BEAM Newsletter

BEAM conducts review of ALIVE and Standard Madrasah Curriculum

“Mainstreaming Muslim Filipinos while enabling them to maintain their cultural and religious heritage”

In 2005, the Department of Education piloted the implementation of the Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) in the public schools. This is in response to Muslim Filipinos request for a responsive and culturally appropriate education and consistent with the global aim [...]

ATEP transforms lives of Muslim women

The original idea of the Accelerated Teacher Education Program (ATEP), a mechanism to prepare asatidz to get permanent teaching positions, was intended to bridge the gap in “professional education” a requisite for teachers in the government schools.

DepEd Region XII Updates ALIVE Manual of Operation

The Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) Program is now on its 4th year of implementation in Region XII. Every year, DepEd Central Office circulates new orders and memoranda for the different initiatives and programs it implements. The issuance of these memoranda results in possible changes in the previously established systems, processes and procedures [...]

DepEd-ARMM Awards BEAM Pilot Madaris their Permit and Recognition

All twenty-one BEAM pilot madaris (Muslim schools) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were recently awarded their respective Permit to Operate (PTO) and Certificate of Recognition (CoR) from DepEd Bureau of Madaris Education (BME). The awarding ceremony was held last November 2008 in Cotabato City. Permit to Operate (PTO) is a temporary permit [...]

CHED nods for nationwide implementation of the BEAM’s Accelerated Teacher Education Program

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on its 315th en banc meeting last month approved the curriculum and nationwide implementation of the Accelerated Teacher Education Program (ATEP) and automatically deputized partner institutions with status of “Center of Excellence”, “Center of Development” or Level III accredited program in teacher education. The memorandum addressed to the DepEd [...]

14 BEAM Pilot Madaris Compete for Excellence and Friendship

The League of Pilot Madaris in the Philippines (LPMP) has organized and held the first quiz bee and literary competition among the 14 pilot madaris in Lanao Del Sur 1, Lanao Del Sur 2 and Marawi City Divisions on February 20 to 21, 2008 at the Noramis Convention Center, Marawi City.

ARMM Beginning Reading Program Pilot

“Strong literacy skills are the foundation of the pathway to success that allows children to participate fully in all spheres of life”
 (“Successful Interventions: Literacy Research Project Middle Years 5-9” Victorian Education Department, Australia, January 2001).