Welcome!
Youth Formation Division (YFD) provides youth-serving units and organizations with responsive, learner-centered, youth-oriented policies, standards, guidelines, programs, and projects to contribute to the holistic development of learners who are values-driven, career-oriented, culturally-rooted and socially responsible citizens.
The goal of YFD is to empower Filipino children and youth who are responsible, hardworking, enterprising, persevering, value-driven, and culturally – rooted equipped with world-class skills and imbued with values such as Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa.
The Division of General Trias City joins the nation in building future generations embodied with the four core values of the Department. We build the Generals of the Generation!
Programs Under Youth Formation
Student Government Program (SGP)
The program is composed of the Supreme Pupil Government (SPG) and Supreme Student Government (SSG) for elementary and secondary schools, respectively. The SGP is the foremost student organization in the country for elementary and secondary schools. Primarily, the SGP oversee, supervise, monitor, and ensure the implementation of all youth-related initiatives at the school level. Today, the SGP ensures the effective and efficient implementation of the following major programs of the Youth Formation: (1) GPP; (2) SIGA; (3) YES-O; (4) BKD.
Youth For Environment in Schools - Organization
(YES-O)
The YES-O is the only recognized co-curricular environmental club or organization in the schools and consolidates all other environmental and/or ecology club or organizations in school with main and primary programs projects for the environment or ecology.
Gulayan sa Paaralan Program (GPP)
The program was established through DepEd Memorandum No. 293, s. 2007 and was further strengthened through the issuance of DepEd Memorandum No. 223, s. 2016 and DepEd Memorandum 095, s. 2018. This program aims to address malnutrition, and to promote vegetable production and consumption among school children
School Inside A Garden (SIGA)
The program focuses on establishing schools inside gardens featuring mostly indigenous and endemic trees and flowering plants - making schools nationwide green and colorful.
Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD)
The BKD is a support program of the department to the Dangerous Drug Board Regulation No. 5 Series of 2007, on the institutionalization of Barkada Kontra Droga which was designed as a preventive education and information program to counter the dangers and disastrous effects of drug abuse.
Message from the Youth Formation Coordinator
JOFIT P. DAYOC
Youth Formation Coordinator"As one of the newest schools division in the region, SDO General Trias City aims to commit itself to advocate youth empowerment, growth, and development through different programs, projects, and activities anchored to the DepEd Four Core Values: Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa.
We can only achieve this through strong collaboration, partnership, and proactive leadership of the different school-based organizations and even the federations at the division level.
Moreover, YFD believes in inclusivity, where no learners left behind regardless of his/ her gender, race, color, religion, and status in the society. As we move forward and create new sets of leaders, it is our hope that our community, our county, and the world achieved greater prosperity and sustainable growth and development for the future"