CANDABA
- The Department of Education (DepEd)-Bureau of Alternative Learning
System (BALS) yesterday has recognized some 70 individuals who passed Non-Formal Education Accreditation and Equivalency Test held on December 2 last year.
Felipa
Catajan, Alternative Learning System (ALS) district coordinator said
that the passers came from the three districts which include Candaba
West with at least
17 passers, Candaba East, 24 and San Luis District garnering the most
number of passers of 29.
The certificate of recognition signed by the Schools Division Superintendent Malcolm Garma stated that ALS graduate possesses all the rights of a high school
graduate.
As
this developed, these graduates are now qualified to pursue
college education even though they did not go through the formal
schooling.
Mercy Ito, a Candabenios but staying in Japan for almost 27 years was among those who benefited from the program.
She came home the other day just to attend the recognition which according to her is a fulfillment of a
dream.
ALS
bridges the learning competency of those who failed to finish
elementary and high school education but still dreaming of finishing
college in the future.
It
is a free education program implemented by DepEd which benefits those
who missed formal schooling due to poverty, early marriage and lack of
access to school among other reasons.
The
program also provides a viable alternative to the existing formal
education instruction, encompassing both the non-formal and informal
sources of knowledge and skills.
The
system was created to help people finish the equivalent of elementary
or high school in their own time, at their own pace, and as close to
their barangay as possible.
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