A Functional Literacy Program for the Out-of-School Youths of Calbayog City: A Model
Keywords:
Literacy Program, Out-of-School Youth, Calbayog CityAbstract
The purpose of this study was to assess and investigate the functional literacy status of the out-of-school youth (OSY) of Calbayog City with the end goal of proposing a functional literacy program relevant to their development and participation in community dynamics. Since the out-of-school youth are over-aged for their grade/year level they should no longer be made to go back to the classroom to sit with the young ones and undergo the rigidity of formal education. With the dominance of the boys, it only goes to show that the girls get the preference for schooling over the boys. It can be concluded that all the four groups of respondents are in concurrence with their identified community needs, occupational skills, community resources, employment opportunities, community problems encountered and suggested solutions as evidenced by their qualitative rating of “high concurrence” for “needs and problems” and “low correlation” for “occupational skills”, “community resources,” “employment opportunity” and “suggested solutions” and all significant at 0.05 level. These further imply that all the respondents are very much aware of what these things can do and how they can be affected by them. Furthermore, they are aware that if Calbayog is rich in natural resources, there is no reason why the Calbayognons must remain poor. Based on the “community needs” and “community problems”, it can be concluded that the respondents are affected by them. Speaking also of employment opportunities and community resources, it can be concluded that they are very much aware of their existence, yet they do not have access to them because of their status in the society.
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