WELLNESS IN EDUCATION: For Street Children's Access to Basic Education, Mobile Classrooms will be set-up in MM, Cavite & Tacloban

The Department of Education (DepEd)’s alternative mode of learning is patterned after the pushcart classroom of CNN “hero of the year” Efren Peñaflorida Jr. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the kariton klasrum program will allow children unable to enroll in the formal education system access to basic education. “You cannot box all students in classrooms,” he said in Filipino. “(Sometimes) we need to reverse the system and bring the schools to them.” Education Undersecretary for Programs and Linkages Mario Deriquito said the project aims to prepare beneficiaries for integration into regular elementary and high schools. Participants in the program will be assessed for readiness to join the public school system after six months, he added.