By Mhervin Renzo Viray
Advocating “Education for All” to the detainees of Bulacan Provincial Jail (BPJ), Bulacan State University Extension Services Office (ESO) held the 6th commencement exercise of its Kalinga sa Bagong Anyo ng Buhay (Kabanyuhay) Program, May 23.
Nineteen detainees underwent through the Alternative Learning System Accreditation Equivalency Test and Examination (ALS- A&E) with 17 earning high school diploma and two from elementary curriculum while another 19 men and 21 women were trained in cellphone repairing technology and flower arrangement, respectively.
“Mas may direksyon na ang buhay ko ngayon, gusto kong magpatuloy ng Education o kahit na anong course na may kinalaman sa English sa BSU dahil ito ang nakikita kong paraan para agad akong makapagbagong buhay,” said Percival del Rosario, one of the two outstanding Alternative Learning System (ALS) learners in high school.
ALS, the literacy program under the Kabanyuhay, is handled by College of Education wherein professors voluntarily give services in teaching.
The program which was spearheaded by ESO in 2007 adapted Department of Education's ALS program. Here, after surpassing a pre-test examination, the ALS learners will take the ALS-A&E given by the Beureau of Alternative Learning System of DepEd to see if the learner can pass for graduation.
“Natutuwa po kami sa kabila na kami ay mga bilanggo ay nabigyan kami ng pagkakataong makapag-aral, malinaw lamang pong naipakikita na hindi hadlang ang rehas upang maabot ang ninanais na pagbabago,” said Rodelio De Los Santos, a detainee.
Kabanyuhay is the program developed by ESO to fulfill their dedication in rendering services to less privileged people and marginalized sectors of the society.
“Fulfilling. Iba pa rin ang pakiramdam na makatulong sa kanila [BJP's detainees], it is more about of giving to them what we receive,” said ESO Director Amy Santos.
Advocating “Education for All” to the detainees of Bulacan Provincial Jail (BPJ), Bulacan State University Extension Services Office (ESO) held the 6th commencement exercise of its Kalinga sa Bagong Anyo ng Buhay (Kabanyuhay) Program, May 23.
Nineteen detainees underwent through the Alternative Learning System Accreditation Equivalency Test and Examination (ALS- A&E) with 17 earning high school diploma and two from elementary curriculum while another 19 men and 21 women were trained in cellphone repairing technology and flower arrangement, respectively.
“Mas may direksyon na ang buhay ko ngayon, gusto kong magpatuloy ng Education o kahit na anong course na may kinalaman sa English sa BSU dahil ito ang nakikita kong paraan para agad akong makapagbagong buhay,” said Percival del Rosario, one of the two outstanding Alternative Learning System (ALS) learners in high school.
ALS, the literacy program under the Kabanyuhay, is handled by College of Education wherein professors voluntarily give services in teaching.
The program which was spearheaded by ESO in 2007 adapted Department of Education's ALS program. Here, after surpassing a pre-test examination, the ALS learners will take the ALS-A&E given by the Beureau of Alternative Learning System of DepEd to see if the learner can pass for graduation.
“Natutuwa po kami sa kabila na kami ay mga bilanggo ay nabigyan kami ng pagkakataong makapag-aral, malinaw lamang pong naipakikita na hindi hadlang ang rehas upang maabot ang ninanais na pagbabago,” said Rodelio De Los Santos, a detainee.
Kabanyuhay is the program developed by ESO to fulfill their dedication in rendering services to less privileged people and marginalized sectors of the society.
“Fulfilling. Iba pa rin ang pakiramdam na makatulong sa kanila [BJP's detainees], it is more about of giving to them what we receive,” said ESO Director Amy Santos.