TULAK KARITON EDUKASYON 360°

Taking the lead of an educational advocacy, the Project W.A.T.C.H. of Mapulang

Lupa National High School launched an alternative learning program to reach out
to young minds and disadvantaged children of Barangay Mapulang Lupa, adopting
the pushcart learning system of 2009 CNN Hero Efren Peñaflorida.
Through the initiatives of Dr. Rudy Fran Falcunitin, School Head of Mapulang
Lupa National High School, Mr. Renie N. Jose, leading the Project W.A.T.C.H.
Team as the coordinator, with the help of local government units specifically
Pamahalaang Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan ng Mapulang Lupa through the
leadership of Barangay Captain Arnold Natividad and SK Chairwoman Precious
Ann Candido, and other stakeholders brought the “Tulak Kariton Edukasyon
360°” Program.
The said program aims to reduce illiteracy and instilling a love for learning with
the long term-goal of encouraging them to later return to formal schooling. At the
same time, it envisions learners to develop love for his country, and to restore or
strengthen the values of punctuality and honesty.
At the present, due to COVID 19 Pandemic the program continued to assist our
learners in new normal set of education but following certain guidelines to avoid
the spread of the virus. Project W.A.T.C.H. utilized home visitation, different
streaming, and different messaging platforms to still be able to serve and to assist
learners in their studies, encouraging them to develop patriotism, and preserving
the values of punctuality and honesty even facing these trying time.

PROJECT: L.A.P.I.T. CENTER

(Learners and Parents Instant Tutorial Center)
Rising in a serene, this educational proposal started from a simple idea and turned
into a meaningful program. The Project W.A.T.C.H. of Mapulang Lupa National
High School launched a tutorial learning program to aid students having difficulty
with Distance Learning Modality and to ensure the continuity of learning progress
where no students will be left behind.
Through the collaboration of Dr. Rudy Fran Falcunitin, School Head of Mapulang
Lupa National High School, Mr. Renie N. Jose, leading the Project W.A.T.C.H.
Team as the coordinator, with the help of local government units specifically
Pamahalaang Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan ng Mapulang Lupa through the
leadership of Barangay Captain Arnold Natividad and SK Chairwoman Precious
Ann Candido, and other stakeholders made the “PROJECT: L.A.P.I.T.
CENTER (Learners and Parents Instant Tutorial Center)” Program possible.
System of Education was put to a big challenge and shifted to so called “Distance
Learning” caused by the COVID 19 Pandemic. The Department of Education’s
Blended Learning Approach was implemented, where students’ learning happened
with the use of printed self-learning module, smartphone, television, and radio.
Many of parents and specially students struggled on how they will be able to adopt
these changes in academic learning because there is a need for personal assistance
to learn the essential competencies and a need for tools like gadgets and internet
connection to be used in communication with their teachers. For these reasons, this
project was created to prove that learning in this difficult time is not only for those
who can afford it. Project W.A.T.C.H. offered free tutorial session for them to still
have a quality education.
Now, with COVID 19 Pandemic restrictions the program is still able to continue
helping our learners in answering their modules, following certain protocols to
avoid the circulation of the virus. The tutorial sessions conducted during home
visitation or through the use of different streaming, and different messaging
platforms to respond with students’ queries and secure that they really learned the
essential learning competencies.