Reading Program Programs in The Philippines
Reading Program Programs in The Philippines
Reading Program Programs in The Philippines
In the Philippines
Education Quality and
Access for Learning
and Livelihood Skills -
Phase 2 (EQuALLS2)
• EQuALLS2 was launched in July 2006 to
increase access to quality education and
livelihood skills in the Philippines.
• With specific emphasis on poverty- and
conflict-affected areas of Mindanao
• Strengthen formal and alternative education
and reintegrate out-of school youth into the
economy.
• The project’s focus on improving teachers’
English use and instruction has evolved to
emphasize the importance of reading skills, in
light of the alarmingly low reading
assessments of elementary school students
and their teachers.
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• Improve reading
instruction
• Facilitation of a workshop
• The development of campaigns for improved
community awareness on the importance of
early grade reading.
Improve Access to Quality Reading Material
• Basa mobilized support from its private sector
partners, Brothers Brother Foundation,
National Book Store Foundation and Petron
Foundation, to distribute close to 25,000 early
grade reading books.
• Helped increased the fluency of students by
an additional nine words per minutes and
reading comprehension gains 23%.
Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP)
Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP)
Grade 1
100
Grade 6
68.38
High School
42.50
College
14
Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP)
Reading
Science
Mathematics
Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP)
X
Being one of the most highly
educated developing
countries with high
enrollment rates
--Christopher Morley
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