ERICSON M. GUIAO
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A total of 3, 146 passers of Alternative Learning System (ALS) will receive a sum of P3.15 million cash award courtesy of the Provincial Government as recognition for passing the ALS Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Test.
According to Jasmine Cordero, officer in-charge of Provincial Library, there were 202 passers from the first district; 1,278, second district; 560, third district; and 928 from the fourth district.
Aside from that, there were also 21 passers from the Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center; 52 from Guagua District Jail (GDJ); 49 from Pampanga District Jail (PPJ); and 46 from Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY).
“Lahat ng nakapasa considered as high school graduate na sila. Hindi na sila kailangang mag undergo ng senior high school,” Cordero said.
The awarding for the first and third districts passers will take place on January 30 at Santiago Elementary School, Sta. Ana; for the second district passers is dated on January 31 at Lubao Gym; lastly, for the fourth district passers will be on February 5 at San Simon Covered Court.
ALS A&E is a program being implemented by the Department of Education, through the Bureau of Alternative System, that aimed at providing a substitute mode of learning for out-of-school children, youth, and adults who have failed to attend or finish basic education in the formal school system.
Once an ALS taker passed the A&E test, he will be given a certificate or diploma which qualifies him to enter college.
