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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 116 -
MANDATING ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
TO SUPPORT THE NONFORMAL EDUCATION ACCREDITATION AND EQUIVALENCY (NFE
A&E) SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVES MEANS OF CERTIFICATION OF
LEARNING TO THOSE FILIPINOS AGED 15 YEARS AND ABOVE WHO ARE UNABLE TO
AVAIL OF THE FORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM OR HAVE DROPPED OUT OF FORMAL
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
WHEREAS, the Constitution provides that the
State shall encourage nonformal, informal, and indigenous learning
systems, as well as self-learning, independent, and out-of-school study
programs particularly those that respond to community
needs;
WHEREAS, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) through
the Bureau of Nonformal Education (BNFE) is mandated to provide
nonformal basic education services on behalf of the Philippine
Government;
WHEREAS, the Education for All - Philippine Plan of Action (EFA-PPA)
conceived the development of a Nonformal Accreditation and Equivalency
System envisioned to provide an alternative means of obtaining
elementary and secondary certificates of learning to Filipinos unable
to avail of the educational opportunities of the formal school system;
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Nonformal Education has developed the Nonformal
Accreditation and Equivalency (NFE A&E) System with funding
assistance from the Asian Development Bank, thereby transforming the
twenty year dream of the Philippine Government for a truly nonformal
alternative learning system into reality.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby direct all concerned government agencies and local government
units to support the Nonformal Education Accreditation and Equivalency
(NFE A&E) System as one of the pro-poor flagship projects of the
Philippine government dedicated to breaking the cycle of illiteracy and
poverty and providing opportunities to the educationally disadvantaged
to upgrade their skills and knowledge in order to improve their social,
political and economic quality of life.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of April, in the Year of Our Lord, Two
Thousand.
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