1. In furtherance of its mandate of providing capacity-building programs for public school teachers and school leaders, the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) has embarked on a partnership with the Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines (ABC+) project aimed at improving the outcomes of early literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional learning in the country.
2. The core interventions to be provided include the development and implementation of professional development programs for teachers and instructional supervisors, the development of developmentally-appropriate reading materials for Kindergarten to Grade 3 in the Mother Tongue, and systems strengthening as well as capacity development along these core areas of work.
3. In FY 2022,. NEAP conducted the National Training of Trainers (NTOT) for the Instructional Leadership Training: Strengthening Learning Conditions for Early Literacy. NEAP likewise downloaded funds to the DepEd Regional Offices for the conduct !)f the Regional Training of Trainers (RTOT) amounting to Eighteen Million Eighty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Pesos and 00/ 100 (Php 18,087,200.00).
4. For this year, FY 2023, NEAP shall once again download funds amounting to Two Hundred Sixty-Six Million Three Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Pesos and 00/ 100 (Php 266,399,200.00) to the Regional Offices for the conduct of the Division Rollout of the said program (Enclosure 1)

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