MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, June 5 (PIA) -- Adult learners in this province will now have an opportunity to better their lives with the implementation of the Literacy for Peace and Development (LIPAD) project in the next three years.
Through the adult literacy classes, LIPAD aims to raise the basic and functional literacy level among adults in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) said LIPAD project director Professor Pilar Bautista, during its launching in Buadipuso Buntong, this province, last Wednesday, June 1.
She said basic and functional literacy classes will be held in the identified municipalities of the five provinces in ARMM that will cater to out-of-school youths and other adult learners who comprise the lowest literacy level in the region.
“The project targets to produce 62,500 neo literates all over ARMM at the end of the three-year duration or about 12,500 adult learners per province,” she said.
Bautista further said that they have also trained and developed a corps of barangay literacy facilitators who will handle the literacy classes.
“Some 125 facilitators have been trained for the first batch who will be given an honorarium of P4,000 per two classes, with each class having a duration of three months,” she added.
She also disclosed that the plan to track and determine the learning progress of the learners will be done by the facilitators and provincial coordinators.
“Exams will also be given to them in between the class duration because the top learners will be given honors and distinction at the end of three months to build-up their pride and confidence," Bautista said.
The LIPAD Project is funded by the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Magbassa Kita Foundation, Inc.(MKFI), a non-profit, non-government organization dedicated to the promotion of literacy, poverty alleviation, as well as peace and development especially in Mindanao.
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