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ALS EXPANSION IS ONE OF DUTERTE’S LEGACIES – DEPED

Education Secretary Leonor Briones underscored the massive support for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) as one of the legacies of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. On Day 2 of the Duterte Legacy Summit: Final Report to the People, Briones highlighted that ALS enrollment grew to a yearly average of 95.35% compared to the past […]

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DEPED’S ALS, LAST MILE SCHOOLS PROGRAM LAUDED

Education Secretary Leonor Briones drew praises from her fellow education ministers after presenting two key programs of the Department of Education (DepEd) — the Alternative Learning System (ALS) and the Last Mile Schools Program — during a plenary session at the Education World Forum 2022 recently. “I am glad that during my presentation, when I […]

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DEPED-USAID ALS ROADSHOW TO KICKOFF IN 12 SITES

“A truly strengthened and intensified Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program for all out-of-school children in special cases, youth, and adults (OSCYAs) is a promise that the administration of Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones delivered in less than six years in office,” ALS Assistant Secretary G. H. Ambat declared as the Department of Education (DepEd) is set […]

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NEW BUREAU FOR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING HAILED

The Philippine Educators Alliance for Community Empowerment (PEACE) Party-list hailed the establishment of a new bureau under the Department of Education that would oversee the Alternative Learning System in the country. “The Bureau of Alternative Education, as the focal point for implementing the Alternative Learning System Act, will play a crucial role in efforts to […]

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BOOST ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENROLLMENT – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian bats for increased enrollment in the Alternative Learning System (ALS). As of September 15, there are 199,422 enrolled in ALS for SY 2021-2022. Last school year, there were 599,365 enrolled in ALS. For public and private basic education institutions as well as state and local universities and colleges (SUCs and LUCs), enrollment […]

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SENATE RATIFIES ALS BILL – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian lauded the Senate’s ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed measure institutionalizing the Alternative Learning System (ALS). Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, hailed the ratification of the reconciled versions of the Senate and the Lower House as a step closer for millions of […]

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TAP ALS PROGRAM FOR 4M UNENROLLED LEARNERS – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking to strengthen the Alternative Learning System (ALS) as part of the education sector’s recovery efforts from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, especially in reaching out to more than four million learners who did not enroll this coming school year and give them a second chance. Though the economic downturn and […]

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SENATE APPROVES ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM BILL – GATCHALIAN

The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to institutionalize the Alternative Learning System (ALS) and establish an ALS Community Learning Center (CLC) in every city and municipality in the country. According to Senator Win Gatchalian, principal author of the Alternative Learning System Act, putting up ALS CLCs in every […]

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INSTITUTIONALIZE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the institutionalization of the Alternative Learning System (ALS), the Department of Education’s parallel learning system to the existing formal education system. According to Gatchalian, it is crucial for the program to reach 24 million Filipino adults aged 15 and above who have not completed basic education. The veteran legislator […]