Logis&cs,  Monitoring  &  Evalua&on  and  Resource  

Mobiliza&on    

Presented  by:  

RODERICK  P.  CORPUZ  Bureau of Alternative Learning System Department of Education, Philippines

• Nonformal Education - Basic Literacy - Accreditation and Equivalency •  Informal Éducation

ALS Programs

• DepEd Del ivered – learning intervention is managed by the ALS Mobile Teachers and District ALS Coordinators in far-flung areas.

- Salaries are provided by the national government.

Implementation Scheme

• DepEd Procured – refers to the ALS program implementation contracted by Department of Education to Non-Government Organizations, Church-Based Organizations and Civil Society Groups using government funds

Implementation Scheme

• ALS P rograms Managed by Partners – are individual or groups, organizations and agencies that implement ALS programs using their own resources.

Implementation Scheme

NUMBER  OF  ALS  IMPLEMENTERS  

ALS  Implementers   Number  

Mobile  Teachers   2,  281  

District  ALS  Coordinators   2,  390  

Literacy  Volunteers  (AGAP)   719  

Service  Providers     1,  012  

GRAND  TOTAL   6,  402  

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The ALS Teacher

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ALS Community Learning Center

Cost  of  Contrac&ng  an  Organiza&on    as  Service  Provider  (10  months  with  50  learners)  

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Item  of  Expenditure   Total  

1.  Honorarium  of  the  Facilitator  or  Instruc&onal  Manager  (IM)  (w/o  tax  deduc&on)    

P  60.000.00  

2.          Cost  of  Materials  and  supplies  to  be  used  by  the  Facilitator  or  IM  

P      5,000.00  

3.          Management  fee  of  the  Service  Provider   P  30,000.00  

4.          Training  Expenses  of  the  Facilitator  or  IM  as  par&cipant  to  a  3  to  5-­‐day  training  conducted  once  by  the  Regional  Office  and  once  by  the  Division  Office  

P      5,000.00  

5.          Monitoring  and  Evalua&on  fee  for  DepEd  Supervisors  during  visits  made  at  

-­‐  Midpoint  of  contract  period  -­‐  End  of  contract  period  

P  10,000.00  

Grand  Total  per  Learning  Contract   P  110,  000.00  

Cost  of  Contrac&ng  an  Individual    as  Service  Provider  (Literacy  Volunteers)  

10  Months  with  50  learners  

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Item  of  Expenditure   Total  

1.  S&pend     P  50,  000.00  

2.    Teaching  Aid   P      5,  000.00  

3.    Transporta&on  Allowance   P  20,000.00  

Grand  Total     P  75,  000.00  

Cost  per  Learner    

P 1, 200. 00

Networking  &  Linkaging    

• CoordinaHon  with  the  community  leaders  to  be  able  to  recruit  potenHal  learners  unHl  finally  he/she  is  able  to  organize  a  learning  group  of  50.  

• ConHnuous    networking  with  other  Government  OrganizaHons,  Non-­‐Government  OrganizaHons  and  civil  society  groups  for  potenHal  support/partnership  

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Managing  and  Decision-­‐Making  

• Constant  consultaHon  between  and  among  DepEd  officials,  ALS  implementers,  donors,  communiHes,  Government  OrganizaHons,  Non-­‐Government  OrganizaHons,  Church-­‐Based  OrganizaHons  and  other  stakeholders  

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Kumustahan (Monitoring & Evaluation)

Monitoring  and  Evalua&on  

•  Conduct  an  annual  “Kumustahan  sa  Barangay”    

•  “Kumustahan  sa  Barangay”  is  a  non-­‐threatening  strategy,  an  informal  way  to  generate  informaHon  from  implementers,  beneficiaries  and  stakeholders  about  the  program  implementaHon.  

•  “ALS  Inter-­‐Regional  Monitoring  &  EvaluaHon  Scheme”  is  also  used.    

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MONITORING  AND  EVALUATION  (M&E)  FORMS  

1.  M&E  001  (Financial)  –  this  form  is  used  to  monitor  disbursement  and  liquidaHon  of  funds  allocated  to  the  different  learning  centers  and  programs  at  the  district  and  division  levels.  

2.  M&E  002  (Management  and  Administra&on)  –  this  form  is  used  to  monitor  distribuHon  and  uHlizaHon  of  allocated  manpower,  supplies,  and  materials.  It  also  allows  to  benchmark  best  pracHces  in  the  implementaHon  of  the  ALS  programs  

3.  M&E  003  (Technical)  –  this  form  is  used  to  monitor  the  processes  undertaken  in  the  implementaHon  of  the  program.  

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Problems of ALS Implementers Solutions Made Initial recruitment of learners   •  Seeks assistance of the

barangay officials/house to house campaign  

Delayed release of financial assistance for the production of learning materials  

•  ALS implementers spends t h e i r o w n m o n e y f o r reproduction of materials and requests reimbursements later  

•  Encourage learners to take o n m o d u l e s t h a t a r e available  

Problems Encountered by ALS Implementers and Contracted Service Providers

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Problems of ALS Implementers Solutions Made Low motivation of some learners   •  In i t iate home vis i ts and

c o n d u c t c o u n s e l i n g , i n c l u d i n g m e e t i n g w i t h parents/other members of the family  

Conflict between and among the organizations  

•  Regularly hold meetings with the Service Providers  

•  Seek assistance of DepEd local office for intervention  

Attrition and irregular attendance of learners due to work and e c o n o m i c r e a s o n s , f a m i l y problems and sickness  

•  Close monitor ing of the learners by conducting home visits and/or tutorial learning sessions  

•  Seek assistance of other government agencies such as DSWD, DOH and LGU  

Problems Encountered by ALS Implementers and Contracted Service Providers

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Problems of Service Providers Solutions Made

Identification and hiring of Instructional Managers who can be assigned to remote areas

•  Tap local college graduate for the job

Unavailability of Learning Centers or similar place for learning

•  C o o r d i n a t e w i t h t h e barangay officials to avail of any local facilities

Late implementation of the program due to delayed release of funds; learners are not ready for the A&E test

•  Service Providers use own financial resources to be able to start the program

Problems Encountered by ALS Implementers and Contracted Service Providers

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Problems of Service Providers Solutions Made

Exposure of Instruct ional Managers to danger/peace problem

•  C o o r d i n a t e w i t h l o c a l officials and even military forces

M a n a g e m e n t p r o b l e m between DepEd and LGUs concerned

•  In i t ia te d ia logues and meetings with the agencies concerned

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Lead Agency/Group  

Innovations & Best Practices  

DepEd BALS   •  Initiate various delivery modalities of learning  •  Use of Individual Learning Agreement (ILA) form

(flexible learning)  •  Interactive self-learning modules  •  Learning portfolio assessment; Non-traditional

assessment system  •  Establish inter-agency linkage and support system  

Partners   •  Establishment  of  mobile  learning  centers  and  library    

S e r v i c e Providers  

•  Integration of livelihood activities in the learning sessions

•  Linkage with TESDA  A L S Implementers  

•  Conduct of home visits  •  Linkage with other government agencies in the

delivery of learning programs  •  Customization of individual learning agreement/

program according to the cultural context of learners