TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 6 (PIA) — The technical working group of Regional Population Executive Board has planned several activities to celebrate the Population and Development or PopDev week in November this year.

Theresa C. Soriano, information officer of POPCOM, said among the activities are battle of the band and on-the spot poster-making contest based on this year’s theme, “Pag-aaral ay para sa hinaharap, huwag ipagpalit sa sandaling sarap.”

The battle of the band is open to secondary students from private and public schools in this city. The contestants will perform their own composition and winners will be judged based on originality and relevance to the theme.

On the other hand, the poster-making contest is open to all high school students regionwide. The division winners will be representing their respective provinces in the regional contest.

The guidelines of the two contests will be sent to the participating schools as soon as the board finalizes it.

Soriano, said these activities aim to create awareness among the youth on adolescent reproductive health concerns and to promote responsible sexuality.