The data shows these females have higher opportunity costs as they would likely spend more time taking care of children at home and doing household chores. The study also notes that females who left for marriage or pregnancy, although small in number, are the least likely to be enrolled in ALS compared to males in the same situation. Students who left high school because of financial problems are likely to continue education through ALS as their dropping out was not related to their ability. One of the major findings of the project is the importance of targeting specific groups who need support in enrolling in ALS. Funded by World Bank and DLSU University Research Coordination Office, the research provides DepEd an empirical evidence on the effectiveness of ALS and the value of spending limited resources on it.Īccording to Tiongco, the unique analytical output of the study is an important input to the current education policy reform to improve the quality of basic education and to support the government’s ambitious vision of universal functional literacy. Marites Tiongco conducted the study titled, “Alternative and Inclusive Learning in the Philippines,” which is an impact evaluation of the effectiveness of ALS on returns to education of learners or the economic returns from obtaining skills from ALS in addition to getting the academic equivalence of a high school diploma.
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The program allows students, especially those who are already working, to attend their preferred schedules. In the Philippines, out-of-school youths, non-readers, working Filipinos, and even senior citizens who have never had the opportunity to earn their high school diploma before can now do so, through the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS).ĭepEd describes ALS as a ladderized and modular non-formal education program for dropouts in elementary and secondary schools.
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