AN ALS FAIR TO REMEMBER (Introducing Informal Education, ALS Trends and ALS Policies)

To:     Bureau Directors

Directors of Services, Centers and Heads of Units Regional Directors

Schools Division/City Superintendents

Heads, Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools All Others Concerned

1.                   The Philippine Association of Nonformal Educators, Inc. (PANFEI), in collaboration with the Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS) will hold the National Conference for Nonformal Educators with the theme “An ALS Fair to Remember,” Introducing Informal Education, ALS Trends and ALS Policies, at the Teachers Camp, Baguio City on December 12-16, 2010.

2.                   The national conference aims to:

a.            disseminate Alternative Learning System (ALS) policies and
standards developed within the context of BESRA;

b.            share and recognize best practices in Nonformal Education
(NfED) and Informal Education (InfED) that exemplify its
philosophy and principles; and

c.             promote better understanding and appreciation of the ALS
policies, standards, and practices as its contributions to the
attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and
the Education For All (EFA) goals.

3.            Participants to this conference are the following:

a.             DepEd

■        Bureau, Center and Regional Directors

■        Schools Division/City Superintendents

■   Bureau, Regional Chiefs (Elementary, Secondary, ALS)

■     Education Supervisors (Elementary, Secondary, ALS)

■        Public Schools District Supervisors

■        School   Heads/Principals   (Elementary   and   Secondary, Private and Public)

■        Teachers (ALS Mobile Teachers, District ALS Coordinators)

■        Planning and Finance Officers

b.             Non-DepEd Partners, Implementors

■        AGAP, Peer Educators, Instructional Managers, Facilitators

■        Local Government Officials

■        Service Providers

■        Other Government Organizations (GOs)/Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Partners

■        Academicians