A memorandum of agreement (MOA)was signed Tuesday morning for a partnership between the Philippine National Police 11, the Army’s 10th Infantry Division, Department of Education 11, the University of South Eastern Philippines (USEP), and the Junior Chamber International Senoritas Chapter (JCI) to assist 87 former young rebels in completing high school education through the help of the Alternative Learning System or ALS.
The ALS is a shorter modular education program for elementary and secondary school, and is designed primarily for out-of-school youth who were denied of a chance to receive proper education by circumstance.
The signatory for the 10th Infantry Division in the said MOA signing was Major General Ariel B. Bernardo, the division commander.
Bernardo said the 10th ID has joined the partnership for the benefit of the young former NPA rebels who surrendered in his area of responsibility
“We want to give them a chance to be reintegrated into society on an equal footing with their peers who have not been deceived to join the armed struggle. These youth have been robbed of their childhood and the opportunities in life afforded by education when the communist movement recruited them to join the armed struggle,” Bernardo said.
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