DSWD, DepEd hold tutorial program in Zambo City

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 29 (PNA) -– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has enlisted the voluntary service of 30 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) parent-leaders to conduct tutorial sessions to slow learners among this city's schoolchildren.

Glenda Tobias, DSWD 4Ps provincial link officer, said Wednesday the pilot site of the tutorial service project for school year 2015-2016 is the Maasin Elementary School, this city.

Tobias said the tutorial sessions are a joint project of DSWD and the Department of Education (DepEd) aimed at boosting the performance of school children who are beneficiaries of the 4Ps as well as of the non-beneficiaries.

She said they came up with the project together with DepEd to ensure the children of the beneficiaries of 4Ps “are not just going to school but with good performance as well.”

She said the beneficiaries of the project are the Grades V and VI students who are slow learners and as recommended by their respective class advisers.

Tobias said the modules they use in the tutorial sessions are provided by the DepEd, which included spelling, and reading and comprehension.

She said the program is the first of its kind here in the region and they aimed to replicate it in all schools in this city.

She said that the parent-leaders involved in the tutorial service were properly screened by them to ensure they are capable to handle tutorial classes.