Pasay City. The Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture chaired by Senator Win Gatchalian conducted the second public hearing on Senate Bill No. 740 on 27 November 2019 at the Senate of the Philippines. Also present in this event were Committee members Senator Nancy S. Binay and Senator Ronald “Bato” M. Dela Rosa. During the hearing, DepED Assistant Secretary G. H. S. Ambat presented the Update, Roadmap, and Ways Forward for the Alternative Learning System. Among the invited resource persons were DepEd Director Marilette Almayda of the ALS Task Force; Prof. Flora Arellano of E-Net Philippines; Dr. Ephraim Pitogo of SULADS; and the LCC Secretariat Head, Mr. Enrico Mendoza. Senate Bill No. 740 is an Act Institutionalizing the Alternative Learning System in Education for Out-of-School Children, Youth and Adults, Persons with Disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, and other Marginalized Sectors of Society and Appropriating Funds Therefor. It is hoped that this bill will be passed by the Eighteenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines.
