabataan: is the highest policy-making
body which decides matters affecting the youth in the
barangay. The same is considered to be the electorate
of the Sangguniang Kabataan.
Child Youth-15 yrs old to 17 yrs old
Core Youth- 18 yrs old to 24 yrs old
(eligible to run in the Sangguniang Kabataan)
Adult Youth- 25 yrs old to 30 yrs old
AGE SCOPE EXPANSION
Candidates for SK shall be 18 to 24 years on the day
of elections SK Officials are now allowed to sign
contracts, thus, they are expected to be more
responsible in the utilization of their funds.
Anti Political Dynasty Provision
The SK Reform Bill is the first of its kind that includes
an anti-political dynasty provision
Relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity
and affinity of incumbent elected officials are not
allowed to run in SK positions
The LYDC is convened in every province, city and
municipality and is known as Provincial Youth
Development Council (PYDC), City Youth
Development Council (CYDC) and Municipal Youth
Development Council (MYDC).
The LYDC shall be composed of representatives of
youth organizations in the LGU
It shall assist the planning and execution of projects
and programs of SK
development
SK’s budget shall be deposited in the name of SK in a
government owned bank.
Bank account signatories; SK chairperson and SK
treasurer
IMPOSITIONS OF MANDATORY AND CONTINUING
TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR SK OFFICIALS
SK and LYDC officials must attend training programs
under NYC, In coordination with DILG, LGA, NCPAG,
and DAP
SK Officials must undergo mandatory training
programs before he or she can assume office
SK and LYDC shall lead the observance of the “Linggo
ng Kabataan” to be held consequent with the
International Youth Day every August
PROVIDING MONTHLY HONORARIUM TO THE
SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN MEMBERS
INCLUDING THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN
TREASURER AND SECRETARY
The Sangguniang Kabataan members, including the
Sangguniang Kabataan treasurer and secretary shall
receive a monthly honorarium.
The monthly honorarium will be granted at the end of
every regular monthly SK meeting.
The honorarium, based on RA 11768, will not exceed
the monthly compensation received by the SK
chairperson.
Not more than 25 percent of the Sangguniang
Kabataan funds shall be allocated for personal
services.
Section 30 of Republic Act No. 10742, the)
Sanggunian Kabataan Reform Act of 2015 mandates
the observance of Linggo ng Kabataan in very
barangay, municipality, city and province on the week
where the 12th of August falls to coincide with the
International Youth Day (IYD
Be exempt from taking any of the components of the
National Service Training Program (NSTP);
Be excused from attending their regular classes, if they
are currently enrolled in any school, while attending
their regular or special Sangguniang Kabataan
meetings, and the Sangguniang Barangay sessions, in
the case of the Sangguniang Kabataan chairperson.
Be provided by the National Government with the
Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) coverage;

Magna carta for disabled persons
republic act no. 9442, an act amending republic act
no. 7277>
Republic Act No. 9442, an Act Amending Republic
Act No. 7277, Otherwise known as the Magna Carta
for Disabled Persons, and For Other Purposes’
Granting Additional Privileges and Incentives and
Prohibitions on Verbal, Non-verbal Ridicule and
Vilification Against Persons with disability.
This law was signed and approved by President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 30, 2007 .
Objective: to provide persons with disabilities (PWDs),
the opportunity to participate fully into the
mainstream of society.
 the opportunity to participate fully into the
mainstream of society by granting them at
least twenty percent (20%) discount in all
basic services.
20% discount is applied to:
Discounts from lodging establishments.
Restaurants.
Recreation Centers.
Purchases of Medicines and Foods for Special Medical
Purposes.
Medical and Dental Services, Diagnostic and
Laboratory Fees and Professional Fees for Attending
Doctors.
Domestic Air and Sea Travel
Land Transportation Travel
Funeral and Burial Services for the Death of a Person
with disability
Educational Privileges - Educational assistance to
persons with disability, for them to pursue primary,
secondary, tertiary, post tertiary, as well as vocational
or technical education in both public and private
schools through the provision of scholarships, grants,
financial aids, subsidies and other incentives to
qualified persons with disability, including support for
books, learning materials, and uniform allowance, to
the extent feasible:
 PROHIBITIONS ON VERBAL, NON-VERBAL
RIDICULE AND VILIFICATION AGAINST
PERSONS WITH DISABILITY.
o Section 7. Chapter 1. Deliverance
from Public Ridicule    For purposes
of this Chapter, public ridicule shall be
defined as an act of making fun or
contemptuous imitating or making
mockery of persons with disability
whether in writing, or in words, or in
action due to their impairment/s. 
o Section 8. Chapter 2. Deliverance
from Vilification    For purposes of
this Chapter, vilification shall be
defined as: The utterance of
slanderous and abusive statements
against a person with disability such
as but not limited to: (1) calling a
person by his disability in public which
results to humiliation; (2) using the
disability of a person as an example in
a manner that is embarrassing and
humiliating to the dignity of persons
with disability.
Magna Carta of Women
(Republic Act No. 9710)
The Magna Carta of Women (MCW) is a
comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks
to eliminate discrimination through the recognition,
protection, fulfillment, and promotion of the rights of
Filipino women, especially those belonging in the
marginalized sectors of the society. It conveys a
framework of rights for women based directly on
international law.
It is basically stated here all the rights of the women.
Protecting the right of the women.
August 14, 2009 – President Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo signed into law Republic Act No. 9710
Increasing the number of women in third level
positions in government to achieve a fifty-fifty (50-50)
gender balance within the next five years while the
composition of women in all levels of development
planning and program implementation will be at least
40 percent;
 Special Leave Benefits for Women
A. Any female employee in the public
and private sector regardless of age
and civil status shall be entitled to a
special leave of two (2) months with
full pay based on her gross monthly
compensation subject to existing laws,
rules and regulations due to surgery
caused by gynecological disorders
under such terms and conditions:
B. 105-day Expanded Maternity Leave
(RA 11210 or EML) provides the
updated policy on maternity leave that
cover females who are workers in the
 public and private sectors, workers in
the informal economy, voluntary
contributors to the Social Security
System (SSS) and national athletes.
C. The one who can benefit from this law
is those who gave birth or had
miscarriage or emergency termination
of pregnancy.
 Equal Access and Elimination of
Discrimination in Education, Scholarships,
and Training. – (a) The State shall ensure
that gender stereotypes and images in
educational materials and curricula are
adequately and appropriately revised. Gender-
sensitive language shall be used at all times.
Capacity-building on gender and development
(GAD), peace and human rights, education for
teachers, and all those involved in the
education sector shall be pursued toward this
end. Partnerships between and among players
of the education sector, including the private
sector, churches, and faith groups shall be
encouraged. (b) Enrollment of women in
nontraditional skills training in vocational and
tertiary levels shall be encouraged. (c)
Expulsion and non-readmission of women
faculty due to pregnancy outside of marriage
shall be outlawed. No school shall turn out or
refuse admission to a female student solely on
the account of her having contracted
pregnancy outside of marriage during her term
in school.
 A. The dignity of women and their roles and
contributions in all spheres of private and
public life shall be promoted. The portrayal of
women in a discriminatory, demeaning and/or
derogatory manner in advertisements, shows
and programs is not allowed. It shall not
induce, encourage and/or condone violence
against women in any form and/or the violation
of their human rights. The PCW, in
coordination with concerned agencies and
media organizations, shall formulate media
guidelines to protect women against
discrimination in media and film.
COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM
PROGRAM (CARP)
It is a social justice and poverty alleviation program
that is based on the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Law (Republic Act no. 6657).
It is the redistribution of public and private agricultural
lands to farmers and farmworkers who are landless,
irrespective of tenurial arrangement.
It seeks to solve the centuries-old problem of
landlessness in rural areas, provide landowners
equality in terms of income and opportunities, and
provide employment to more agricultural workers.
It was outlined by former President Corazon C. Aquino
through Presidential Proclamation 131 and Executive
Order 229 on June 22, 1987, and it was enacted by
the 8th Congress of the Philippines and signed by
Aquino on June 10, 1988.
The main beneficiaries of this program are the
following:
• Landless Farmers
• Farmworkers
• Regular Farmworkers
• Seasonal Farmworkers
The following lands are covered by the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program:
All alienable and disposable lands of the public domain
devoted to or suitable for agriculture.
All lands of the public domain in excess of the specific
limits as determined by Congress.
All other lands owned by the Government devoted to
or suitable for agriculture.
All private lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture
regardless of the agricultural products raised or that
can be raised thereon.
EXEMPTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
The lands that are used exclusively for the following
are exempted from the coverage of this program:
Parks Wildlife Forest Reserves
Reforestation Fish Sanctuaries and Breeding
Grounds
Watersheds Mangroves National Defense
School Sites and Campuses
Seeds and Seedlings Research and Pilot Production
Centers
Church Sites Mosque Sites and Islamic Centers
Communal Burial Grounds and Cemeteries
Penal Colonies and Penal Farms
Government and Private Research and Quarantine
Centers
 • Indigenous Concept of Ownership

• Composition of Ancestral Lands/Domains 

RETENTION LIMITS • Rights to Ancestral Domains

The tenant shall have the option to choose whether to • Rights to Ancestral Lands
remain therein or be a beneficiary in the same or
another agricultural land with similar or comparable RIGHTS TO ANCESTRAL DOMAINS
features. In case the tenant chooses to remain in the
• Responsibilities of ICCs/IPs to their Ancestral
retained area, he shall be considered a leaseholder
Domains
and shall lose his right to be a beneficiary under this
Act. If  to be a beneficiary in another agricultural land, • Unauthorized and Unlawful Intrusion
he loses his right as a leaseholder to the land retained
by the landowner. The tenant must exercise this option • Recognition of Ancestral Domain Rights
within a period of one (1) year until the landowner
manifests his choice of the area for retention. • Option to Secure Certificate of Title Under
Commonwealth Act 141
Upon the effectivity of this Act, any sale, disposition,
lease, management, contract or transfer of possession RIGHT TO SELF-GOVERNANCE AND
of private lands executed by the original landowner in EMPOWERMENT
violation of this Act shall be null and void.
• Self-Governance
Those executed prior to this Act shall be valid only
• Support for Autonomous Regions
when registered with the Register of Deeds within a
period of three (3) months after the effectivity of this • Justice System, Conflict Resolution
Act. Institutions, and Peace Building Processes
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT (IPRA) • Right to Participate in Decision-Making
It is a Philippine law that recognizes and promotes • Right to Determine and Decide Priorities for
the rights of indigenous cultural communities and Development
indigenous peoples in the Philippines.
RIGHT TO SELF-GOVERNANCE AND
An Act to recognize, protect and promote the rights of EMPOWERMENT
Indigenous Cultural Communities or Indigenous
Peoples, creating a National Commission on • Tribal Barangays
Indigenous Peoples, establishing implementing
mechanisms, appropriating funds therefor, and for • Role of Peoples Organizations
other purposes.
• Means for Development/Empowerment of
It was signed by our former President Fidel Ramos in ICCs/IPs
1997, making it the first comprehensive bill to
RIGHTS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN
recognize the rights of the country’s indigenous
RIGHTS
people.
• Equal Protection and Non-discrimination of
FOUR BUNDLE OF RIGHTS
ICCs/Ips
• RIGHT TO ANCESTRAL DOMAINS AND
• Rights During Armed Conflict
LANDS
• Freedom from Discrimination and Right to
• RIGHT TO SELF-GOVERNANCE AND
Equal Opportunity and Treatment
EMPOWERMENT
• Unlawful Acts Pertaining to Employment
• RIGHT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN
RIGHTS RIGHTS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN
RIGHTS
• RIGHT TO CULTURAL INTEGRITY
• Basic Services
Right to Ancestral Domain
• Women
• Concept of Ancestral Lands/Domains
 • Children and Youth
• Integrated System of Education
RIGHTS TO CULTURAL INTEGRITY
• Protection of Indigenous Culture, Traditions
and Institutions
• Educational Systems
• Recognition of Cultural Diversity
• Community Intellectual Rights
• Rights to Religious, Cultural Sites and
Ceremonies
RIGHTS TO CULTURAL INTEGRITY
• Right to Indigenous Knowledge Systems and
Practices and to Develop own Sciences and
Technologies
• Access to Biological and Genetic Resources
• Sustainable Agro-Technical Development
• Funds for Archeological and Historical Sites
Conditional Cash Transfer Program
Locally known as Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program,
or 4Ps, is a government program that provides
conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor in
the Philippines.
2 Objectives of 4ps
Social Assistance
Social Development
There are three steps in identifying the beneficiaries
● Provinces were selected using the following
criteria: a) 20 poorest provinces based on the 2006
Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES); b)
Poorest provinces in six regions without a province
in the list of the 20 poorest provinces; c) Five cities
in the NCR, two in the Visayas, two in Mindanao
and one in the Cordillera.
In order to receive the abovementioned subsidies, all
the succeeding conditions must be met by the
household-beneficiaries:
● Pregnant women must avail pre- and post-natal
care, and be attended during childbirth by a
trained professional;
● Parents or guardians must attend the family
development sessions, which include topics on
responsible parenting, health, and nutrition;
● Children aged 0-5 must receive regular preventive
health check-ups and vaccines;
● Children aged 6-14 must receive deworming pills
twice a year; and
● Children-beneficiaries aged 3-18 must enroll in
school, and maintain an attendance of at least 85%
of class days every month.
Universal Access to Tertiary Education
Republic Act (RA) No. 10931, otherwise known as
the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act is
“an act promoting universal access to quality tertiary
education by providing free tuition and other school fees in
State Universities and Colleges, Local Universities and
Colleges, and State-Run Technical-Vocational Institutions,
establishing the Tertiary Education Subsidy and Student
Loan Program, strengthening the Unified Student Financial
Assistance System for Tertiary Education, and appropriating
fund therefore,” as stated in the title of the Law.
The Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary
Education or UniFAST is the government agency in charge
of implementing the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary
Education Act (RA 10931)
The UniFAST was created in 2015 by virtue of RA 10687 as a
system to unify existing government student financial
assistance programs for Tertiary Education in the
Philippines
The UniFAST will ensure that deserving Filipinos are given
equitable access to educational opportunities.
Starting AY 2018-2019, tuition and other school fees in
SUCs and CHED-recognized LUCs is free.
As outlined in the implementing rules and regulations (IRR)
of RA 10931, a total of 13 standard miscellaneous fees (and
their synonyms) have been identified
Students should maintain good academic standing and
should fulfill the return service requirements set by the
SUCs and CHED-recognized LUCs. The return service
requirements should be met within the prescribed period
of completing the degree program.
● Free Higher Education is not a Student Financial
Assitance Program (StuFAP). It is given to all
students of eligible providers. Therefore, as a
general rule, students can benefit from both Free
 Higher Education and existing StuFAPs that are
merit-based. (Section 46. IRR of RA 10931)

● Aside from the tuition and other school fees, the

learners shall be given allowances to support their
training expenses i.e. living allowance,
instructional materials allowance, national
competency assessment fee, starter tool kits.

● Starting AY 2018-2019, all Filipino learners

enrolled in their first National Certificate (NC) I or II
in any public Technical-Vocational Institution (TVI)
registered with the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA), shall be able to
avail of Free TVET. Corresponding living allowances
shall also be given to learners, subject to certain
conditions set by TESDA.

● Once TESDA implements bundled, diploma or

longer-term programs, NC III, IV and V courses
shall also be free.