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2008/ED/EFA/MRT/PI/36
Country profile prepared for the
Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2008
Education for All by 2015: will we make it?
Philippines
Non-formal education
Carolina Guererro
2007
This profile was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report as background
information to assist in drafting the 2008 report. It has not been edited by the team. The views
and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to the
EFA Global Monitoring Report or to UNESCO. The profile can be cited with the following
reference: “Country Profile commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008,
Education for All by 2015: will we make it? For further information, please contact
efareport@unesco.org1
Global Monitoring Report on Non-Formal Education
(P H I L I P P I N E S)
By Carolina Guererro
Part I. Country Level Information on NFE
1. How is NFE conceptualized in the country?
At the turn of the century, major changes in the field of Non-Formal Education in the
Philippines occurred such as the change in the concept, the approach, the focus, and the outcomes.
Consequently, various programs evolved as did problems and issues related to these reforms in
Non-Formal Education. The principal area of reform was the shift in the concept from Non-Formal
Education to the Alternative Learning System (ALS) which is generally recognized now as “the
other side of basic education” (where the one side is the formal education).
Presently, Non-Formal Education is viewed as one of two components of the Alternative
Learning System, the other being Informal Education. However, informal education is a very new
program unlike non-formal education. Therefore, the major programs now in operation which are
the Basic Literacy Program, the Accreditation and Equivalency Program and the Indigenous
Peoples Education Program are all nonformal education interventions. These are future Alternative
Learning...