OBJETIVES

1.Identify the factors of

the status of literacy in
the Philippines;
2.Cite actual situations
that contribute to the
progress of the
Philippine literacy; and
3.Recognize the function
of some literacy

ACTIVITY:

1.Divide the class into

five groups.
2.Choose a leader, a
secretary and a
reporter.
3.Discuss among
yourselves and answer
the following queries
through a

ACTIVITY:

a. When is one
considered literate?
b. What is meant by
basic literacy?
Functional literacy?
c. Comment on the
literacy status of the
Philippines.
d. What is the role of

ANALYSIS:
1. Do you agree with the other
groups comment on the
status of Philippine
Literacy?
2. What similarities do you see
in all the other outputs?

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ABSTRACTION:
It is through literacy that one is
empowered to interact in his
community and realizes his
worth, what he can do and
eventually make him do things
that contribute in sustainable
development of his society, said
Department
of
Educations
(DepEd) Literacy Coordinating
Council OIC Dina Ocampo in a
speech during the 2014 National

ABSTRACTION:
97.5% of the 71.5 million
individuals who are 10 years
old and older were literate or
could read and writean
increase from the 2000 CPH
record of 92.3%. -- National
Statistics Offices 2010
Census of Population and
Housing (CPH)

 prior to World War I, the

literacy rate in the Philippines
was at a dismal 20%.
experienced rapid school
expansion in the late 1930s,
according to United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organizations
(UNESCO) 2006 Education for
All Global Monitoring Report

literacy rates rose to the

middle range during the
1950s (35%75%)
Functionally literate
refers to a person who
can read, write and
compute or one who can
read, write, compute and

Dr. Michael Alba, a

researcher and professor at
De La Salle UniversityManila attributes the
growth of literacy rates in
the Philippines to the
formalization of the
education system there and
its success in achieving its

Shifts in the countrys

education system were
rooted
in
structural
changes
and
policymaking
bodies
throughout history.

 The creation of regulation

surrounding
education
took
some 70 years to evolve and
1960 and 1970 literacy data did
not include education offered
outside
regular
classrooms,
including community learning
centers and public halls, for outof-school youths, dropouts, and
differently abled (documented

The establishment of the

National Manpower and
Youth Council, the agency
tracking
nonformal
education, Alba said, made
a huge impact on the 1980
literacy rate improvement
to 91.79%, according to
UNESCO figures.

 For John Arnold S. Siena, a

director
for
the
National
Educators Academy of the
Philippines, part of DepEd, the
high literacy rate in the
country and the 95.24%
school participation of children
in elementary schooling were
achieved
through
the
campaign of the government,

 The Alternative Learning

System,
which
provides
opportunity for out-of-school
youths to use the education
services of DepEd and take the
accreditation and equivalency
test, paving the way for
further education
Open high school and night
school opportunities

 Establishment of schools in
areas without schools
The Kindergarten Law, which
makes attending kindergarten
a requirement
Literacy-specific
initiatives
include the following:

 Every
Child
A
Reader
Program, which mandates all
schools, school divisions, and
regions
to
develop
interventions
addressing
reading in schools based on
certain assessment techniques
such as the Philippine Informal
Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI)

 The Library Hub, established

nationwide, in which a vast
collection
of
book
titles
appropriate for children of
various ages is located and in
which the books are circulated
in schools and made part of
the learning competencies of
the children

 A focus in K3 curriculum on
language
development,
including reading
The mother tonguebased
multilingual education as part
of the K12 program (under
this program, teachers are
trained
to
teach
mother
tongue
competencies
to
prepare for learning of a

 Journalism
program
RA
7079, which offers teacher and
student training in journalism
Activities throughout the
year, including Book Week and
National Reading Month

 Philippine EFA 2015 National

Action
Plan,
Functionally
Literate Filipinos: An Educated
Nation, focuses on achieving
wider access to education and
life skills programs, a 50%
improvement in levels of adult
literacy (age 15 and older),
and
remarkable
learning
outcomes
in
literacy,

develop more reading

experts from the ranks of
teachers
through
scholarships, long-term
trainings,
locally
available or abroad, to
help
strengthen
the
reading programs

 But education reforms and

literacy projects cannot be in
the hands of DepEd alone.
Schools implement their own
strategies to contribute to
literacy development, like the
Reading Literacy Extension
Program
(RELP)
of
the
University
of
Northern
Philippines (UNP) in Tamag,

 Book drives initiated by the

private sector are also popular in
the Philippines:
Philippine Toy Library, which
collects books, board games, and
even musical instruments;
Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation (With
Books, One Will Be Famous); and
Books for a Cause, a movement
that distributes books to schools
located in remote areas.

 Book drives initiated by the

private sector are also popular in
the Philippines:
Philippine Toy Library, which
collects books, board games, and
even musical instruments;
Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation (With
Books, One Will Be Famous); and
Books for a Cause, a movement
that distributes books to schools
located in remote areas.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

How does literacy reflect our
country?
Why are the policymaking bodies
important
in
uplifting
the
Philippine literacy?
How do teachers contribute in
the Philippine literacy?

APPLICATION:
Prove how the K12 Curriculum
can make the Philippine literacy
rate higher.
Cite
institutions
(private
or
public)
that
inculcate
the
propagation of literacy to the
Philippines.
Mention personalities you know
that lead literacy programs in the
country.
Suggest a program that can be

EVALUATION:
Give the function of the following:
ALS
Phil-IRI
Kindergarten Law
Every Child A Reader Program
MTBMLE