IN an effort to further expand the alternative learning system (ALS) program of the government, the Department of Education (DepEd) said it will give more allowances to ALS volunteer teachers starting next year to ensure that more out-of-school youth, particularly in far-flung areas, will be reached out.

GH Ambat, DepEd assistant secretary for public affairs service and alternative learning system, noted that part of expansion of the program is to provide financial support to mobile teachers who, most of the time, spend their own money just to reach out to out-of-school youth in remote villages and teach them how to read and write.

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