What is Informal Education?

            Informal Education (INFED) is a lifelong process of learning by which every person acquires and accumulates knowledge, skills, attitudes and insights form daily experiences at home, at work, at play and from life itself.

What is the legal basis of INFED in the Alternative Leaning System (ALS)?

            Republic Act 9155 otherwise known as the Governance of Basic Education Act, describes Information Education as a pathway to learning in the Alternative Learning System. Informal Education covers learning outside the formal and nonformal education programs. Such learning is drawn from life experiences and is acquired from reading, media exposure and close observations in specific areas of interest.

Who are the INFED learners?

            All members of the community who have interests in special areas such as social, civic, aesthetic, cultural, spiritual, political, recreational, physical and other fields of lifelong learning are INFED learners. Hence, INFED learners are not confined to marginalized groups nor to those in advantages areas. They may include the following:

• Street children
• Child laborers
• Illiterates
• Dropouts
• School leavers
• Parents
• Senior Citizens
• Workers
• Professionals
• Inmates
• Indigenous Peoples
• Fisher folks
• Farmers
• Face to Face
• Use of Resource person/s
• Institutional or On-the-Job-Training (OJT)
• Use of Artisans (Guild System)
• Master craftsman or tradesman
• Expert on any area of learning
• Community workers
• Community volunteers
• Para-teachers
• Basic information on the learner, the CLC, the facilitator and resource person/s
• Description of the training course
• List of competencies relevant to the training
• Self-assessment – The learner may evaluate his/her own performance.
• Coaching – A guided discussion by the facilitator with the learner on the skills being mastered.
• Exhibit – the learner shows samples of output or evidence of learning.
• Skills sorting – The facilitator analyzes and evaluates the skills gained.
• Two (2) latest ID photo (size 2” x 2”)
• Any ONE of the following proofs of identification

What are the delivery modalities of INFED?

 

Who is an INFED Teacher?

How is learning in INFED measures?

            In Infomal Education, learning is measured using an INFED passport. It contains a list of skills the learner has acquired after participating in an INFED course. The INFED passport is used to assess what a learner can do after the learning intervention. It consist of the following:

Parts of an INFED  Passport

            From the list of skills enumerated in the passport, the following may be done to assess the skills acquired by the learner at the end of the learning intervention/training:

What are the requirements for test registration?

–          Birth certificate

–          Postal ID

–          Voter’s ID

–          Tin/SSS card/GSIS ID card

–          Driver’s license

–          Valid passport

–          Form 137

What are the benefits of passing the ALS A&E Test?

Elementary level passers may:

• Enroll as high school students in any public or private high school
• Enroll in any post-secondary courses of TESDA or other skills training institutions
• Enroll in any college course of CHED in any college or university
• Acquire government eligibility as a high school graduate that may be required of certain positions under CSC Resolution No. 499

Secondary level passers may:

By: Victor R. Lazaro | Teacher III | DALSC | ORION, BATAAN