BOOKS for the BARRIOS Collecting Deficient School Supplies
In its move toward education reform, the Philippine Department of Education established the Universal Kindergarten Education program that mandates that children turning five years old by June to October be provided public pre-school. Permanent teachers in the public school system are to handle not more than two classes of 30 pupils; volunteer teachers are instructed to handle not more than one class of 30 students.
The implementation of Universal Kindergarten Education aims to reach out to the poorest households in the Philippines and to provide free pre-school public education so that children may be ready for the primary grades. Unfortunately, the Department of Education currently is not in position to provide the necessary resources for the program; luckily, help is on the way from kids in California. BOOKS for the BARRIOS in Concord is conducting a special donation drive to collect the material resources and funding to provide for the expected influx of millions of new pupils into the public system that will otherwise overwhelm the nation’s schools ability to meet the challenge.
A report this week states that one of the BftB National Model-of-Excellence Program schools in Manila has three pre-school classes with 50 students in each class. Another told of one pre-school class with 100 students. These classrooms, are in need of school supplies, books and learning materials to facilitate the mandatory expansion process now underway.
Those interested in helping the “…project of the heart” may do so through donations of these crucial school materials. BOOKS for the BARRIOS offers tax-deduction receipts and community appreciation. Bring donations to the organization’s headquarters at 2350 Whitman Road, Suite D Concord, CA 94518 Tel. 925-687-7701 www.booksforthebarrios.org info@booksforthebarrios.org
The play area of a Model School library
Murals and bright colors make learning fun!
Model School libraries are filled with plenty of books!
3 comments:
Children are our most valuable natural resource. It's good to know that the government is very much concern with the education of their people. At www.greatmoms.net, we care about the children and the whole community. You're welcome to visit us anytime.
BftB really helped a lot when i was still teaching at the university..we received donations...now that i am teaching at DepEd, our pupils need a lot of books....i hope we can be one among the many recipients of BftB.. Our children need your help. Keep up the spirit of helping young ones!
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