Aldren B.

Pielago BSED TLE – IV

Dep-Ed Reading Program
The Department of Education (DepEd) has declared the month of November as the
National Reading Month and has instructed school officials to conduct various activities
to rekindle the interest of school children in reading.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro, in Memorandum No. 244 issued this week, said the
various reading activities are part of DepEd’s move to institutionalize the national
“Every Child a Reader” program.

Among activities lined up are the Read-a-Thon, which aims to discover outstanding
readers in class; the Dear program, which engages students in 15 to 20 minutes of
reading daily; and the Shared reading or Readers’ Mentoring Program, where older
students are encouraged to assist younger readers with reading difficulties.

Schools are also urged to hold vocabulary and “A Paragraph A Day” sessions, where
students learn one new word a day and read aloud one or two paragraphs every day to
enhance their speaking skills.

The program likewise aims to bring back the interest of school children in reading
instead of them spending too much time on the Internet and inclination to online
activities.

Comment
The “Every Child a Reader” program will really help the students/learners
to improve their reading skills as well as their speaking skills. And I really do
agree that this program likewise aims to bring back the interest of the school
children in reading instead of them spending too much time on the internet and
inclination to online activities.
Suggestion
I may suggest that the DepED would ask a big fund to the government for
this Reading Program in order for the DepED to continuously implement this kind of
program or activities. And I hope that they will develop more programs regarding with
the reading and speaking skills of a learners to help them to be more confident and
competitive students.