Educational initiative for the out of school youth

its finally out. the results of the equivalency test for als academic year 2012 - 2013 came out this march 2013. from the 63 dlsu als enrollees, only 33 students were deemed eligible to take the said examinations and from this number 15 als learners passed with flying colors. this means that the 14 students are now certified to have fulfilled all requirements of the secondary education and can be extended the opportunity to take either vocational courses or college. the remaining student can now take secondary education in any public school or still opt to take als secondary level.

using the learnings from the als batch 1 activities, the dlsu als project will be enhancing its procedures and processes to increase the probability of als learners passing the equivalency test. this include the hiring of a fulltime als specialist/facilitator who will be in-charge of providing sessions to the students, extending the number of school days to accomodate more sessions designed to inculcate the rudiments of learning and improvement of facilities to stimulate learning.

based on the drop in enrollees from january to march of this year, 77 students have signified to join als batch 2 at the center this april 2013. cosca in partnership with the brgy 704 manila council will also take on 26 als students from their area. we are also planning to take on street families/dwellers (adults and children) to be part of the project.

we need your help.