Bureau of Alternative learning

System Set-up

Presented by: Group I

Reah Ann Cordero
Leo Brian Maranan
Ruth Masloc
Joseph Dongel
Ryan Esplana

IV-14 BSE Social Science

Presented to:
Dr. Robert Salvador
Professor
Overview
 BNFE renamed to Bureau of
Alternative Learning System

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

renamed the Education department’s
Bureau of Non-formal Education
(BNFE) to Bureau of Alternative
Learning System (BALS) through
Executive Order 356 dated September
13, 2004.
FUN CTI ONS:
– Coordinate with various agencies for skills
development to enhance and ensure continuing
employability, efficiency, productivity, and
competitiveness in the labor market;
– Ensure the expansion of access to educational
opportunities for citizens of different interests,
capabilities demographic characteristics and socio-
economic origins and status; and
– Promote certification and accreditation of alternative
learning programs both formal and informal in
nature for basic education
– Address the learning needs of the marginalized
groups of the population including the deprived,
depressed and underserved citizens,
Goals
-          to protect and promote the right of all citizen to
quality basic education

-          to promote the right of all citizens to quality basic

education and such education accessible to all by
providing all Filipino children in the elementary level
and free education in the high school level. Such
education shall also include alternative learning
system for out-of school youth and adult learners."
(Section 2 of PA. 9155,  The Governance of Basic
Education Act of 2001).

-          to provide a viable alternative to the existing

formal education instruction, encompassing both the
non-formal and informal sources of knowledge and
skills";
 What EFA says about ALS?
 BALS is mandated to develop a credible
Alternative Learning System.
 Function of Alternative Learning System is
to transform all Non-formal Education/
Informal Education into an alternative
learning system yielding more EFA
benefits.
 The existing Bureau of Alternative
Learning System of the DepEd should be
developed, strengthened and mandated to
serve as the government agency to guide
the evolution of the country’s alternative
learning system.
What we can do for Club ‘86’
Reach the unreached and those at risk.
Continue educating the OSCY any time,
any place and in any way.
Know what the OSCY are learning
outside the school.
Understand why and how they’re learning
outside the school.
Endorse education and training that take
place outside the school.
De fin ition of T erms
These are the important concepts
for which operational definitions
are needed. These definitions are
taken from the Governance Act of
Basic Education (RA 9155).
 Alternative Learning System- is a
parallel learning system that provides
a viable alternative to the existing
formal education instruction. It
encompasses both the nonformal and
informal sources of knowledge and
skills.
 Non-formal Education- is any
organized, systematic educational
activity carried outside the framework
of the formal system to provide
selected types of learning to a
segment of the population.
 Informal Education- is a lifelong process
of learning by which every person acquires
and accumulates knowledge, skills,
attitudes and insights from daily
experiences at home, at work, at play and
from life itself.
 Basic Education- is the education
intended to meet basic learning needs
which lays the foundation on which
subsequent learning can be based. It
encompasses early childhood, elementary
and high school education as well as
alternative learning system for children,
out-of-school youth and adult learners and
includes education for those with special
 ALS TA RGE TS
DepEd Cy 2003-2004
(6-11 yrs. old)
Population 12,280,388
In-school 10,438,329
Out-of-school 1, 842,058

ALS TA RGE TS
DepEd CY 2003-2004
(12-15 [Link])
Population 7,296,824
In-school 3,356,539
Out-of-school 3,940,285
 ALS TARGETS
Priority 1
16-77 yrs. old 10.5 M
Priority 2
6-11 yrs. old 1,842,058
12-15 yrs. old 3, 940,285
5, 182,343
TOTAL 16,282,343
20% of the 82 M Total Philippine Population
(2004)
 DEPED BUDGET = 112 Billion
Personal Services = 90%
MOOE and Capital Outlay =10%
(school Buildings, textbooks, school
furniture’s and equipment)
.068% of DepEd budget is for ALS or 76M

2007 Budget for ALS

DepEd Budget - P 134.7 B
BALS Budget - 230.0 M
% share - 0.17%
2004-2006
DepEd Budget - P 112 B
BALS Budget - 76 M
5 share - .068%
16.9% increase in the budget
 2008 B udg et f or AL S
Field Operations - P 240,420,000.00
MOOE - 54,935.000.00
(support to operations)
Personal Services
13,329,000.00
Capital Outlay 2,000,000.00
Gra nd T ota l
P 310,684,000.00
134.98% increase in the budget
Program Concerns
• Public awareness campaign
• Partnership with private sector and
LGUs
• Use of various technologies
• Upgrading personal and professional
welfare of Mobile Teachers.
• Inclusion in the Teacher Education
Curriculum.
• New programs for different
marginalized learners.
Programs and
Projects
Basic Literacy Program (BLP)
► This program is aimed at eradicating
illiteracy among out-of-school youth
and adults.

Accreditation and Equivalency

Program
► Aimed at providing an alternative
pathway of learning for those who are
literate but have not completed 10
years of Basic Education mandated by
the Philippine Constitution.
Indigenous People Education
• It is a research and development
project which aims to provide basic
education support services to IP
community.

ALIVE in ALS
• Designed for the Muslim migrants to
be able to positively contribute to
peace efforts of our government to
improve Muslim quality of life.
Alternative Learning System for
Differently- Abled Persons
Aims to deliver Basic Literacy
Program to the special, differently-
abled persons.

Adolescent Reproductive Health

A Project for out-of school
adolescents ages 9-24 years old.
Parent Education
• A life skills short-term course that
address the special needs,
interest and responsibilities of
parents to their family and
community

Family Basic Literacy Program

• Upgrade literacy skills and improve
educational opportunities of poor
families
Informal Education for
Disadvantage Children
 This short term educational activity
that addresses the special needs and
interest of street and working children.
DepED delivery mechanism
for ALS Programs:
 DepED Delivered
 ALS Mobile Teachers
 Teachers who live in remote
communities to provide
education for children
 District ALS Coordinator
 Formal school teacher that
conducts sessions for illiterate
adult and children.
DepEd Procured
– Division office enters into a
contract with private groups or
organizations to deliver BLP and
A&E Program.
ALS Service Providers
– Private groups and organizations
who are awarded the funds in
order to deliver BLP and A&E
program to target learners in
the community
 Facilitator
 Responsible for facilitating the
learning session for groups of
learners

 Instructional Manager
 Key person in the A&E program
and also responsible for facilitating
the learning session for groups of
learners.
Non-DepED
 Private groups, LGUs and
organizations that deliver the BLP
and A&E program using their own
funds.
Mobile Teachers and Poverty
Alleviation
 DepED-BALS' Mobile
Teacher Program
 seeks to improve the quality of life in
communities by raising the level of
literacy in target areas. Target areas
for this program are those with high
illiteracy rate, a huge population of
out-of-school youth, and Strong
Republic Schools (SRS) where
learners are displaced due to
insurgency.
 Unlike regular education where
students go to school, mobile teachers
seek out the learners. Learning
sessions, with the aid of learning
materials that are user-friendly and
indigenous, are held in Community
Learning Centers (CLCs) which may
be a barangay hall, church, factory,
reading center, or a house.
 There are 1,381 mobile teachers to
date. These mobile teachers are
deployed to deprived, depressed,
and underserved (DDU) communities
all over the country where literacy is
most wanting. DDU communities are
determined by the mobile teachers
themselves who go from house to
house to determine the number of
non-readers in each household.
 “Our public school teachers are doing
an outstanding job in providing
education for our children despite the
difficulty of accessibility to schools in
some areas. They are virtually
heroes, crossing mountains and
rivers just to provide basic education
to out-of-school youth and adults
who still want to learn.“

- “President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo”

"Our mobile teachers'
contribution to alternative
education is, indeed,
invaluable. They serve as
bridges for the department to
reach out to all kinds of
learners.“

- “DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus”

 Priority List of CLC for ICT
Community Learning Center
Bureau of Alternative Learning System

Region Total # of CLCs

I 20
II 20
III 14
IVA 202
IVB 37
V
VI 20
VII 15
Region Total # of CLCs
VIII 20
IX 24
X 32
XI 20
XII
CARAGA 20
ARMM 39
CAR 25
NCR 14
Total 522
 Statistical Data
on Alternative
Learning System
 # of District ALS Coordinator
# of # of # of full # of Part
Regions Divisions time time
Districts
DALSC DALSC
NCR 14 108 8 40
CAR 7 68 54 29
I 13 155 31 122
II 7 129 93 36
III 17 178 67 108
IV-A 14 178 159 74
IV-B 7 90 90 0
V 13 166 159 0
VI 17 201 25 178
 # of District ALS Coordinator
# of # of # of full # of Part
Regions Divisions time time
Districts
DALSC DALSC
VII 15 174 75 92
VIII 10 196 85 72
IX 8 113 118 0
X 12 136 121 10
XI 9 93 92 0
XII 9 117 119 0
CARAGA 8 104 102 0
ARMM 8 161 0 55
17 188 2,367 1,398 816
 # of Service Providers # of
Regions # of Mobile Communit
BLP A&E y Learning
Teachers
(LSCS) (LSDS) Centers
NCR 54 5 11 29
CAR 73 7 6 69
I 100 6 7 346
II 85 6 6 98
III 83 6 8 100
IV-A 89 6 7 74
IV-B 67 7 5 134
V 94 6 7 108
VI 75 6 11 37
 # of Service Providers # of
Regions # of Mobile Communit
BLP A&E y Learning
Teachers
(LSCS) (LSDS) Centers

VII 115 6 8 349

VIII 132 6 6 1,369
IX 50 7 6 281
X 71 6 8 386
XI 78 7 8 159
XII 98 9 6 197
CARAGA 49 6 7 21
ARMM 68 10 5 -
17 1,381 112 122 3,757
END of Presentation

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