INTRODUCTION TO THE BLW PROGRAM

BARANGAY LITERACY WORKER PROGRAM

BICOL REGION – HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL

ATTAINMENT
CAMARINES SUR – OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH

Out-Of-School Youth in Camarines Sur

50000.
• Estimated total - 43,931

37500.
14996
Extrapolated data for Barangays not yet
surveyed

25000.

Number of OSYs registered into Abot-

Alam Databases
28935
12500.

0.
Out of School Youths
 A&E RESULTS
A&E PASSERS BY PROVINCE / CITY (BICOL REGION)

1250

1000

750
2010 2011

2012 2013
500

2014

250

0
Albay Camarines Sur Masbate Iriga Ligao City Naga City
 A&E RESULTS
PERCENTAGE OF A&E TEST TAKERS WHO PASSED THE EXAM

100.00%

75.00%

2010 2011
50.00%

2012 2013

25.00%

0.00%
Albay Camarines Sur Masbate Iriga Ligao City Naga City
 WHAT IS THE
BLW PROGRAM?
 WHAT IS THE LEGAL BASIS?
• 1987 Philippine Constitution: The Constitution obligates the government of the
Philippines to “protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all
levels.”

• Republic Act 9155 – Governance of Basic Education Act: “It is hereby declared
the policy of the State to protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality basic
education and to make such education accessible to all by providing all Filipino
children a free and compulsory education in the elementary level and free education
in the high school level. Such education shall also include alternative learning
systems for out-of-school youth and adult learners.”

• Republic Act 10122, amended and updated Republic Act 7165, which created the
National Literacy Coordinating Council.

• Republic Act 10632: “10% of the general fund of the barangay allocated for SK shall
be used by the Sangguniang Barangay solely for youth development progams or
projects”. These programs or projects can include “capacity building” and “Out-of-
School Youth Programs”.
 LEGAL BASIS, CONT.
• Provincial Ordinance No. 056 in the 2015 Series:

“It shall be the policy of the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur to seek organized means and
systematic methods of institutionalizing the Alternative Learning System (ALS) into the regular
operations of the Provincial Government, the component municipalities, the City Government of
Iriga, and the barangays within the territorial jurisdiction of the Province, in order to expediently
and effectively provide education to a large portion of the citizenry.”

AND…

“Every barangay in the Province of Camarines Sur shall appropriate one per cent (1%) of their
annual Internal Revenue Allotment for the expenses of ALS Honoraria and ALS programs,
projects, and activities, to be sourced from the Barangay Development Fund and/or the Sangguniang
Kabataan (SK) fund.”

AND…

“There shall be created in the barangays within the territorial jurisdiction of the Province of
Camarines Sur a position for the Barangay Literacy Worker which shall have an Honorarium of at
least One Thousand Pesos (PHP1,000.00) to be funded by the barangay fund or the fund of a cluster of
barangays, or to be supported by the municipal, city, or provincial fund .”
 WHAT IS THE BLW PROGRAM?

•Every person in each Barangay

having the knowledge of, access
to, and opportunity to participate
in educational programs, which
will allow them to achieve their
personal learning goals
and, therefore, their unique
potential.
“SA KADA TAO,
SA KADA
BARANGAY”
 AS A BLW, YOU ARE…
• Helping eradicate illiteracy in your own community

• Improve opportunities for out-of-school youth and adults

(OSYAs) to gain employment and become active citizens in
society

• Making education accessible to all… ‘every person, in

every barangay’

• Creating a link between the Barangay Council and

community education needs

• An advocate for education

 WHAT DOES A BLW DO?
• Facilitate literacy, personal development and livelihood classes;

• Conduct advocacy and learner recruitment activities;

• Conduct data collection and literacy mapping to monitor community

literacy levels;

• Foster positive, functional relationships with relevant stakeholders;

• The BLW will ensure that they are accessible to community

members and responsive to their educational needs, questions, and
support;

• Dedicate a minimum of 16 hours per week in the delivery of ALS

programs.

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 WHERE DID THE BLW PROGRAM ORIGINATE?

2011 2012 2013 2015 2015

BLW BLW Conceptual Roll out of Passing
Concept piloted in plan BLW
Program of
conceived Tigaon and developed commences
Provincial
by Ma‘am Calabanga to roll out
Dolly BLWs to all Ordinance
Pempeña of No. 056 s.
from Camarines 2015
Tigaon Sur