refers to a cohesive and consolidated framework and lens to guide the DepEd and other stakeholders in education, as duty-bearers, to educate and nurture happy, well-rounded, and smart children enjoying their rights in schools, learning centers, and other learning environments served by a learner-centered and rights-upholding Department of Education. The framework recognizes that children are rights-holders with the indispensable, interrelated, and interdependent right to access education, right to quality education, and right to respect and well-being in the learning environment, and adults are duty-bearers with the legal obligation to uphold those rights.