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834 inmates avail Eskwelda

DAVAO DE ORO, November 4 (PIA) - - A total of 834 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in Davao de Oro have availed of Alternative Learning System (ALS) education and skills training through the Eskwela sa Selda or Eskwelda.

 

Launched in 2019, the Davao de Oro Provincial Youth Development Council reached out to 804 persons housed in Montevista District Jail, and 30 persons in Provincial Rehabilitation Center.

 

Janice Clarion, provincial youth development officer, bared in an interview that the provincial government allocated PhP 2 million for the financial assistance of the learners worth PhP 2,000 each.

 

However, she said, “the release of FA is by tranche so as not to merely serve as a dole out to our learners.”

 

Clarion stressed that the program is in collaboration with the Department of Education ALS, and the Sangguniang Kabataan.

 

“The DepEd ALS provides the technical side of the program, the SK for the provision of school supplies to learners and the provincial government as reinforcement so that learners will strive to finish their ALS classes through the provision of the financial assistance,” she added.


Janice Clarion, provincial youth development officer


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