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ABC+: Advancing Basic Education

in the Philippines
OVERVIEW OF RESOURCES

Brigada Pagbasa 2021

18 June 2021
ABC+: Advancing Basic Education
in the Philippines
• Five-year DepEd project funded by the United
States Agency for International Development
(USAID) that started in July 2019

• Regions V & VI, Divisions of Maguindanao I and II

in BARMM

• Seeks to improve basic life skills for children in the

early grades (K-3)

• Seeks to improve learning outcomes in

literacy, numeracy, and social and
emotional learning in the early grades (K -
3)

• Supports DepEd’s priorities to ensure access to

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greatest needs
 ABC+ Core Programs

PD Program for Teachers, School

Heads, Supervisors
NEAP-recognized PD Programs

Materials Development
Access to quality materials

Institutional and Systems Strengthening

DepEd, LGUs, Private Sector, other
stakeholders sustaining improvements
 Curate instructional content

Develop rapid assessment tools

Support to Provide supplementary instructional

materials
BE-LCP
Support home learning engagement

Broadcast educational content

ABC+ Support Package
Includes assessment tools to identify learners’ reading
profiles and design appropriate reading instructions

Includes supplementary reading materials for use in

differentiated reading instruction

Includes other literacy-building materials for use in

different learning delivery modalities

MELCs-mapped and DepED-approved

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ABC+ Support Package
Basa wordless picture books and
leveled readers Instructional guides for
Rapid literacy assessment
Bloom-developed decodable and teachers and home
tools
leveled readers learning partners
Other SRMs

Radio/audio-based (RBIs) User guides for Basa Learning activity sheets

and TV/video-based readers, RBIs and TVBIs (LAS)
instruction (TVBIs)

Video explainers for

Home partner engagement
teachers and home
learning partners

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Rapid Literacy Assessment
Tools
PACKAGE
• Administration guide
• Learner sheet
• Score sheet
• Class record sheet
• Administration video explainers
• Reading profiles video explainers
LANGUAGES AVAILABLE
• Tagalog/Filipino
• Central Bikol
• Hiligaynon
• Sinugbuanong Binisaya
• English
LANGUAGES UNDER DEVELOPMENT
• Rinconada
• Minasbate
• Kinaray-a
• Akeanon
• Miraya
• Southern Sorsogonon
• Magindanawon
Learner Sheet

Learner Sheet
Score Sheet

Class Record Sheet

 Supplementary Reading
Materials (SRMs)
LANGUAGES AVAILABLE
• Tagalog
• Central Bikol
• Hiligaynon
• Sinugbuanong Binisaya
• English
LANGUAGES UNDER DEVELOPMENT
• Rinconada
• Minasbate
• Kinaray-a
• Akeanon
• Miraya
• Southern Sorsogonon
• Magindanawon
 Supplementary Reading
Materials (SRMs)

FORMATS AVAILABLE
• Wordless picture books for Kinder
• Decodable readers for Grade 1
• Leveled readers for Grades 2-3

FORMATS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

• Decodable readers for Grade 1
• Leveled readers for Grades 2-3
• Listening stories
• Big books
Instructional Guides for Teachers
and Home Learning Partners
Learning Activity Sheets
 TVBIs & RBIs

32 Television/video-based Instructions
(TVBIs)

32 Radio/audio-based Instructions
(RBIs)

3 R5 DepEd Partner Radio Stations

Airing ABC+ Materials
32 ABC+ Materials aired
in R5 DepEd Partner Radio Stations
 SUPPORT TO HOME LEARNING PARTNERS (HLP)

Social Media Campaign

| Breakdown of all ABC+ FB posts for HLPs
from September 2020 to April 2021

SPECIAL
KUWENTONG VIDEOS
GABAY 3.1%
8.8%
5
EVENTS 14
0.6% 1
TVBIs
36.5%

27 58

49.23%
Total of ABC+ posts for HLPs
or 159 of overall posts

54
RBIs
HANDANG 34.0%
GABAY TIPS
17.0%

As of April 2021
 SUPPORT TO HOME LEARNING PARTNERS (HLP)

SMS Campaign ABC+’s SMS campaign aims to support home learning partners in helping their children learn at home
by communicating contextualized messages on early childhood learning and teaching principles for
parents, focusing on SEL, Literacy, and Wellbeing.

2767 TOTAL number

of HLP recipients

618 23 3x a week
R5 recipients SMS Tips sent Frequency
(to date)
Themes

Genuine love for reading Different ways of learning Meaningful and real-world
learning
Learning environment and
routine setting
Self-regulation Seeking support Intrinsic motivation
 Resource and Communication Portals

ABC+ Resources DepED Commons

https://bit.ly/abcplus_resources commons.deped.gov.ph
Spotlight – ABC+

facebook.com/abcpluslearningconnects http://bit.ly/abcpluslearningconnects
Maraming salamat po!

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