The Dropout

Reduction
Program
(DORP)

What is DORP?
An intervention program to reduce
the high dropout rate and
improve learning outcomes in
public and private schools...
using formal, non-formal and
informal approaches.

Aims to...
facilitate acces of EVERY
Filipino to quality basic
education, which equips him
with basic literacy tools and
content that are essential for his
growth and development as a
person and as a citizen of a
democratic society.

DORP Specific Obectives:

1. reduce, if not totally eliminate school
dropout;
2. increase retention rate;
3. increase significantly the acheivement
level of the Students-at-Risk of Dropping
Out (SARDO);
4. retrieve learners who are out of school;
5. increase the capability of schools to
establish, implement, monitor, evaluate
and continuously improve the DORP;
6. design and continuously improve DORP
practices and learning materials; and
7. benchmark the best DORP pratices.

What are the underlying

assumptions of the DORP?

1. if the continued increase in the rate of

school dropout is not arrested, then the EFA
goal of making every Filipino functionally
literate by 2015 would not be achieved.
2. The increase in dropout rate could be
arrested if the causes of the dropout problem
are properly identified and described and
appropriate intervention programs are
initiated to remove the causes.
3. if the school, the home, the community and
the SARDO are actively involved in planning,
developing, and implementing the DORP,
then DORP would succeed.

4. The likelihood of students leaving school

could be reduced if students' felt needs are
being ssatisfied and learning experiences are
pleasurable.
5. Learning is scafffolding. New knowledge,
skills and attitudes are developed, shaped,
modified or reconstructed on the basis of
previous ones. If student attendance is
irregular and previous lessons are not fully
mastered, then the scaffolding process is
weakened.
6. The full mastery of basic competencies could
be achieved if the instructional process has a
strong remedial component.

7. if the school has a strong and

effective DORP, which is
collaboratively planned and managed
by the school head, teachers, students,
parents, and other key stakeholders,
then the school dropout rate would be
diminished.
8. The school DORP would have higher
probability of success if it is provided
adequate technical and administrative
support by the Division, Regional and
Central offices.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
1. DORP as an intervention should contribute
significantly to the attainment of the School
lmprovement Plan (SlP) objective to reduce
dropout rate and increase retention and
acheivement rates.
2. DORP should not merely keep the SARDO in
school nor prevent them from dropping out; it
should also seek to help them master the
basic learning competencies.
3. Home visit a DORP intervention, whether
scheduled or unscheduled, focused or
unfocused, should be properly planned;
obectives, expected outputs and approaches
should be clear and specific.

4. DORP must educate the SARDO to be independent,

critical and creative problem solvers; hence, the
SARDO should be involved actively in planning,
executing and evaluating intervention programs
intended to address their problem. They must
actively participate not merely as objects but also
as subjects of their own development.
5. DORP should not only prevent students from
dropping out; it should also seek to retrieve those
who have dropped out.
6. DORP has for its clients, learners in disadvantaged
circumstances; as such, the program must not
depend solely on formal or conventional modes of
learning; it should explore alternative modes that
best meet the learning needs of its clients.
7. Being in distressed and disadvantaged situations is
not conducive to the development of a positive selfconcept; hence, DORP should endeavor to build up
the self-confidence and self-reliance of the SARDO.

8. Good decisions are informed decisions; thus,

decisions on the type of intervention
appropriate to an individual should be based
on a careful analysis of adequate, relevant,
accurate and up-to-date information.
9. Teachers should be fully aware that fast
learners who are bored or not challenged by
the mediocrity of the lessons which are
generally attuned to the average learner, an
also be potential if not actual dropouts. DORP,
therefore, in its zeal to focus on the SARDO
must see to it that the bright students, do not
become underserved and disadvantaged.
10. DORP should not only be reactive and
preventive, but should also be proactive to
cover the needs of those who dropped out
and re-enrolled.

LEGAL BASIS
Article XlV of the 1987

Philippine Constitution provides that the state shall:

1. protect and rpomote the right of every citizen

to quality education at all levels and shall
take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible to all;
2. establish,maintain and support a complete,
adequate and integrated system of education
relevant to the needs of the people and
society; and
3. encourage non-formal, informal, and
indigenous systems, as well as self-learning,
independent, and out-of-school study
programs particulary those that respond to
community needs.

The Education Act of 1982

(BP Blg. 232)

"The state shall provide the right of

every individual to relevant quality
education regardless of sex, age,
creed, socio-economic status,
physical and mental condition,
racial or ethnic origin, political
and other affiliation."

Republic Act 9155...

(Governance for Basic Education Act of 2001)

...envisions a curriculum that

shall promote the holistic growth
of Filipino learners and enanble
them to acquire the core
competencies and develop the
proper values. This curriculum
shall be flexible to meet the
learning needs of a diverse
studentry, be relevant to their
immediate environment and social
and cultural need.

United Nations Convention on

Rights of the Child

Article 28 (November 1989)

1. make primary education compulsory and
available free to all;
2. encourage the development of different
forms of secondary education, including
general and vocational education, make them
available and accessible to every child, and
take appropriate measures such as
introducing free education and offering
financial assistance in case of need; and
3. take measures to encourage regular school
attendance and reduce dropout rate.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: DORP

Desired Learner
Division Education
Development Plan

School Improvement Plan

Alternative Learning
System

Regular Class
Program

D
O
R
P

Alternative Delivery
Mode

Open High
School
Program

Effective Alternative
Secondary Education

School Initiated Interventions

Other Interventions

The DORP and the Regular Class Program

The regular class program provides the
major contribution to produce the desired
learner .
The DORP enhances the delivery of the
regular program as it prevents potential
school leavers from leaving.
The DORP also seeks to retrieve those who
are out of school and who want to join the
regular classes.

 DORP supports regular class program

through: the Open High School Program
(OHSP), the Effective Alternative
Secondary Education (EASE), School
Initiated Interventions (Sll) and Other
lnterventions (Ol).

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)

OHSP and EASE are considered ADM
because studentsdo not attend regular
class program.
OHSP has indirect link with regular classes
since it is distance learning
EASE students are temporary leavers of
the regular class program and can re-enter
after the completion of EASE modules.
Sll and Ol are for SARDO who do not
qualify in EASE and OHSP.

DORP and ALS

ALS is a parallel learning that provides a
viable alternative to the existing formal
instruction done through: Basis Literacy
Program, Accreditation ang Equivalency
Program and lndigenous Peoples
Education Program.
Out-of-School youths (OSYs) and adults
enrolled in ALS program have the option
to re-enter the school through regular
class program or OHSP of the DORP

DORP Operational Framework

Policy
Direction
Standards
Advocacy

R
D
O
R
P

R
E
D
P

Planning
Capacity Building
System Support
Technical
Administrative
Research
Advocacy
Networking
M&E

D
D
O
R
P

D
E
D
P

EASE
OHSP
Sll
Ol

S
D
O
R
P

M&E

Central Level

Regional Level

Division Level

School Level

S
E
D
P

Strategic Components of the School DORP

DORP sub-programs
1. Open High School Program (OHSP)
-This is an alternative mode of secondary
education that addresses learning problems of
students who cannot join the regular class
program due to justifiable reasons.
- The learner shall undergo the lndependent
Learning Readiness Test (lLRT) as a requisite,
to assess his capacity for self-directed learning
and the lnformal Reading lnventory (lRl) to
measure his reading level.

2. Effective Alternative Secondary Education

(EASE)
- An alternative mode of learning for short
term absentees or temporary leavers of
the regular class program due to justifiable
reasons: part-time job, illness in the family,
seasonal work, calamitous events and the
like. This learning mode uses modules
which the student while on leave of
absence.

3. School lnitiated lnterventions (Sll)

-lnnovate and homegrown interventions
developed by schools to prevent the
SARDO from dropping out and to increase
their achievement rate.
4. Other lnterventions (Ols)
-lnterventions developed by other
agencies which also resulted in increasing
the holding power of the school.

Critical Factors for the successful DORP

implementation.
1. Committed Leadership
-Refers to the leadership of the school head,
school DORP Council, the teachers and Division
DORP Council involved in managing the
program.
2. Trained DORP Council and lmplementers
3. Availability of Materials
4. Participation and Support of Stakeholders

Beneficiaries of DORP
1. Students at risk of dropping out.
2. Out-of-school youths of school
age who decide to complete basic
education through the Alternative
Delivery Mode.

END of
PRESENTATlON