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    BESRA is a Department of Education program that aims to improve basic education outcomes through five key reform thrusts. The reform thrusts focus on continuously improving schools, enhancing teacher contributions, increasing social support, improving early childhood education and private sector participation, and changing the institutional culture of the Department of Education. Progress will be measured by indicators such as increased school improvement planning, more resources managed at the school level, improved student performance, and enhanced teaching standards. The success of BESRA depends on organizational changes to the culture, financial systems, technology capabilities, and accountability of the Department of Education.

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    BESRA is a Department of Education program that aims to improve basic education outcomes through five key reform thrusts. The reform thrusts focus on continuously improving schools, enhancing teacher contributions, increasing social support, improving early childhood education and private sector participation, and changing the institutional culture of the Department of Education. Progress will be measured by indicators such as increased school improvement planning, more resources managed at the school level, improved student performance, and enhanced teaching standards. The success of BESRA depends on organizational changes to the culture, financial systems, technology capabilities, and accountability of the Department of Education.

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    BESRA is a Department of Education program that aims to improve basic education outcomes through five key reform thrusts. The reform thrusts focus on continuously improving schools, enhancing teacher contributions, increasing social support, improving early childhood education and private sector participation, and changing the institutional culture of the Department of Education. Progress will be measured by indicators such as increased school improvement planning, more resources managed at the school level, improved student performance, and enhanced teaching standards. The success of BESRA depends on organizational changes to the culture, financial systems, technology capabilities, and accountability of the Department of Education.

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    BESRA (Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda) by Reuben Justin M. Vitto

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    BESRA is a Department of Education program that aims to improve basic education outcomes through five key reform thrusts. The reform thrusts focus on continuously improving schools, enhancing teacher contributions, increasing social support, improving early childhood education and private sector participation, and changing the institutional culture of the Department of Education. Progress will be measured by indicators such as increased school improvement planning, more resources managed at the school level, improved student performance, and enhanced teaching standards. The success of BESRA depends on organizational changes to the culture, financial systems, technology capabilities, and accountability of the Department of Education.

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    What is BESRA? What are the objectives of BESRA? How to achieve the BESRA objectives?

    What are the Key Reform Thrusts? Why is KRT important? What are the main policies of KRT? What are the progress indicators of KRT?

    It is a program of the Department of Education (DepED). It aims to attain and sustain a better performance of basic education of public schools.

    The main objectives of BESRA is to help attain the following Education For All (EFA) objectives: 1. Universal Adult Functional Literacy. 2. Universal School Participation and Elimination of Drop-outs and Repetition in the first three grades.

    3. Universal Completion of the Full Cycle of Basic Education Schooling with Satisfactory Achievement Levels by All at Every Grade or Year. 4. Total Community Commitment to Attainment of Basic Education Competencies for All.

    The BESRA objectives can be achieved through the five key reform thrusts (KRT): KRT 1 Get all schools to continuously improve. KRT2 Enable teachers to further enhance their contribution to learning outcomes. KRT3 Increase social support to attainment of desired learning outcomes.

    KRT4 Improve impact on outcomes from complementary early childhood education, alternative learning systems and private sector participation. KRT5 Change the institutional culture of DepED to better support these key reform thrusts.

    Better and sustainable educational outcomes are best achieved by people most actively and directly involved in and affected by the schools operations.

    A head for every school. A school/community process of continuous school improvement. A school based resource management framework. A schools driven DepEd representation in Local School Boards of LGUs

    Increased percentages of all public school that have current school improvement plans (SIP) prepared, implemented and monitored through a participatory process. Increased levels of resources managed and controlled at the school. Improved levels of school wide student performance based on results of national standardized tests.

    Teachers have the most direct influence in raising the prevailing standards concerning the practice of their profession.

    A framework for competency based standards for teachers. A rolling 5- year projection of new teacher hires. Progressive upgrades in division level teacher hiring practices. Regional divisional and school targets for distribution of class sizes.

    A framework for competency based standards for teachers. Division and school focus on improving teaching practice in schools. All other sources of teacher hires to adopt division hiring practices. Pre service teacher education and licensing to support future higher hiring standards. New legislation governing teacher and non - teaching staff compensation, benefits and conditions of employment.

    Increased percentages of all DepED divisions using competency based standards for assessing teacher performances, determining teacher development needs and priorities, selecting new teacher for hiring and promoting. Increased percentages of all new teachers deployed in schools at each DepED division that were selected and hired based on teacher competency standards of the division.

    Frequency distributions of class sizes (schools, division, regions and national) clustered more closely around the average. Increased pe6ercentages of all classes requiring assignment of specially trained teacher served by teacher with correct preparation and qualification.

    Tapping individuals, group and institutions within the societies can enhance the students learning and also strengthen societys support for teachers, schools and educators in making such learning possible for all.

    A national strategy in support of learning in English language. A national strategy in support in Filipino Language. A national strategy in support of learning Mathematics and Science.

    A national quality assurance framework for basic education schooling. An institutionalized national forum for multi sectoral coordination in support of basic education outcomes. A program and institution for forming basic education managers.

    Increases in the levels of educators satisfaction with the quality of instruction that schools deliver. Increases in the levels of parents and childrens satisfaction with the quality of education obtain. comparable tests. Improvement in national indicators of learning outcomes such as participation and completion rates, achievement rates and national samples scores in internationally

    Frequency distributions of class sizes (schools, division, regions and national) clustered more closely around the average. Increased percentages of all classes requiring assignment of specially trained teacher served by teacher with correct preparation and qualification. Increases in the levels of communities satisfaction with the performance of school serving them.

    Education for children, Out of School Youth (OSY), and adult illiterate can be addressed through cooperation of public schools, alternative learning providers, and private sector initiatives in their localities.

    A national quality assurance framework for basic education schooling. An institutionalized national forum for multi sectoral coordination in support of basic education outcomes. A program and institution for forming basic education managers.

    Increase the percentages of all Grade 1 entrants who meet the standards for school readiness. Increased percentages of ALS clients completing courses in basic and functional literacy. Increased percentages of takers of accreditation and equivalency tests in elementary and secondary levels pass. Percentage of total school enrollment served by private schools reach the target set by national policy.

    The success of the reform advocated under BESRA will depend on DepEDs change within its organizational culture, financial systems, technological capabilities, and accountability environment.

    A strategy for institutional culture change integrated into organizational modernization plans for central, regional and divisional offices. A new national budget framework for basic education. An IC strategy for basic education.

    Increase the percentages of all Grade 1 entrants who meet the standards for school readiness. Increased percentages of ALS clients completing courses in basic and functional literacy. Increased percentages of takers of accreditation and equivalency tests in elementary and secondary levels pass. Percentage of total school enrollment served by private schools reach the target set by national policy.

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