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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''So. Leyte grants livelihood assistance to 18 People’s Organizations'''
'''371 OSYs, undergrads take ALS A&E exam in Maasin City'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=64071
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=64251
*Tuesday, November 15, 2011
*Wednesday, November 16, 2011
:by Bong Pedalino
:by R.G. Cadavos




MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Nov. 15 (PIA) -- The provincial government has granted nearly 1 million pesos in livelihood assistance to 18 People’s Organizations (POs), a move designed to help every group’s members while they acted as accredited stewards to protect and preserve the environment in their respective localities.
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte Nov. 16 (PIA) –- There were at least 371 Alternative Learning System Accreditation and Equivalency Test takers from Maasin City, conducted Sunday, November 13.
The POs, spread province-wide at an average of one per local government unit, were comprised mostly of marginal upland dwellers and have existing community-based forest management agreements with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), it was learned.
The total exminees include out-of-school youths and adults, including government employees, who are undergraduates, and walk-in exam takers, Department of Education (DepEd)-ALS mobile teacher Liezl Jurban disclosed this morning, November 16 to PIA-Maasin. “There were 36 takers for the elementary level, while 335 for secondary level,” she added.
The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Management Office (PENRMO) disclosed that out of the 18 POs, only about four or five have yet to receive their assistance.
There were 5 parts of the exam called Bahagi 1 to 5. These are Kasanayan Pangkomunikasyon, English Communication, Maharlika at Agham, Kabuhayan at Likas na Yaman and Pagpalawak ng Pananaw, as Bahagi 1,2 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
The provincial government’s intervention was intended to augment the PO members’ income as they will be expected to be productive in a profitable venture, while at the same time seeing to it that the natural habitat in their surrounding can be maintained.
It was learned that the exam usually consists of questions based on the new definition of functional literacy. It measures communication skills, problem solving and critical thinking, resourcefulness, development of self and sense of community, and expanding the world vision of a student.
Last week, Emely Labata, a forester at PENRMO, spoke on the topic Climate Change Adaptation in Forestry during a three-day training for personnel of local disaster bodies in various municipalities and this city.
Jurban reported that Maasin City has 4 mobile teachers and 4 ALS coordinators, with 4 districts divided from the 70 barangays of Maasin City. “There is an assigned 1 mobile teacher and coordinator in each district,” she said.
Among the salient point she discussed centered on diversification of local economies and livelihoods through non-wood products, among others.
The A & E Test is an examination that is equivalent to an elementary and secondary diploma, making out-of-school students eligible for pursuing college degrees. “But even though for the remarkable increase in the number of registrants and takers, the passing rate is still low, since most of them had long been out of school for years,” Jurban revealed.
She said the local government has tapped the 18 POs for the management of forest resources, including proper utilization of products derived from the forests.
But though students who failed the exam may retake until they pass, she clarified and said that the said program is opening doors and gives hope to those who were unable to finsish studies. (rgc/PIA-SoLeyte)
She reported that the provincial government has already released the P 50,000.00 cash assistance to almost all the POs to finance their livelihood project proposals in agri-business.(PIA-Southern Leyte/bong)


==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
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