DSWD, DepEd launch tutoring program ‘Tara, Basa!’
DSWD, DepEd launch tutoring program ‘Tara, Basa!’
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00:00 A deal for a joint collaboration between the DSWD and the DepEd to improve children's reading skills was inked today at the Rizal High School in Pasig City.
00:10 Vice President/DepEd Chief Sara Duterte Carpio and DSWD Head Honcho Rex Gachalian signed a memorandum of agreement launching a tutoring program to teach young kids how to read, dubbed Tara Basa.
00:24 This reformatted educational assistance program by the DSWD seeks to shepherd students of low-income households all the way to college in the hope of helping them find gainful work after graduation.
00:36 The program is focused on helping lift students from learning poverty by improving their reading skills.
00:42 In April 2022, a World Bank study found that only one of 10-year-old Filipino kids can manage to read and understand a simple text in Filipino or English.
00:52 This learning program was designed to also help those in the vulnerable sectors who wish to improve their reading and comprehension skills.
01:00 The Tara Basa reading program was launched in 14 of the 17 cities or localities in the megacity or NCR.
01:07 (upbeat music)