Quezon City First District Representative Arjo Atayde hailed the signing of the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) bill into law and said that it would address the learning challenges of basic education students.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. signed the bill into law on Friday. This aims to establish a national learning intervention program to aid struggling learners catch up with the required standards for their grade levels.
Atayde, a member of the youth and development committee, emphasized the timely implementation of the law as the country remains at the bottom of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings.
“Malaking tulong ang pagsasabatas ng ARAL law para matugunan ang pangangailangan ng mga estudyante lalo na pagdating sa kanilang pag-aaral. Inaasahan na isa ito sa magiging susi upang mapataas ang ating ranking sa PISA,” the lawmaker stressed.
According to the 2022 PISA, the Philippines ranked in the bottom 10 out of 81 countries in reading comprehension, mathematics, and science.
With this law, the Quezon City representative said that the quality of education performance of students would improve and would ensure that “no Filipino student will be left behind.”
According to the Department of Education (DepEd), the ARAL program will focus on improving students’ competencies in essential learning areas, including reading and mathematics for Grades 1 to 10, and science for Grades 3 to 10. There will be tutor sessions which will be conducted in three flexible delivery modes—face-to-face tutorials, online tutorials, or blended learning.
