New DepEd Order 027: GUIDELINES ON THE RELEASE, UTILIZATION, MONITORING AND REPORTING OF PROGRAM SUPPORT FUNDS FOR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021

In this post, we are sharing with you the latest DepEd Order No. 027, s. 2021. You can download the full PDF copy through the link below.

28 JUN 2021

DepEd O RD E R
No. 027 , s. 2021

IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON THE RELEASE, UTILIZATION, MONITORING AND REPORTING OF PROGRAM SUPPORT FUNDS FOR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021

To: Undersecretaries

Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Directors
All Others Concerned

1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Implementing Guidelines on the Release, Utilization, Monitoring and Reporting of Program Support Funds (PSF) for Alternative Learning System (ALS) for Calendar Year 2021.

2. The guidelines aim to promote and support the program management activities and capacity building programs for ALS implementers, especially for the roll out of the ALS K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum. This is in line with the thrust of DepEd to strengthen and expand the ALS program, to pivot from access to quality consistent with Sulong Edukalidad and to comply with the prescribed minimum public health standards and various levels of community quarantine protocols during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. The PSF shall be downloaded to all DepEd Regional Offices (ROS), except the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARRM) I , and may be further downloaded to the Schools Division Offices (SDOs).

4. All DepEd Orders (DOS) and other related issuances, rules and regulations, and provisions, which are inconsistent with these guidelines are repealed, rescinded, or modified accordingly.

5. This DO shall take effect upon its approval. Certified true copies of this DepEd

Order shall be filed with the University of the Philippines Office of the National Administrative Register (UP-ONAR) at the University of the Philippines (UP) Law Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City.

6. For more information, please contact the ALS Task Force, 5th Floor, Bonifacio Building, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at als.taskforce@deped.gov.ph or at telephone number (02) 8636-3603.

7. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

(Enclosure No. 1 to DepEd Order No. 027 , s. 2021)

IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON THE RELEASE, UTILIZATION, MONITORING
AND REPORTING OF PROGRAM SUPPORT FUNDS FOR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021

I. Rationale and Objectives

1. Pursuant of its goal to provide quality, inclusive, relevant, and liberating learning opportunities, the Department of Education (DepEd) is expanding and strengthening Alternative Learning System (ALS) programs.

2. The roll-out of the ALS K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) required systems improvements of the following ALS components: curriculum contextualization, literacy mapping, learner assessment tools, monitoring and evaluation framework, learning resource development, and system support components such as capability building, advocacy, social mobilization, and partnership strategies, and inclusion of ALS in the school-based management. To ensure that all systems improvements in ALS are aligned with the overall strategic direction of the Department of Education (DepEd), a comprehensive Five-year ALS Strategic Roadmap (2019-2024) was developed.

3. One of the strategic goals of the ALS Five-year Strategic Roadmap is to improve the quality and relevance of the ALS program through the full implementation of the ALS K to 12 BEC. This shall entail intensive, comprehensive, and continuous capacity building for all ALS field implementers on program delivery and assessment tools and learning materials designed to cover the new competencies in the ALS K to 12 BEC.

4. In support of meeting the objectives of the recently passed Republic Act (R.A.) 11510 also known as the Alternative Learning System Act, which institutionalizes the ALS in Basic Education for out-of-school youth, children in special cases, and adults, there is a need to allocate fund support to the field offices in order to prepare for the implementation of the ALS Act.

5. The COVID-19 pandemic posed many challenges in the implementation and delivery of basic education in the country. Consistent with the Department's thrust of having learning opportunities available to all the learners through the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP), and to uphold the rights of the out-of-school children in special cases, youth, and adults to access to basic education services, the ALS Task Force shall ensure that the delivery of the ALS program continues during this pandemic.

6. While the ALS Task Force wants to ensure the continuity of the strategic directions set in the ALS Five-year Roadmap, and ensure that the objectives of the ALS Act are achieved, existing policies lack provisions that comply with the prescribed health and safety standards to address the challenges in implementation and delivery of the ALS program during and after the COVID19 public health emergency.

7. For this purpose, funds shall be allocated to support the Regional Offices (ROs), except the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) [1] in their ALS-related activities to ensure that system improvements are carried out and the quality of program delivery is based on the health, safety, and community quarantine standards.

8. These guidelines aim to ensure that the utilization of funds in support of ALS Program implementation at the Regional Offices (ROS) is strategically, efficiently, and effectively managed during and after the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Il. Scope

9. These guidelines shall provide the rules for release, utilization, monitoring, and reporting of the Program Support Funds for ALS program implementation at the level of the ROS, except the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for Calendar Year 2021 during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Said PSF may be further downloaded to the Schools Division Offices (SDOs) as may be deemed necessary by the Regional Offices.

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Source:https://www.deped.gov.ph/

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