With the inclusion of the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program among the government’s flagship programs, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) renewed its partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd).

DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian and DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) during a simple ceremony on Friday (December 20) at the DepEd central office in Pasig City.

“We are very thankful that we are growing this partnership. A couple of weeks ago, we met with DepEd Assistant Secretary Georgina Ann Hernandez Yang and we were telling her how excited we are to be the vessel of change using the content and the know-how of DepEd,” Secretary Gatchalian said.

The agreement signed by the two executives aims to strengthen the partnership for the continuous implementation of the tutoring program.

The MOA will also ensure the smooth execution of the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program until 2028.

“Kami naman, from our point of view, we have always looked at it as a social welfare program—trying to help the poorest college students graduate out of college. But we want to make sure that we are already starting the transition from pure straight out dole out to something conditional and developmental,” the DSWD chief said.

Through the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program, college students are capacitated and deployed as tutors to teach poor and or struggling readers in public elementary schools and as youth development workers (YDWs) to facilitate Nanay-Tatay learning sessions.

In exchange for rendering 20 tutoring and learning sessions, these tutors and YDWs receive cash-for-work (CFW) based on the prevailing regional daily minimum wage.

“This is probably going to be one of many collaborations with DepEd with a whole purpose of helping kids finish school, learning how to read, and at the same time transitioning from pure straight out social welfare to something conditional and developmental. That is what our goal is—to ease into that culture of not mendicancy but rather nation-building,” Secretary Gatchalian pointed out.

Under the agreement, the DSWD will formulate program design and guidelines and monitor and provide technical assistance during the conduct of capability building activities, community assemblies, pre-deployment meetings, conduct of Tara, Basa sessions, payout activities among others.

The DSWD will also design/layout the social and behavior change communication (SBCC) materials such as the digital learning materials for the conduct of sessions with parents; guidebook for tutors; workbook for learners; and Nanay-Tatay teacher modules for youth development worker (YDW) and parents.

The DepEd will be the one to endorse the list of target learners from public schools per result of the National Assessment on Reading Comprehension; assist in the matching of tutors and grade school learners; and provide logistical support by allowing the use of facilities and equipment for learning lessons, among other responsibilities.

“We are very grateful for this partnership with DSWD. Definitely this will improve the delivery of services of learning and I think the interface dito sa DSWD and DepEd will be very fruitful and productive for our children and young learners,” DepEd Secretary Angara said.

The education secretary added: “I know this has been very successful. It was declared as a flagship program by Malacanang recently. We are very happy and fortunate to be part of it and we will do our best to make it succeed.”

The Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program is the DSWD’s reformatted educational assistance. It was declared as a flagship program of the national government through Executive Order 76, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on November 22. (YADP)

 

Tagalog Version

 

DSWD, DepEd lumagda sa MOA para palawigin ang Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program

Inaasahang magpapatuloy ang implementasyon ng Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), matapos na lumagda sa Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) sina DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian at Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara nitong Biyernes (December 20) sa DepEd central office sa Pasig City.

“We are very thankful that we are growing this partnership. A couple of weeks ago, we met with DepEd Assistant Secretary Georgina Ann Hernandez Yang and we were telling her how excited we are to be the vessel of change using the content and the know-how of DepEd,”sabi ni Secretary Gatchalian.

Ang nasabing kasunduan ay naglalayong patatagin ang samahan ng dalawang ahensya para sa maayos at makabuluhang implementasyon ng Tara Basa! Tutoring Program na inaasahang tatagal hanggang 2028.

“Kami naman, from our point of view, we have always looked at it as a social welfare program—trying to help the poorest college students graduate out of college. But we want to make sure that we are already starting the transition from pure straight out dole out to something conditional and developmental,” sabi pa ng DSWD chief.

Sa pamamagitan ng nasabing programa, ang mga college students na may kakayahang magturo ay dinedeploy upang gabayan at turuan ang mga batang hindi makabasa at hindi gaanong makabasa na nasa public elementary schools, habang ang iba naman ay nakadeploy upang maging youth development workers (YDWs) para naman sa Nanay-Tatay learning sessions.

Bilang kapalit ng kanilang serbisyo sa loob ng 20 tutoring and learning sessions, ang mga tutors at YDWs ay makakakuha ng cash-for-work (CFW) incentives base na rin sa regional daily minimum wage.

“This is probably going to be one of many collaborations with DepEd with a whole purpose of helping kids finish school, learning how to read, and at the same time transitioning from pure straight out social welfare to something conditional and developmental. That is what our goal is—to ease into that culture of not mendicancy but rather nation-building,” paglilinaw pa ni Secretary Gatchalian.

Sa ilalim naman ng kasunduan, ang DSWD ay magsasagawa ng program design at guidelines kasama na ang pag-monitor at pagbibigay ng technical assistance sa panahon ng capability building activities, community assemblies, pre-deployment meetings, conduct of Tara, Basa sessions, at payout activities.

Mag-formulate din ang ahensya ng design/layout para sa social at behavior change communication (SBCC) materials tulad ng digital learning materials para sa gaganaping sessions with parents; guidebook for tutors; workbook for learners; and Nanay-Tatay teacher modules for youth development worker (YDW) and parents.

Habang ang DepEd naman ang siyang bahala na mag-endorse ng listahan para sa mga target learners mula sa public schools base na rin sa resulta ng National Assessment on Reading Comprehension; ang DepEd din ang mangangasiwa sa pagasiste ng matching of tutors at grade school learners; at mamamahala sa logistical support.

“We are very grateful for this partnership with DSWD. Definitely this will improve the delivery of services of learning and I think the interface dito sa DSWD and DepEd will be very fruitful and productive for our children and young learners,” pahayag naman ni DepEd Secretary Angara.

Dagdag pa niya“I know this has been very successful. It was declared as a flagship program by Malacanang recently. We are very happy and fortunate to be part of it and we will do our best to make it succeed.”

Ang Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program ay isang reformatted educational assistance program ng DSWD na naglalayong turuan at sanayin ang mga college students mula sa low-income families para maging tutors at YDWs.#