| Non-formal Education is one of the means to spread | | | | Development of Livelihood Skills |
| literacy and employable skills to the people and it | | | | Expansion of Certification and Equivalency |
| covers a much larger audience than the formal | | | | Programmes |
| system. The NFE in Philippines is designed to assist | | | | One of the main aims of NFE is to bring about a |
| the out-of-school youth and adults who have been | | | | decrease in the poverty levels among the |
| deprived of formal education. There may be varying | | | | communities.To attain this goal, the bureau provides |
| reasons for this.It may include the economic, social | | | | leadership and technical assistance in the |
| and geographical limitations which have hindered the | | | | implementation of literacy programmes, projects, |
| path of literacy and employable skills. | | | | trainings, workshops etc.This process includes the |
| The mission of the NFE program in Philippines is to | | | | following features: |
| empower the people with "desirable knowledge, skills, | | | | Female Functional Literacy & Parent Education: This |
| attitudes, and values that will enable him/her to think | | | | program majorly involves the mother and provides |
| critically and creatively, act innovatively and humanely | | | | them with essential skills and competencies to |
| in improving the quality of his/her life and that of his | | | | perform better in the fields related to child survival, |
| her family, community and country." | | | | protection and development. |
| The main objective of NFE in Philippines is to reduce | | | | Literacy Project for Cultural Communities: The target |
| the number of illiterates in the country and provide | | | | group for this program is that section of the society |
| them with need-based literacy programmes and also | | | | which is unable to attend the formal education |
| develop basic employable skills.Activities like vocational | | | | system.This may include the cultural communities in |
| training, adult reading classes, family planning sessions | | | | general and also the hill tribes in particular. |
| as well as leadership workshops for community | | | | Development of Literacy Measures: The Bureau of |
| leaders. | | | | Non-formal Education in Philippines has developed |
| This branch of education is looked after by the | | | | some literacy parameters through a series of |
| Bureau of Non-Formal Education which has its history | | | | seminars and workshops.At the moment there are |
| dating back to 1829 when civic educational lectures | | | | seven literacy measures which decide the functional |
| were introduced in the country.Non-formal education | | | | literacy of the target group.This is also accompanied |
| was formally started in 1973 and is now an integral | | | | by a Manual of Instructions for using the Measures |
| part of the developmental activities.There is a | | | | and its scoring. |
| 3-pronged approach in this method which focuses on | | | | Development of Resource Material: It also focuses on |
| literacy, continuing education and staff development. | | | | the development of the curricula for various levels of |
| The main thrust of NFE is on the acquisition of skills | | | | literacy and also the resource material needed for the |
| needed for earning livelihood and to survive the | | | | same.This includes booklets, posters and the |
| competitiveness in the labor market.The horizons of | | | | facilitator's guide. |
| non-formal education are far wider as compared to | | | | Actual Implementation on the Field: This is the most |
| the formal system. | | | | important component of the whole project.Efforts |
| NFE reaches out to a greater audience irrespective | | | | are made to implement the literacy and livelihood |
| of demographic characteristics, socio-economic | | | | development programmes in the actual field with the |
| conditions and varied general interests. In a few | | | | target group in order to eradicate illiteracy and |
| words, this system reaches out to all those people | | | | thereby alleviating poverty. |
| who might otherwise never get a chance to have | | | | Thus, the Bureau of Non-formal Education in |
| any sort of education. | | | | Philippines works on four major action points - family |
| The Non-formal Education Program of Philippines lays | | | | life skills which also includes health, nutrition, childcare, |
| thrust on the following aspects: | | | | household management, family planning; vocational |
| Literacy Programs for numeracy and functional | | | | skills, functional skills and enhancing livelihood skills. |
| literacy of each individual | | | | |