Commission on Information and Communications Technology
Community eLearning Centers for Out-of-School Youth and Adults Maria Melizza D. Tan
eSkwela Project Coordinator & HEA Human Capital Development Group Commission on Information and Communications Technology
Outline of Presentation
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Project Background/Rationale Description Objectives & Target Beneficiaries Project Fund Source and Cost Project Components & Activities Status as of Jan. 31, 2007 Financial Update Issues/Concerns and Recommendations
An Educational Crisis COHORT SURVIVAL TREND 100
source: Department of Education 100
80 60
66
40
58 43
20
23
14
0 Grade 1
Grade 6 Graduate
HS I
HS IV Graduate
College I
College Graduate
• dropout rate for HS: 9% in SY 1998-1999 to 13.10% in SY 2002-2003.
2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey Percentage Distribution: Reasons for not attending school
30.5
employment / looking for w ork
22
lack of personal interest
19.9
high cost of education
11.8
housekeeping illness/ disability
2.5
cannot cope w ith school w ork
2.2 1.5
school is very far no school w ithin the area
0.4
no regular transportation
0.2
Source: 2003 FLEMMS Results
9.1
others
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Philippine OSY
• 5.18 million out-of-school youth (2005) – 1.84 M aged 6 to 11 + 3.94 M aged 12 to 15 – 2.19 million of whom are considered “idle”
• the Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS) – “The Other Side of Education” – less than 1% (0.068% in 2005) of the total education budget
National Policies LITERACY / NON-FORMAL EDUCATION • 1987 Philippine Constitution: nonformal, informal and indigenous learning system and self-learning independent, and out-of-school study programmes • Education for All Philippine Plan of Action (EFA-PPA): nonformal literacy and education programmes for poor and underserved communities • R.A. 7165: highest priority to the total eradication of illiteracy • AO # 116: support for the Nonformal Education Accreditation and Equivalency (NFE A&E) System
Alternative Learning System
Programs 1. Basic Literacy 2. Accreditation & Equivalency – Elementary – Secondary
3. Advanced Level – Bridge Program
• life skills approach • use print modules • small number of mobile teachers – Service Providers (LGUs, NGOs, etc.) finance additional Instructional Managers
• simply not enough!!
ICT4E
• ICTs as a powerful enabler of capacity development towards ensuring basic education for all and lifelong learning • wider use of computers to support teaching-learning processes, promotion of elearning and information literacy, and establishment of elearning competency centers
ICT4E Support in the Philippines
• Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) 20042010 • the National Framework Plan for ICTs in Basic Education (20052010) • the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) • DepEd’s Strategic Framework on ICT4E (2006) • DepEd’s ICT4E Master Plan
CICT's ICT4E: Table of Activities Educators Training
Applications Dev
Content Dev
Infrastructure Deployment
Elem
Limited
No
No
No
HS
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ALS
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tertiary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
eSkwela
• Commissioner Emmanuel C. Lallana, Ph.D. – Idea similar to NotSchool Schools of UK
broadening access to basic education + using ICTs effectively in enhancing teaching & learning + 21st Century Skills
eSkwela
• pioneering effort with DepEdBureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS) to broaden access to basic education by providing ICTenabled learning opportunities for out-of-school youth (OSY) and adults • eLearning experience + blended and collaborative modes of instruction + performance-based assessment
Objectives
• To support the efforts of DepEd to integrate ICT in teaching and learning • To help BALS broaden access to basic education • To help BALS produce and use interactive multimedia learning materials for out-ofschool youth and adults • To reduce the digital divide by providing disadvantaged youth and adults with access to ICT
eSkwela
• CICT-HCDG project through the AEF Grant • Project Team: – Commissioner Emmanuel C. Lallana, Ph.D. – Maria Melizza D. Tan – Nelvin T. Olalia – Avelino Mejia – Kathryn Pauso (Jan. – Sept. 2006)