The Kabataang Barangay (KB), created during the presidency of President Ferdinand

E. Marcos, served as the precursor of the Katipunan ng Kabataan. The Kabataang

Barangay or KB as it was known, was a government-sanctioned organization meant to
encourage youths in rural areas to participate in the mainstream of governance.
The KB was created to counter the growing influence of the Kabataang Makabayan - a
left-leaning youth organization that was fighting the government during Marcos era,
and the increasing number of youths activists going underground.
It was abolished years after President Corazon C. Aquino assumed as president of the
Philippines. In lieu of the Kabataang Barangay, the Katipunan ng Kabataan was
established under Republic Act 7160, also known as the Local Government Code of
1991.
Instead of the Katipunan ng Kabataan to be well known, it is the Sangguniang
Kabataan that is known to the Filipino youths in every villages in the Philippines today.
Today, the existence of the Katipunan ng Kabataan is almost unrecognized even
among members of the Sangguniang Kabataan.

SK Elections
Except in 1992 and 1996 elections, Sangguniang Kabataan elections have been
synchronized with the Barangay election starting in 2002, and in 2007. The term limit
for Sangguniang Kabataan officials is usually three years but since the first election,
there have been extension of terms ranging from one to two years more in office.

First election: December 2, 1992 Philippine Sangguniang Kabataan election,

1992

Second election: May 6, 1996 Philippine Sangguniang Kabataan election,

1996

Third election: July 15, 2002 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan
elections, 2002

Fourth election: October 29, 2007 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang

Kabataan elections, 2007

SK Federations

Municipal SK Federation

The Municipal SK Federation is composed of the barangays belonging to a particular

municipality or town. It is a representative federation since only the Barangay SK
Chairman sits as member of the federation not the entire officership of the
Sangguniang Kabataan in the barangay.

City SK Federation

The City SK Federation is composed of the barangays belonging to a particular city. It

has the same set-up or structure with the municipal federation.

Provincial SK Federation

The Provincial SK Federation is a federation of all municipal and component city

federations. The representation is thru the presidents of the municipal and component
city federations.

National SK Federation

The Sangguniang Kabataan National Federation (SKNF) is a federation of highly

urbanized cities, independent component cities and provincial federations of
Sangguniang Kabataan. It is the central federation and the highest administrative body
of the Sangguniang Kabataan. The SKNF is aided by the National Executive Board
(NEB) which is composed of the officers of the SKNF. The NEB is the policymaking
body of the SKNF while the SKNF President serves as the Chief Administrator of the
Federation.
The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) (Youth Council) is the governing body in every
chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan (Youth Federation). Each barangay in the
Philippines is mandated by law to have its own chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan
in which the members elect their officers called as the Sangguniang Kabataan. The
Sangguniang Kabataan is an off-shoot of * the KB or the Kabataang Barangay (Village
Youth) which was abolished when the Local Government Code of 1991 was enacted.
The Sangguniang Kabataan is the youth legislature in every local village or community.
It also initiates policies, programs and projects for the development of youth in their
respective political territories. The Chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan acts as the
Chief Executive of the Sanggunian (Council) while the Kagawad (Councilor) as the
legislative council. The Kagawads approve resolutions of the Sanggunian and
appropriates the money allotted to the council, a share in the revenue of the Barangay.
The Chairman automatically sits in the Sangguniang Barangay (Village Council) as exofficio member. He automatically gets chairmanship of the Committee on Youth and
Sports, one of the standing committees in the village council. Every Sangguniang
Kabataan is then federated into municipal and city federations, then city and municipal
federations are federated into a provincial federation.
The barangay SK Chairman represents the barangay in the municipal or city
federation. The presidents of the city and municipal federation presidents becomes
member of the provincial federation and the provincial federation president. The
presidents of highly urbanized and independent component cities composed the
membership in the national federation and elect the national federation president who
automatically sits in the National Youth Commission as ex-officio member of the
commission.

Except national federation, each level of the federation form municipal, city to provincial
is governed by the Local Executive Committee composed mostly of the seven regularly
elected officers of the federation. Since 1992, there have been three simultaneous
nationwide SK elections held in the Philippines which each term lasting from three to
five years due to amendment of the regular 3-year term of the council. After every
election, association officers are chosen. The elected presidents of the municipal
associations sit as ex-officio members of the municipal councils, while the provincial
president sits on the provincial board. All of these ex-officio members automatically
chair the respective councils' committees on youth and sports development.
Hon. Jane Censoria Cajes from Bohol was elected SK National President in an election
in Feb. 2008. She is the first woman president of SK and the first who run unopposed.
SK Congress 2008 is to be held in Cebu City on October 28-30, 2008.