DepEd sets registration for alternative program

IN preparation for the opening of classes for school year 2017-2018, the Department of Education (DepEd) has set a nationwide special registration for out-of-school youths who will enroll in the Alternative Learning System (ALS) on May 15 at the sidelines of the national kick off of this year’s Brigada Eskwela school cleanup program in Cebu City.

“We will be having a special registration for our out-of-school youths who will enroll in the Alternative Learning System. Since I took office as Secretary of the Department of Education, the President [Rodrigo Duterte] has instructed me to have a special attention on the Alternative Learning System because many of our children are still unable to join the formal learning system,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones told reporters in a press briefing on Thursday.