Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT FIELD OFFICE III

Government Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga

PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO

PROGRAM
Regional Module on Youth Development
Session (YDS) for Non-Compliant Children
Beneficiaries in Education.

Prepared by:

JOANNE MARIE VI. DIAZ

SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER III
REGIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOCAL

PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM

Subject: Regional Module on Youth Development Session (YDS) for Non-Compliant Children
Beneficiaries in Education.

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 I. Rationale:

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is mandated to protect, rehabilitate and
empower the socially, economically and physically disadvantaged individuals, families and communities
for an improved quality of life. The Department, with its mission to provide social protection and
promote the rights and the welfare of the poor households, implemented the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program focusing on human capital investment of families and children 0-18 years old.

In the Region, the program has been on its seventh year of empowering lives of our constituents. The
program expanded the age coverage of children from 14-18 years old, thus the creation of Youth
Development Session (YDS) which aims to reinforce the educational needs of adolescent beneficiaries
and provide them with better opportunities for employment upon completion of the secondary school
curriculum. This also addresses the urgent need to be responsive to the needs of the youth to help them
realize their potential and aid them in preparing the high school beneficiaries towards holistic
development.

The Youth Development Session aims to facilitate the beneficiary’s compliance to the program
conditionalities especially on education. With the result of the General Weighted Average (GWA)/Final
Assessment for the monitored high school children covering S.Y. 2015-2016, Region III has 3, 553 high
school beneficiaries who failed to pass the GWA or were retained. As of January 2016 there are 7,733
youth students who are not enrolled. This alarming turnout needs an intervention hence the urgent
conduct of focus group discussion using the YDS as an intervention to identify the underlying reasons for
this high number of retained and not enrolled children and further come-up with concrete solutions to
lessen, if not prevent, the increasing rates of dropout, unenrolled and retained children.

As part of the case management to the household beneficiaries, interventions have been rendered by
our City/Municipal Links to include series of counselling sessions; however, there were still a great
number of children who are not attending school. As this case affects the compliance rate of the region,
this strategy was proposed to address this problem, hence the preparation of this module.

Legal Basis

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an international instrument ratified in 1990 by the
Philippines which sets minimum standards for state parties to ensure the promotion and protection of
the rights of children. “Every child has the right to be educated” in line with this is the “Quality
Education” of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all which Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program works to
attain for the children.

II. The Youth Development Session as an Intervention

The Regional Module on YDS for non-compliant children is primarily aimed of monitoring children who
chose not to enrol for reasons of bullying, low self-esteem, lack of interest in attending school, sickly and

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parent’s decision for sibling care while they are working. Module on YDS for non-compliant children
beneficiaries in education is one of the approaches of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Field
Office to address family needs particular to the changing necessities and challenges of the youth of the
new millennium and to encourage and motivate them to study and finish their senior high school.

Modules for High School beneficiaries are envisioned to address the challenges faced by Filipino
adolescents nowadays by providing them with sessions related to self-awareness & visioning for their
desired future and by planning to reach their goal and commitment setting. Highlight of the session
includes the importance of education, power of decision-making and courage to pursue and execute
their set commitment.

Participants for the Youth Development Sessions are the Pantawid Pamilya adolescent beneficiaries
(aged 11-18 years old/grade 7 to 11 high school beneficiaries) dropout/non-compliant in education.
Said session will be conducted on a once a week/one day activity for the entire module with 2-3 hours
per session of interactive discussion starting May 2017. Conducting follow-up sessions will depend on
the need and the pacing of the participants. The City/Municipal Links/Case Managers will be the
facilitators with an assumption that they know the individual cases of these children beneficiaries. On
this way, proper handling of topics, supervised learning exercises, appropriate methodologies will be
applied. To address such cases and to effectively manage the group there is a need for the
City/Municipal Links to review first with their assigned Social Welfare Officer III’s the methods of social
work (case work & group work). On cases that there will be sensitive, MSWDO/Youth worker/Social
Worker shall be invited to guide them during the session and to provide appropriate interventions as
part of case management.

This module can be modified based on the needs and level of maturity of the group/participants, having
a Parent-Child session; Child Session with a separate session for their Parents and another session for
both child and parents may apply as another intervention of the C/MLs for their case management.

The YDS for dropout, non-compliant in education and not enrolled children is deemed important given
that there are 1,430 high school beneficiaries who dropped out (as of January 2017), preferred not to
enrol based on the above reasons. To provide them appropriate and timely intervention, they will be
subjected in the thorough helping process to identify underlying reasons, to help them realize the
importance of education and for the case managers to come up with proper intervention to lessen the
aforementioned reasons of non-compliant children in education - if not to prevent and encourage non-
enrolled and dropped out children to be back to school.

III. Goal and Objectives

The main goal of YDS for dropout, non-compliant in education and not enrolled children is to encourage
the adolescent beneficiaries to study and motivate them to complete their high school requirements, to
provide them need base & timely intervention and to lessen the regional number of dropout, non-
compliant in education and not enrolled children.

The specific objectives are as follows:

1. To enhance their knowledge and awareness on the following:

a. Importance of education in order to have a better life in the future.

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 b. Community participation and involvement in enrichment activities.

2. To develop positive attitude towards the helping process.

IV. Expected Output

By the end of June 2017 the subject adolescent beneficiaries are encouraged to enrol this school year
2017-2018 and will be motivated to continue and finish their high school requirements or to prevent
increasing number of adolescent dropout, non-compliant in education attendance and not enrolled
children.

Table of Contents:

Title Profile of Dropout, Non-Compliant in Education and Non-Enrolled High School Beneficiaries
Session 1: Visioning
Session 2: Planning
Session 3: Commitment Setting
Definition of Terms

Profile of Dropout, Non-Compliant in Education and Not Enrolled High School Beneficiaries
as of April 5, 2017

Province No. of City/ No. of non-compliant No. of No. of No. of Not Name of
Municipality in Education Retained Dropout Enrolled C/MLs
February March
Aurora 8 275 162 0 68 34
Bataan 12 852 707 204 128 194
Bulacan 24 741 636 326 148 529
Nueva Ecija 32 1144 962 - 234 569
Pampanga 23 426 343 - 185 414
Tarlac 18 500 382 5 239 261
Zambales 14 740 540 1 74 81

Session 1: Visioning

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Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:
1. Appreciate the importance of education and how it may affect their future.
2. Identify the cause and effect of dropout incidence and non-compliance in education.
3. Know the participants’ current status as an individual (Physical and Psychological)
4. Visualize their dreams as an individual five (5) years from now.

Time Requirements: 2 Hours

Facilitator’s Notes:
1. Ensure that the venue is conducive for the participants.
2. Prepare a visually enticing presentation to catch the attention of the youth to match their
maturity and energy level.
3. As case manager, be ready for unexpected special cases that will arise during problem
identification.
4. Make sure that the session is alive, active and participatory.
5. As a C/ML, or a case manager, it is important to know the root cause in dropout/non-
compliant/non-enrolled in education in order to provide comprehensive case assessment.

Ice Breaker: (Choice of the case manager depending on the group need)

Learning Experience:

Activity: My Dream Me
Time Requirements: 1 ½ hours
Materials needed: Pencil/ballpen, crayon and bond paper

Option 1: Meditation

Procedure:
1. Instruct the participants to sit comfortably, close their eyes, then breath in and out slowly 3
times until they are relaxed and ready for the activity.
2. Tell them to think and visualize the dream that they aspire for themselves (to be a teacher,
nurse, social worker, doctor, etc., to be professional someday)
3. After 3-5 minutes, instruct them to breathe in and out slowly 3 times and slowly open their eyes.
4. Ask them about what they felt while they are dreaming their desired self for their future. (Let
the open question be answered voluntarily by the participants)
5. Next, instruct them to write their honest answers to the following questions:
a. Enumerate the reasons why I am a dropout/Non-compliant/not enrolled?
b. How do I see myself five (5) years from now?
6. Ask the participants to find their partner and share his/her output while the other will listen,
and vice versa.
7. Collect the participants’ output.

Option 2: Drawing

Procedure:

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 1. Instruct the participants to draw/write their dream me (their desired self for the future)
2. Let each one explain their output.
3. Next, instruct them at the back page of their output to write their honest answers to the
following questions:
a. Enumerate the reasons why I am a dropout/Non-compliant/not enrolled?
b. How do I see to myself five (5) years from now?
4. Ask the participants to find their partner and share his/her output while the other will listen,
and vice versa.
5. Collect the participants’ output.

Lecture:

What is education? It is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the
powers of reason and judgment, and generally preparing oneself or others intellectually for a mature
life.

Education is important in life because it gives people the skills and tools they need to navigate the
world. Without education, people would not be able to read, write, calculate or communicate; they
would also not be able to perform jobs competently, accurately and safely. Education also teaches
people about the world in which they live, including information about history, philosophy and culture.

Education is an important part of preparing individuals to enter the workforce. Many jobs require a
person to have basic writing and math skills, as well as computer skills. Education provides people with a
better understanding about the world they live in, and this helps them interact with family, friends and
co-workers.

Education also gives people basic skills to survive in the world, including numeracy and literacy skills. It
helps them better communicate and work with others. Education helps a person accurately and safely to
perform his or her duties.

Another important part of education is knowing how the government works. This helps people make
informed decisions and interpret current news events. Learning critical thinking skills help people to
make decisions that affect their everyday lives. Some people believe that education is important
because it helps people learn how to love, live and work.

Education in the Philippines is managed and regulated by the Department of Education (DepEd),
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA). DepEd is responsible for the K–12 basic education; it exercises full and exclusive control
over public schools and nominal regulation over private schools, and it also enforces the national
curriculum that has been put in place since 2013. CHED and TESDA, on the other hand, are
responsible for higher education; CHED regulates the academically-oriented universities and colleges
while TESDA oversees the development of technical and vocational education institutions and
programs in the country.
The Alternative Learning Systems (ALS) in the Philippines caters to the needs of the following:
elementary and secondary school dropouts, kids that are older than the normal age for a specific
grade level (this may be a 12 year old in grade 4), unemployed adults that haven’t finished their
education degree, indigenous people, people with disabilities, the mentally challenged, and inmates.

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It is possible to have both informal and formal references for these alternative learning systems
because these are apart from the formal teaching institutions. Although similar to the formal
teaching institutions, there will be a diagnostic test for everyone that will participate in order to
gauge the level they are in in terms of the skills needed per grade level. If there are people that do
not have the basic skills such as reading and writing, there will be an additional program that will
help them first learn the basics before taking the diagnostic test. There will be a specific number of
hours that is required from the student in order for him/her to be able to finish the program. There
will be a final assessment to test the comprehensive knowledge of the student. If the student passes,
he/she will be given a certificate that is signed by the secretary of the department of education
allowing the student to apply for college degrees, work, formal training programs, and can re-enrol in
elementary/secondary education in formal teaching institutions.

There are other avenues of alternative learning in the Philippines such as the Radio-Based Instruction
(RBI) Program. It is designed to give the lectures through radio transmission, thus making it easier for
people to access wherever they are. The goal is for the listeners to receive the same amount of
education received by people that sit in classroom lectures.

Non-formal technical and vocational education is assumed by institutions usually accredited and
approved by TESDA: center-based programs, community-based programs and enterprise-based
training, or the Alternative Learning System (ALS). The Institutions may be government operated,
often by provincial government, though it can also be privately operated. They may offer programs
ranging in duration from a couple of weeks to two-year diploma courses. Programs can be
technological courses like automotive technology, computer technology, and electronic technology;
service courses such as caregiver, nursing aide, hotel and restaurant management; and trade courses
such as electrician, plumber, welder, automotive mechanic, diesel mechanic, heavy vehicle operator
& practical nursing. Upon graduating from most of these courses, students may take an examination
from TESDA to obtain the relevant certificate or diploma.

In the country, there are a number of people, particularly kids that do not receive proper education
from formal educational institutions because of various reasons. These reasons usually pertain to
financial problems.

The Filipino youth, according to Dr. Jose P. Rizal - “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan”, describes
the youth as the Philippines’ hope of tomorrow and believed in the young people’s way in the
development of a country and that education will be the key to accomplish a goal. They must have a
positive outlook to achieve their objective in life, as young people have the right to live well and
experience love and pride in their motherland though there are limits for it may also break them.
Diligence and compassion is the key to be a productive youth of the society.

The development of a country depends on the characteristics of a youth and like Rizal’s dreams, a
young person should also have dreams in life similar to this.

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet” By Aristotle simply states that education
will demand time, energy, money, attitude, and much of your efforts before you taste and enjoy its
fruits.

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What is vision? It is something seen in a dream, a supernatural appearance that conveys a revelation,
a thought, concept, or object formed by the imagination, a manifestation to the senses of something
immaterial look, not at visions, but at realities — Edith Wharton

Having a clear vision may drive the person to move and if they possess a proper knowledge through
their studying it is not possible for them to reach their dream.

References:

https://www.reference.com/education/important-reasons-education-byEleanor Roosevelt.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vision
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/favorites.html-byJose Rizal;Aristotle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Philippines

Key Learning Points:

1. To succeed in life, adolescents should understand and learn the importance of a solid
foundation that may acquire in continuous education.
2. Road to success is not easy, you may experience challenges, bumps, or deviations but the very
important is how you get through and finish the race.
3. As an adolescent, knowing your current location may help you to determine where you are and
how you go to your next destination.
4. Youth are visual if they have clear vision of what they want to be, and it may serve as their goal.

Deepening:

The Facilitators will go back to the participants’ output and process the activity by connecting it to the
session and module objectives. Make sure to emphasize the importance of having clear vision for their
future.

Synthesis:

1. Write a letter to myself 5 years from now.

2. Ask the participants to share their feelings, insight and learning during the session.

Assignment:

1. Based on the output for the first module, write and enumerate in detail their plans for April-
June 2017.
2. Write and enumerate in detail the participants’ plans to meet their life goal.

Session 2: Planning

Objectives:

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At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:
1. Identify their wants and needs in order to attain their dreams.
2. Prioritization of their tasks/activities to meet their goal.
3. Create step by step plans to meet their life goal and objectives.

Time Requirements: 1 ½ Hours

Facilitator’s Notes:
1. Prepare a visually enticing presentation to catch the attention of the youth to match their
maturity and energy level.
2. Ensure that each participant will have a ready case assessment in their individual case folder,
and as C/ML/case manager you read and review their previous session output.
3. Return the individual output of the participants during the previous session.
4. Guide the participants all throughout the activities.
5. Ensure that C/ML/case manager will take note the individual plans of each participant for future
follow up.

Energizer: (Choice of the C/ML/case manager depending on the group need)

Learning Experience:

Activity: Journey to my Dream Me

Time Requirements: 1 ½ hour
Materials needed: Pencil/ballpen and bond paper

Procedure:
1. Return the participants’ individual output during the previous session.
2. Instruct the participants to use their drawn and written vision to come up a detailed plan to
reach their Dream Me.
3. On a piece of paper instruct them to write their individual goal followed by objectives.
(Provide them clear instructions to prevent the confusion between the goal and objective)
4. After the activity, ask each participant about his/her feeling while writing their plans to reach
their Dream Me.
5. Instruct the participants to take home with them their output since the first session of this
module for them to have a reminder on their dream and plans.

Lecture:

The progress of a goal is the reason that planning is important for the individual because planning helps
you decide short term and long term goals; it helps you make decisions faster.

Planning helps identify goals. One of the most beneficial aspects of planning is in creating goals to
accomplish. When you sit down and write out what you want to accomplish you will be surprised how
this goal structure lends itself to creating a plan for accomplishing them. There are a couple of different
strategies when working on goals. Some of the more popular strategies include creating three goal
types, short-term, mid-term, and long-term.

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Short-term goals are those items you would like to see done in the next 2-3 days. These goals are quick,
easy to accomplish and relatively simple goals.
Mid-term goals are things you’d like to accomplish in the next few weeks or months these are concrete,
well-defined goals which can be directly actioned.
The last goal type is the long-term goal. These are the big picture goals and long-term aspirations you
hold for your project.

Planning helps to stay focused and to keep your perspective. Keep your perspective on your purpose
and your future. Then and only then will you see success and you will be rewarded for your planning.

Learn and analyse these quotes:

“Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.”

-Mark Caine

“Plans are nothing; planning is everything”

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

Human nature likes to believe in overnight sensational success stories, though the truth is more
common. Perhaps a change to a well-known quote would be appropriate. Instead of “practice makes
perfect” a better quote would be “planning makes perfect”.

References:

http://dbhurley.com/importance-planning/ ; Webster Dictionary

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/d/dwightdei149111.html

Key Learning Points:

1. Written life goal and objectives is very important for the participants to have a view/direction
for their future or dream me.
2. Prioritization of task/activities in planning is very essential to reach their dream me.

Deepening:

The Facilitators will go back to the participants output and use the following questions to help digest the
concepts of planning:

1. What is the relevance of our discussion on planning in your life as an adolescent?

2. How important are the adolescence motivations to finish his/her study?

Synthesis:

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As millennial adolescent living in a world full of instant gratification, don’t believe in wild fantastical
stories of instant fame; instead plan a course, identify goals, and move confidently towards
accomplishing your dream ME.

Session 3: Commitment Setting

Objective:
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to set a commitment to implement their plans to
meet their life’s goal.

Time Requirements: 30 minutes

Facilitator’s Notes:
1. Prepare a visually enticing presentation to catch the attention of the youth to match their
maturity and energy level.
2. Prepare the participants and the materials to be used for commitment setting.
3. Ensure that the C/ML/case manager will take note of the participants’ individual commitment
for future follow up.

Ice Breaker: (Choice of the C/ML/case manager depending on the group need)

Learning Experience:

Activity: Commitment to My Dream Me

Time Requirements: 30 minutes
Materials needed: Pencil/ballpen and bond paper

Procedure:
1. Provide the participants the necessary materials for writing their commitment.
2. Instruct them to be relaxed and be serious in this activity, because setting of commitment is not
easy, it requires motivation, discipline and determination.
Lecture:

What is commitment? This is the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself in specific person,
situation or organization.

When it comes to commitment, there are no grey areas. Either you are committed or you are not. As an
adolescent you are not child anymore and should instead be ready for the mature role, and this will
begin in a decision and commitment to do it.

Key Learning Points:

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 1. The participants should be prepared physically and psychologically before they set and write
their commitment.
2. C/ML/case manager must aware to individual’s commitment for future follow up and must take
note the progress of its case.

Deepening:

The Facilitators will go back to the participants’ output and process the activity by emphasizing the
importance action towards to their set commitment.
Synthesis:

Ask volunteer participants to share what they learned from the session by answering this question:
Knowing the commitment setting, what do you think is the message of the activity for you?

Assignment of the participants:

1. Inform your parents about your set commitment and ask them to guide you through achieving
your dream me.
2. Discipline yourself to do your commitment.
3. As first step to achieve your dream me, take courage and be determined to enrol this coming
school year and finish your study.

Assignment of the C/MLs:

Assigned case manager are required to follow through their module after a week prior to know the
participants’ decision to enrol or not in determining their “Final Commitment Setting”. They also need to
submit a feedback report regarding the provided interventions, as well as concerned beneficiaries’
individual status.

-The End-

Definition of terms:

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Commitment: the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself. A pledge or promise; obligation:
engagement; involvement of a person:
Dropout: Children not continuing in school; stop schooling
Goal: The desire endpoint, the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim for the future
of a person.
Non-Compliant in education: Children not able to meet the Pantawid Program conditionality in
education “comply with at least 85% of attendance in school”.
Not-Enrolled: Children that is not enrolled in school.
Objective: It is something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose;
goal; target:
Plan/Planning: A scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance:
The act or process of making a plan or plans.

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