ALS cares people’s livelihood in North Davao

Alternative Learning System (ALS) Tibungco District provided Free education within the three barangays in North Davao: Panacan, Ilang and Tibungco to an estimated 322 individuals especially the underprivileged to uplift their lives from poverty.

As a parallel learning system in the Philippines that provides alternative education to someone whom do not have access to formal education in schools gives them a chance to finish practical courses that could be a big help for them to earn a living.

Sir Rusty Salazar Corsame, an informal education facilitator teaching Cookery situated in Dona Mercedes Village, Panacan, Davao City is very inspired to help the interested individual to learn some practical ways for their livelihood. “Ania ako nagtudlo sa ALS tungod kay nagtuo ako nga pinaagi niini makatabang ako sa ilang panginahanglan” (I am here teaching in ALS because I believe that through this I could help them for their needs), he stressed out in an interview.

Adding: “…to provide this to the needy, the program is only offered to the undergraduate from college or High School or even just Elementary level but interested to learn and finish the short courses,” Corsame said.

Sandra Cabague is one of the graduates last July 2018 of ALS Cookery said: “Salamat gayod og dako sa ALS Tibungco District Cookery kay pinaagi niini, nakatukod ako og ginagmay’ng negosyo” (Thank you very much ALS Tibungco District Cookery because of this I put up a small business), she said in an interview.

Every year the program produces several graduates and later earn their NC II. Recently, two graduates of Hairdressing passed the NC II assessment just this October 23 of this year namely: Flordelyn Sabroso and Jeanpee Modeqillo under the supervision of Ma’am Annabelle Liguan one of the Facilitators.

The short courses are: Cookery, Bread and Pastry Production, Massage Therapy, Electrical and Installation Maintenance, Food Processing, Hairdressing, Food and Beverage, Welding and Dressmaking. Moreover, learners of these courses also enrolled in TESDA at the same time. These short courses handled by the competent instructors earned a NCII level from TESDA. (Alvin M. Olaer, MAT)