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SunStar + February 17, 2021 THE Commission on Population recently announced that the distressing incidents of adolescent or teenage pregnancy is now a national emergency. With the two incidents of ten-year old girls giving birth in NCR and Calabarzon, this issue must be given the immediate and appropriate solution. In Region 3, the Philippine Statistics Authority cited that based on the 2019 civil registry statistics, "births among adolescent girls remained high in Central Luzon." ...

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This is one of the findings of the research study conducted by researchers from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-National Research Council of the Philippines (NCRP), led by Dr. Goria Nelson. “This is what I want to emphasize, pandemic is not the case of teenage pregnancy but several mediating factors such as school closures. When the schools close, they are most exposed to a smaller community, more men and boys,” she said during the 7th  KTOP-COV...

Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go (OFFICE OF SEN. BONG GO / MANILA BULLETIN) Go, vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, specifically cited the struggles that teachers are experiencing in the blended learning approach being implemented while face-to-face classes are still not allowed. The Department of Education (DepEd) had earlier sought approval for the release of its Early Language Literacy and Numeracy (ELLN) Program Support Fund that aims to capacitate K-to-3 teachers and i...

Published January 8, 2021, 2:35 PM Believing that it will further address access, equity, and quality in education, a network of education advocates commended the passage of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Act. E-Net Philippines, a network of 130 organizations, lauded the passing of Republic Act 11510 otherwise known as ALS Act. As an education network advocating for reforms to make the right to education a reality especially to the marginalized and disadvantaged sectors, E-Net ac...

SunStar + January 06, 2021 WHEN Reynalyn Manansala, a native of Guagua, Pampanga, stopped schooling at the age of 15 to work and help support her family, that did not stop her from believing that her dream of finishing her studies will come true sooner or later. Even as she married and became a mother of two at an early age, she saw the opportunity to go back to school through the Alternative Learning System (ALS) implemented by the Department of Education. Or when the 65-year-old ...

Bohol 3rd District Rep. Alexie Besas Tutor (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) She made the proposal, after President Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 11510 or the ALS Act which institutionalizes a parallel learning system for non-formal sources of knowledge and skills. “Private school teachers idled or laid off during the pandemic should be recruited for ALS programs,” she said in a statement. Tutor, a member of the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture and one the authors of the...

Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian said Saturday that the government’s rescinding of its green light to limited face-to-face classes is a precautionary measure against a new strain of COVID-19 that is now spreading across the world.

The implementation of distance learning on a massive scale is a first for DepEd. * DepEd data as of Nov. 11 showed that there are 25.05 million students enrolled in combined public and private schools, and inclusive of non-formal education  (Alternative Learning System or ALS). The reduction in enrollment was mainly in private schools, where enrollment reached only 51.7% (2,226,292) of last year’s enrollment.  Enrollment in public schools for formal education increased by 2.4% . Distance...