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Alternative Learning System
Incentive Program
“Improving the Current ALS Program of the
Eleven Hinterland Barangays in the 1st District of
Cagayan de Oro City.”
By:
Roderico Y. Dumaug, Jr.
Asmia Mira-ato
Gemma Pajayon
Jay Lovette Torejas
Jim Ibanez
A Presentation for PA 206 - P.P.B.S. under
Professor Neogen M. Chaves
Introduction
The Alternative Learning System or ALS is a parallel learning system that provides a viable alternative to the existing formal education instruction (Guerrero,
2007, p. 2). It is a program by the Department of Education (DepEd), through its
Bureau of Alternative Learning System that helps disabled people, cultural minority members, out-of-school youth, former inmates and/or rebels, industry-based workers, and others who cannot afford or missed the opportunity to go through formal elementary and secondary schooling.
It was first called Non-Formal Education when it began in 1984. Its main focus back then was to help its students acquire technical skills that they can use for livelihood. Its focus diversified after its name was changed into Alternative Learning
System in 2004. It now includes literacy classes that are aimed at eventually offering elementary and high school diplomas to students who have the same above-mentioned backgrounds. Legal Foundations
The source of the ALS educational system can be traced to the basic and fundamental law of the land. The 1987 Philippine Constitution provides for a free and compulsory elementary education and free secondary education through DepEd. Also, the Governance of the Basic Education Act of 2001, which is also known as Republic Act
No. 9155, dictates that it is the primordial duty of the State, through DepEd to promote and protect the right of the citizens to quality education and shall initiate steps to ensure the accessibility of education to all. Among many of its provisions, this law recognizes
ALS as a “complement of formal education and a major component of basic education with a
Incentive Program
“Improving the Current ALS Program of the
Eleven Hinterland Barangays in the 1st District of
Cagayan de Oro City.”
By:
Roderico Y. Dumaug, Jr.
Asmia Mira-ato
Gemma Pajayon
Jay Lovette Torejas
Jim Ibanez
A Presentation for PA 206 - P.P.B.S. under
Professor Neogen M. Chaves
Introduction
The Alternative Learning System or ALS is a parallel learning system that provides a viable alternative to the existing formal education instruction (Guerrero,
2007, p. 2). It is a program by the Department of Education (DepEd), through its
Bureau of Alternative Learning System that helps disabled people, cultural minority members, out-of-school youth, former inmates and/or rebels, industry-based workers, and others who cannot afford or missed the opportunity to go through formal elementary and secondary schooling.
It was first called Non-Formal Education when it began in 1984. Its main focus back then was to help its students acquire technical skills that they can use for livelihood. Its focus diversified after its name was changed into Alternative Learning
System in 2004. It now includes literacy classes that are aimed at eventually offering elementary and high school diplomas to students who have the same above-mentioned backgrounds. Legal Foundations
The source of the ALS educational system can be traced to the basic and fundamental law of the land. The 1987 Philippine Constitution provides for a free and compulsory elementary education and free secondary education through DepEd. Also, the Governance of the Basic Education Act of 2001, which is also known as Republic Act
No. 9155, dictates that it is the primordial duty of the State, through DepEd to promote and protect the right of the citizens to quality education and shall initiate steps to ensure the accessibility of education to all. Among many of its provisions, this law recognizes
ALS as a “complement of formal education and a major component of basic education with a