Unlocking the Potential of the Bangsamoro People through the Alternative Learning System
In 2018, after decades of conflicts, peace negotiations finally concluded with the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), recently approved through the 2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, which is envisioned to ha...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/841971572967438264/Unlocking-the-Potential-of-the-Bangsamoro-People-through-the-Alternative-Learning-System http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32676 |
| Summary: | In 2018, after decades of conflicts,
peace negotiations finally concluded with the creation of
the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM),
recently approved through the 2019 Bangsamoro autonomy
plebiscite, which is envisioned to have greater autonomy,
more resources, and larger territory than its predecessor.
BARMM has faced serious challenges in both access and
quality of basic education even while the Philippines as a
whole has made remarkable progress in the basic education
reform over past decades. In BARMM, only 1 out of every 10
students who began primary education completes junior high
school (JHS) on time. Out-of-school youth and adults (OSYA)
have thus accumulated over the generations. The share of
OSYA in BARMM is double the national average. The figures
point to a crisis in the delivery of basic education in the
BARMM area – a crisis which needs to be addressed as a first
priority to keep children in school and to provide better
quality education to them. Complementary to the efforts in
provide quality education for Filipino children, the
Alternative Learning System (ALS) has been operated by the
Department of Education (DepEd) offering second-chance
learning programs for the past few decades throughout the
country for OSYA who have limited skills and bleak
employment prospects. The World Bank has undertaken a series
of evaluations of ALS with the DepEd since 2013. The
findings show significant and positive impacts on labor
market outcomes among ALS learners who could pass the
accreditation and equivalency (A&E) exam. The previous
evaluations of ALS have not to date covered the BARMM area.
This study fills that gap and aims to provide the new BARMM
government essential evidence based on new data for
designing and undertaking reform interventions to improve
the program delivery for its beneficiaries. |
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