What is “Education for All?” Are other key concepts related to EFA and its

implementation?

“Education for All” is a global movement forming an alliance of countries

seeking a consensus on the problems and opportunities in meeting the

basic learning needs for all.

Objectives:

1.The institutionalization of early childhood care and development as a

basic service for all children in the country.

2.The improvement in the quality and efficiency of primary education.

3.The eradication of illiteracy, and

4.The provision of basic knowledge, skills and values that allows adults

and OSYs to improve the quality of their lives and increase their

opportunities to participate in the development process.

Other Key Concepts Related to the Implementation of the

Philippine Plan of Action on EFA and Their Meanings

Alternative Delivery Systems refer to the nontraditional modes of

instruction which can be used in both the formal and nonformal

programs.

Alternative Learning System is a parallel learning system being evolved

to provide a viable alternative to the existing formal education

structure.

Basic Education refers to education intended to meet basic learning

needs, instruction at the first or foundation level, on which subsequent

learning can be based.

Basic Learning Needs

comprise the essential learning tools (such as literacy, oral

expressions, numeracy and problem solving) and the basic

learning concept ( such as knowledge, skills, values an

attitudes) required by human being to be able to survive, to

develop their full capacities, to live and work in dignity, to

participate fully in development, to improve the quality of

their lives to make informed decisions and to continue

learning.

Cohort Survival Rate the percentage of Grade I pupils who reach Grade

VI six years later, also refers to the percentage of pupils who reach the

next grade level the following year.

Combination Classes refers to classes with two grade levels.

Continuing Education covers all educational opportunities taking place

outside the literacy and primary educational programs, including the

enrichment of the learning environment to activate and sustain

motivation for learning.

Dropout Rate is the percentage of pupils who dropped out during the

school year and those who finish the grade within a school year but do

not enroll in the succeeding year.

Early Childhood Care and Development is a set of critical

development intervention approaches and activities aimed at

maximizing the pre-schoolers capacities for physical psycho-social

and intellectual development during their formative years.

Formal Education is a highly institutionalized, chronologically

graded and hierarchically structured education system, spanning

from the primary schools to the tertiary schools.

Functional Literacy refers to the ability to read and write with

comprehension, as well as to make simple arithmetical calculations

(numeracy) in an expanded sense, and the possession of minimum

skills needed to carry out simple functions in life and to interact with

others in society.

Graduates are pupils who complete the final grade in the education

level (Grade VI/Grade VII).

Informal Education a lifelong process of learning by which every person

acquires and accumulates knowledge, skills, attitudes and insights from

experiences at home, at work.

Integrated Projects are those that cut across development areas and

whose components are often packaged with other sectoral services to

address a broader range of basic needs.

Institutionalization is the process of integrating policies, programs and

procedures into the existing system.

Literacy is the ability to read and write with understanding a

simple message in any language or dialect.

Literacy Rate refers to the percentage of the population who

can read and write and understand simple messages in any

language or dialect.

Livelihood Skills Development Program provides basic

livelihood skills training. And vocational/technical skills

training.

Minimum Learning Competencies refer to the whole range of skills and

competencies needed to be acquired by a person if he is to participate

meaningfully and productively in his community and improve his

quality of life.

Multigrade Classes refer to classes with three or more grade levels.

Nonfomal education is any organized, systematic educational activity

carried an outside the framework of the formal system to provide

selected types of learning to a cross-section of population and across

age groups.

Participation rate for a given school year is the ratio of

enrollment of a given age group in a grade level to the population

of the same age group in a grade level to the population of the

same group.

Preschool means organized child learning and socialization

activities such as nursery, preparatory, and kindergarten proper

below Grade 1

Primary Education refers to the provision of first level instruction

to children, usually seven to twelve age group.

Primary Schooling refers to the provision of primary education

through formal schools.

School Facilities to the schoolbuildings, workshops, laboratories,

and other structures for school.

Simple Literacy refers to the ability to read and write a simple

message in ay language or dialect.

Social Mobilization is the process of generating and sustaining

active participation by all sectors at all levels of society to achieve

the goals and objectives of EFA.

Social Reform Agenda (SRA) is the government comprehensive

response to the grievances of the Filipino population especially the

disadvantage sectors; namely, farmers and landless workers.

Teacher-Pupil Ratio is the ratio of the number of teachers to the

total enrollment in a specific grade level.

Technology is a systematic way of designing, carrying out, and

evaluating the total process of learning and teaching in terms of

specific objectives based on research in human learning and

communication.

Technology Transfer means the transfer of the result of basic and

applied research to the design, development, production, and

commercialism of new or improved products, services, or processes.

Conclusion:

Education For All (EFA) is such a great tool in making all Filipinos

become literate and educated. The goal of this program is very

beneficial especially to those Filipino who never been to school or

pursue their education in elementary and secondary level. Since it

offers practical skills intended for the purpose of creating a

livelihood, it can help the economic status of poor family Filipinos.

Hence, this program must be successfully implanted nationwide to

make our country become productive.