In a crowded school area turned job hub, the usual end-of-school-year anxiety—résumés, long lines, and uncertain prospects—gave way to something unexpected: on-the-spot job offers. For thousands of graduating learners, the nationwide rollout of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) did...
Senior high school (SHS) and Alternative Learning System (ALS) graduates across the country will soon find it easier to land their first jobs as the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) expand the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) nationwide. The...
At 81, Eduardo Saplala is learning to read and write for the first time. A member of the Aeta community in Barangay Camias, Porac, Pampanga, Saplala walks into a modest community learning space not to relive a missed childhood, but to claim a long-delayed right—education. His journey is no longer...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, October 16, announced that around 400 Alternative Learning System (ALS) learners were recognized this week after completing DepEd’s Micro-Certification Program—an initiative developed in partnership with UNICEF Philippines to validate and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, September 15, announced two remarkable educators as part of the second batch of its DepEd Heroes Program, a recognition initiative that highlights the courage, dedication, and innovative spirit of public school teachers, personnel, and education...
A total of 756 Pasiguenos, including a 64-year-old local government employee, graduated from the city’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) program at the Pasig Elementary School Gymnasium on Sunday, July 31. According to the Office of the Vice Mayor (OVM), 703 finished their studies in the...
The P5.268-trillion national budget ratified by Congess will include support for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) that will benefit thousands of Filipino learners. (This photo was taken in Quezon City by the DepEd in September 2021.) Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
The alternative Learning System is hope for the future for millions of out-of-school youth EVERYBODY DESERVES A SECOND CHANCEAlternative Learning System (ALS) students, from different walks of life, form a small circle inside a classroom in Cavite. (Frendy Tesorero) The limiting effect of...
In line with its efforts to provide quality and relevant second chance basic education to Filipinos, the Department of Education (DepEd) has been working with various organizations. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) In particular, DepEd has been closely working with UNICEF to help provide opportunities for...
The extensive support for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) was one of the legacies of the administration of President Duterte, according to Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones. (DepEd file photo) Briones highlighted that ALS enrollment grew to a yearly average of 95.35 percent compared...
With over four million enrollees from 2016 to 2021, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that the Alternative Learning System (ALS) has become a very important program under the current administration. (Photo from DepEd) “We are happy that the enrollment rate of the Alternative Learning...
Micro financial service provider, Cebuana Lhuillier and its social responsibility arm, Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. (CLFI) launched its 100th Alternative Learning System-Community Learning Center (ALS-CLC) at Amai Pakpak Elementary School in Marawi City. “As part of its inclusion advocacy,...
