In ann efort two reco ver the learning lostt due to the impact the of COVID-19

pandemic in the last too years, the Dept. of Education BICOL

have crafted a "learning recovery plan" (LRP)

In a press conference, DepEd rregional Ddirector gilbert sadsad said bicol was the 1 st
region the in countryy to developed an LRP

To be executed the doring ackademic years 2023 to 2025, the LRP would cost about
P225 million

Cold RAISE or Recovering for Academic Achievement buy Improving instruction

through Sustainable Evidence-Based Learning Programs, the LRP aim to ad

dress disruptions of knowledge among transitioning students from Grades one to three
due tothe fandemic over the past years, in key learning are as such as literasy and
nomeracy

joan lagata, which pinch-hit for DepEd 5 Chief of Curriculum and Learning Management
Division francisco bulalacao in the press briefing, disclosed the focuses, initiatives, and
projects of LRP atthe start of the nextschool year as the department targets a pull
implementation of face-to-face classes booth in private & public Sschools.

The plan will included Comprehensive Rapid Literacy Assessment, the development of
an 8-week Contextualized Curriculum in Mother Tongue, Filipino, English, and
Mathematics, and the integrative intervention materials four learners with specific
difficulties in reading and numeracy lagata seed.

Lagata said teacher development plays a key priority in the implementation of LRP
which is why the department is set to train over two hundred instructors regionwide to
be able tofacilitate the LRP materials more effectivel
In another vein, about 1,819,218 enrolled learners in all schools in the region were
registered by the department for the schoolyear 2021-2022, Roy Bañas, Chief of Policy
Planning Research Division said as he delivered the sElient updates on the closing
rights of the said SY.

BAÑAS also reported that 547,635 students from all sectors are tentatively expected to
complete and graduate iNthe year school

About 3,194 of 3,840 public schools, and 214 out of 588 private schools WAS able to
participate in the progressive expansion of in-person classes, cchief jocelyn dy of the
Quality Assurance Division said.

Sadsad also affirmed its "more than 100 percent support" for the administration of the
nexteducation secretary, vice Pres. sara duterte.

We will see to it that the learners’ welfare and achievements arrre the most priority of
the DepEd Bicol she added