1. Basic Education FORMAL SCHOOL ALS
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FORMAL EDUCATION and ALS
Education
FORMAL
SCHOOL
ALS

2. Setting :
Community
Formal Education
Setting :
School

3. Formal Education Facilitator: Teacher: LET passer
May or may not be licensed

4. Formal Education Learner: Student: 6 yrs. & above 6-15 years of age
(only for DepEd)
Student:
6-15 years of age

5. With same competencies
Curriculum:
Alternative Learning System Curriculum
Formal Education
Curriculum:
Basic Education Curriculum
With same competencies
With five learning areas
With five major subjects

6. Formal Education Learning Materials: Self paced Textbooks
Self-instructional
Indigenous
Integrated
Textbooks
Teacher-facilitated

7. Differences in Nomenclature
Formal
Pedagogy
Academic Focus
School
Pupil/Student
Teacher
Class
Subject
Grade/Year Level
Textbooks
Lesson Plan
Graduate
Diploma
Teachers’ Manual
Nonformal
Andragogy
Functional Focus
Learning Center
Learner
Instructional Manager
Learning Group/Session
Learning Strand
Levels of Literacy
Modules
Session Plan
Completers
Certificate
Facilitator’s Guide

8. Modes of Delivery to ensure continuing learning
Formal Education
Modes of Delivery to ensure continuing learning
Multigrade
In School – Out of School (IS-OS)
literacy, livelihood, equivalency, continuing lifelong learning (informal)

9. Assessment of Learning
Formal Education
Assessment of Learning
Portfolio (Individualized)
Built-in certifying and accrediting mechanism to equate with the standard
Norming
Standard

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