Perpetual Issues and Concerns in the Alternative Learning System

Abstract

The study measures the interdependence of program planning implementation and evaluation to establish the desired goals of the Alternative Learning System.  It emphasizes the evaluation of the activity system of the program, which allows unfolding the evaluation based theory to highlight the modalities and rationale of the educational program activities, in order to achieve desired outcomes in the Alternative Learning System. The study bears out the challenges of the program across 14 divisions in the National Capital Region that validated research findings in the past. In an effort to improve educational experiences for all learners, a continuing development program for ALS must be in place to address specific needs of the learner’s employability and productivity. Parallel to the K-12 Curriculum, the learners must be equipped with the human capital requirement to become productive members of society. The findings of the study put to surface the need to institutionalize and standardize the guidelines in the implementation of ALS, and a call for communities to increase their attention to the issues and concern of the program in which the public and private entities are mandated by the government to work hand-in hand towards the achievement of education for all.