Cebuana
Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. (CLFI) has partnered with the Department
of Education (DepEd) for the first-ever National Alternative Learning
System Teachers’ Achievement Recognition (NALSTAR)
which honors and recognizes exemplary alternative learning system
(ALS) teachers.
“The
success of the ALS program can be attributed to the hard work and
dedication of its educators, who give more than 100% of their efforts
in moulding and educating our fellowmen, especially those belonging
to the underprivileged sector. NALSTAR is our means to recognize
their selfless commitment to teaching,” said Jean Henri Lhuillier,
PJLI president and CEO, as he expressed his support and appreciation
for ALS teachers.
The
top NALSTAR educator will be selected from among 17 finalists coming
from DepEd regional offices nationwide. The winner will take home
P125,000 cash, and another P125,000 will be earmarked as seed money
for their own ALS school. The top four finalists will take home
P20,000 each while the remaining nominees will receive P10,000 each.
“CLFI’s
commitment to bring education closer to the youth—especially coming
from the marginalized communities—has always been laudable. They
took the ideals of the ALS program and made it infinitely better by
ensuring that the teachers under their ALS schools have all the
resources needed to make learning a fun and meaningful exercise to
the students,” said Tonisito Umali, DepEd Undersecretary for
Legislative Affairs, External Partnerships and School Sports.
CLFI
is one of the country’s leading proponents of alternative learning,
providing out-of-school
youths and those from indigent families with an opportunity to
complete high school education via alternative schooling.
In
2018, CLFI has already surpassed its own targets: establishing 75
partner schools which educated more than 11,000 learners, of which,
1,482 learners have already obtained their elementary and/or high
school diplomas. Its learners’ ALS Accreditation and Equivalency
(A&E) test passing average also consistently surpassed the
national average for the A&E Test—netting 57% passing rate in
2015 and 71% in 2016.
One
notable graduate, Carina Cortes, a Cebuana Lhuillier ALS learner from
Cubao Elementary School, got a 100% score in the 2015 ALS A&E
Test.
Graduates
of Cebuana Lhuillier’s ALS Program get holistic learning, more than
the traditional academic modules -- by means of livelihood,
spiritual, and social education programs offered free for all
out-of-school youth and adults.
For
more information, email CLFI program manager Kristina “Pebbles”
Muniz at kmuniz@pjlhuillier.com
or call 0917-5233753 or 0906-3090059.
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