Our Advocacy

Our Mission

Our goal is to educate and empower students to become confident life long learners, ready to engage their world in purposeful ways.

Our Philosophy

Literacy for all, through all.

Literacy is a fundamental right that transcends all barriers.
We believe that this is made possible only through healthy partnerships with the communities

Our Advocacy

We aim to provide learners with quality literacy instruction and to equip and empower community educators with teaching materials and training.

Project Literacy

Recent research about education in the Philippines yielded alarming results. In 2018, the Philippines ranked the lowest in Reading, Mathematics, and Science among all countries participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment [PISA] (Schleicher, 2019). The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated learning poverty in the Philippines. According to a recent World Bank report, 9 out of 10 Filipino fifth graders cannot read simple grade-appropriate sentences (de Vera, 2021).

To help address the learning crisis in the country, the Reading Specialists has worked with various organizations and communities to provide ART: Assessment, Remediation and Intervention, and Training.

ASSESSMENT

  • Volunteers for BINHI Foundation (2021)
  • Literacy assessment for Visions of Hope Foundation (2021)

REMEDIATION AND INTERVENTION

  • Literacy Intervention for selected children under the care of the Visions of Hope Foundation (2021-2022)
  • Free book Clubs for selected children under the care of the Visions of Hope (in partnership with high school and college volunteers of ReadUp Philippines) (2021-2022)

TRAINING

  • Free seminars and webinars in partnership with Reading Association of the Philippines, Homeschool Association of the Philippine Islands, Homeschoolers of the Philippines, Binhi Foundation (2018 – present)
  • Reading assessment and program development
    • Teach for the Philippines Functional Literacy program (2019)
  • Free parent and teacher training with schools (2020-2022)
  • Teacher training with the Justice Cecilia Munoz Palma Foundation (2022)

Adopt-A-School Program

The goal of the Reading Program under our Adopt-A-School project is to donate reading instructional materials to our partner schools and train their teachers how to use them
At present, our target is to donate 30 books per school.

  • Kaypian Elementary School
  • Sto. Domingo Elementary School
  • Patola Elementary School
  • Aulo Elementary School
  • Masaya Elementary School
  • Puypuy Elementary School
  • Tranca Elementary School
  • Calauan Central Elementary School
  • Real Central Elementary School
  • Ungos Elementary School
  • Cawayan Elementary School
  • Kiloloron Elementary School
  • Caoalong Elementary School
  • Tagumpay Elementary School
  • Tignoan Elementary School
  • Tanauan Elementary School
  • Maragondon Elementary School
  • Llavac Elementary School
  • Bagong Silang Elementary School
  • Maunlad Elementary School
  • Malapad Elementary School
  • Lubayat Elementary School
  • Pandan Elementary School
  • Maliliit na Bato Elementary School
  • Pinagkurusan Elementary School
  • Segaras Elementary School
  • Paleg Elementary School
  • San Antonio Elementary School
  • Cansilayan Elementary School
  • St. Francis of Assisi School

References

de Vera, B. O. (2021, November 20). WB: 9 out of 10 ph kids age 10 can’t read. INQUIRER.net. Retrieved from https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1517494/wb-9-out-of-10-ph-kids-age-10-cant-read#ixzz7D8EMF4LD

Schleicher, A. (2019). PISA 2018: Insights and interpretation. OECD.org. Retrieved from
https://www.oecd.org/pisa/PISA%202018%20Insights%20and%20Interpretations%20FINAL%20PDF.pdf