ABC+ Briefer

Advancing Basic Education
in the Philippines LUZON

Region V
Improving education outcomes for all children and youth
remains a core challenge for the Philippine basic education
system. At the root of the problem are the poor reading math
skills of many Filipino students, particularly in the early grades.
ABC+ focuses on improving children’s literacy in their mother

tongue and the transition of their reading ability to Filipino and
English, as well as strengthening their foundational concepts and VISAYAS
skills in math. It also helps improve instructional processes that
foster children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development.
ABC+ also works to build and strengthen system capacity and Region VI
the Department of Education (DepEd) to support, sustain and
replicate improved early grade learning in all schools in the MINDANAO
Maguindanao,
target regions. Cotabato City
and Special
ABC+ works with the Government of the Philippines through Geographic
the DepEd, local governments and private sectors to address Areas
the factors that contribute to the low learning outcomes of the
Filipino children.
Implementation areas: The project aims to benefit up to
two million students in Regions V (Bicol) and VI (Western
Visayas), as well as in Maguindanao, Cotabato City, and Special
Geographic Areas in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Implementing Partners:
In partnership with:
USAID/PHILIPPINES USAID FACT SHEET ABC+ PROJECT (15JAN 2023) 1

RESULTS AT A GLANCE
MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT & DISTRIBUTION
2 universities (Bicol University and

West Visayas State University)
developed materials for use in pre-
service teacher education to improve
literacy and mother tongue
curriculum.
Over 23.7 million units of early

29 Television-based Instruction grade reading materials including
(TVBIs) and 39 Radio-based books in various mother tongues
Instruction (RVIs) learning materials have been printed. These materials
were produced by ABC+. These are include teacher guides and home
being aired by partner radio and learning guides. Close to 1.5 million
television stations in target regions 2, 101 decodable readers, leveled readers, learners have now fully benefitted
and beyond and are also available on wordless picture books, big books and from all ABC+ interventions.
the ABC+ Learning Connects listening stories in Akeanon, Central Bikol,
Facebook and YouTube channels. English, Filipino, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a,
Magindanawn, Minasbate, Rinconada,
Tagalog, and Sinugbuanong Binisaya were
developed / adapted / translated.
TRAINING CERTIFICATION
4 ABC+ training programs were reviewed, certified / recognized by the National Educators
Academy of the Philippines (NEAP). These are (1) Training on Early Literacy Strategies in Language
Learning and Transition, (2) Training on Literacy Development through the Use of Supplementary
Reading Materials (SRMs), (3) Instructional Leadership Training: Strengthening Learning Conditions
in Early Literacy Instruction (ILT); and (4) Training on Early Literacy Strategies: Integrating SEL and
GESI in Learning Language and Literacy in School and at Home. This will allow teacher participants
and trainers to earn Professional Development (PD) credits.
CAPACITY BUILDING
Over 43,000 educators in 2 city governments and 4

nearly 8,000 schools were provincial governments have
848 DepEd and community members trained in language learning and established a local education
were trained as writers, illustrators, transitions, in use of stakeholder mechanism to
editors, and evaluators of these supplemental reading materials plan, design, invest, and
materials. With DepEd Schools being distributed by ABC+ for implement interventions
Divisions, editing guides as well as improving literacy in school and together to support basic
Scopes and Sequence were at home, and in instructional education and EGL in their
developed to guide them. leadership. province/city.
To help stem the anticipated learning limitations that children experienced due to their prolonged absence from school brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the
ABC+ Project supported DepEd's Basic Education - Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) in school year 2020-2021, through a support package that focused
on K-3 literacy. These efforts included the development of radio- and television-based instructional content, provision of early grade reading materials in Filipino and
English for K–3 learners in pilot schools, and home learning guides to support their use.
T T Ms. Monica Ang-Tan T

Office of Education, USAID Philippines o
CONTACT
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Email: mang-tan@usaid.gov
h h h
e el Ms. Ina Aquino e
l p Chief of Party, ABC+, RTI International l
p st Email: laquino@abcplus.rti.org p2
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Advancing Basic Education

in the Philippines LUZON

ABC+ focuses on improving children’s literacy in their mother

USAID/PHILIPPINES USAID FACT SHEET ABC+ PROJECT (15JAN 2023) 1

2 universities (Bicol University and

Over 23.7 million units of early

Over 43,000 educators in 2 city governments and 4

T T Ms. Monica Ang-Tan T

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