732 adults graduate from ALS in Pangasinan

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=907653
• Wednesday, July 27, 2016

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LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, July 27 (PNA) -- A total of 732 adults who passed the accreditation and equivalency test from a total of 1,050 takers held last April given by the Pangasinan Schools Division 1 here under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) graduated last July 26.

Governor Amado Espino III, who was guest of honor and speaker in graduation rites held at the Sison Auditorium, said "today is the start of a better life for you" as he urged the graduates to keep on reaching their goals.

Most of the graduates married young and some opted to work to help their parents, thus failed to finish their education.

Based on records of the Pangasinan Schools Division Office I, there were 484 ALS test passers in 2013 and 714 in 2014.

ALS is a parallel learning system in the Philippines that provides a practical option to the existing formal instruction. It includes both the non-formal and informal sources of knowledge and skills.

In addition, the system is an alternate or substitute to those who do not have access to formal education in schools to include the inmates in the Bureau of Jail and Management and Penology (BJMP) facilities.

The graduation rites was attended by Department of Education regional director Dr. Alma Ruby C. Torio, chief of curriculum implementation division Dr. Carmina Gutierrez, OIC- assistant schools division superintendent Dr. Teodora V. Nabor, assistant schools division superintendent Marilu N. Cardenas and chief of school governance and operations division Dr. . Angeline S. Casipit.