Republic of the Philippines

Alternative Learning System

Schools Division Office - Malabon City

Basic ALS Principles and Assumptions

• Learning does not only take place within the four (4) walls of the classroom.
• Teachers and schools are not the only sources of learning.
• Learning is fun with the use of active learning strategies
• Learning is not compartmentalized into subjects but is integrative and wholistic.
• Learning is enhanced when the needs, interests and experiences of the learners are considered.
• Learning acquired outside the school system is equivalent to learning acquired in the schools (recognition of prior learning)
• Mother tongue is necessary to acquire basic literacy skills
• Lifeskills are learning competencies and functional literacy is the outcome of a lifeskills-based education.
• Lifeskills is best delivered through the use of the 4As of learning (Activity, Analysis, Abstraction and Application)
• The goal of Basic Education is functional literacy. Therefore functional literacy is a right of all Filipinos regardless of age. (Inclusive Education)