In support to the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program, the Department of Education (DepEd) is continuously fulfilling its mandate to produce productive and responsible citizens equipped with essential competencies and skills for lifelong learning. To make every learner a proficient reader, schools across the country are tasked to help learners develop their reading skills. However, such initiatives are still not enough based on the recent results of national assessments for student learning.
The overall results of the national assessments revealed that there are still many early grade learners struggling to meet the learning standards in early language, literacy and numeracy, Low achievement levels in English, Math, and Science appear to be caused by gaps in learners’ reading comprehension. This means that there are many low performing learners who could not comprehend (read and understand) Math and Science word problems that are written in English. Hence, they were unable to demonstrate their knowledge in these content areas. There are elementary and high school learners who are still deficient in literacy skills both in languages and content areas, more so in reading.
In order to address the aforementioned gaps, there is a need to strengthen the reading proficiency of every learner and to nurture a culture of reading which is a requisite skill in all content areas.
To attain this goal, DepEd shall strengthen the Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP) which aims to equip learners with reading skills to make them proficient and independent readers in their grade level; to capacitate teachers to become effective reading teachers; and to nurture a culture of reading in schools, communities, and various levels of governance in DepEd-central office (CO), regional offices (ROs), and schools division offices (SDOs).
All offices at the CO, ROs, SDOs and school levels are strongly encouraged to respond to Hamon: Bawat Bata Bumabasa (3Bs Initiatives) by intensifying their advocacy for reading and by pledging commitment to make every learner a reader at his/her grade level.
Abar 1st Elementary School is one of the school which is directed to align their priorities towards the promotion of the culture of reading as a key step in closing achievement gaps.
The department of Education wishes that BBB or the Bawat Bata Bumabasa project should be strictly implemented because they believed that it is the key to produce productive and responsible citizens.
by: Nayela Chrizabel Flores
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