300 ALS students to benefit from Iloilo City Gov’t-SRIC Literacy Program
A total of 300 Alternative Learning System (ALS) students will receive educational support through the “Integrated IMPACT” program, a partnership between the Iloilo City Government and St. Robert’s International College (SRIC).
The initiative, backed by P1.5 million funding, aims to enhance literacy and skills development among underprivileged students.
The partnership was formalized through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by Mayor Jerry Treñas and SRIC President Dr. Robert F. Galindez at City Hall on April 21, 2025.
“This will initially help 300 students who will be joining the Alternative Learning System, which is very important to us because we want to give them as much as possible all the necessary tools they want when they get into college or find work,” said Treñas.
“This is not going to be a school-based activity. This is a real community-based activity, because I believe that if it’s going to be school-based, the students will not learn,” SRIC President Dr. Robert Galindez said.
Galindez also mentioned that 1,000 SRIC senior high school students and 200 experts will be working in 100 barangays in the city, hoping that in the next few years, they will able to cover the entire city.
The partnership also aims to position both the city government and the SRIC in National Literacy Awards – Gawad Liyab, LGU, “Highly Urbanized City” Category and other Government and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) initiated competitions.
“We are very confident that even when the mayor will no longer be in position in the awarding ceremonies of Gawad Liyab, LGU, he will be very happy and proud of Iloilo City’s participation,” he added.
Key programs under the partnership include Rise Green Volunteers, RaisaCares Jr. Green Volunteers, and USWAG Scholarship Program which target beneficiaries including the ALS, Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs), sex workers seeking educational advancement, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), and indigenous people who reside in the city. (Janelle Marie Belarde/Iloilo City PIO)