OVERVIEW
ARAL ACADEMIC RECOVERY &
ACCESSIBLE LEARNING
PROGRAM
PRESENTATION GUIDEPOSTS
What is it? Why are How to
Who will When will it
we doing effectively
handle it? will start?
it? implement it?
WHAT IS IT?
DepEd Order No. 18, s. 2025
or the Implementing Guidelines
of the Academic Recovery
and Accessible Learning (ARAL)
WHAT IS IT?
• RA •8 •5
12028 • POINT • POINT
• Academic Recovery Socioeconomic • Reform Agenda
and Accessible Agenda of President of DepEd
Learning (ARAL) Ferdinand R. Marcos
Program Act of Jr (PDP 2023-2028)
2024
PROGRAM GOAL
The ARAL Program is being implemented to
establish a free and effective national learning
intervention program to ensure that all learners
who are struggling in their lessons, especially in
reading, mathematics, and science, will be able
to attain competencies set by DepEd in their
respective levels.
PROGRAM GOAL
COMPONENTS OF THE ARAL PROGRAM
Regular School Year EOSY Break
ARAL-Reading ARAL-Math ARAL-Science ARAL-Summer
Source: DO No. 18, s. 2025
What happens to all existing orders and memoranda
relative to learning recovery and learning losses?
Order/ Title Status
Memorandu
m
Reading Literacy
DO 45, s. 2002 Program in the
Elementary Schools
Adoption of the National Repealed
DO 13, s. 2023 Learning Recovery
Program in the
Department of Education
Source: DO No. 18, s. 2025
Implementation of
It will replace the subprograms of the NLRP
NLRP ARAL Program
NRP ARAL-Reading
NMP ARAL-Math
NSciTP ARAL-Science
Source: DO No. 18, s. 2025
SCOPE & COVERAGE
Applies to all public elementary and secondary schools (K to
10), CLCs, and qualified private institutions.
Target Learners:
⚬ Returning from furlough
⚬ Below minimum proficiency in Reading, Math, or Science
⚬ Failing assessments as determined by teachers.
Private school learners under the ESC included if slots allow
Source: DO No. 18, s. 2025
SCOPE & COVERAGE
Subject Coverage and Grade Levels
• Grades 1–10: Reading and Math
• Grades 3–10: Science
• Kindergarten: Focus on foundational skills
integrated in developmental domains
• Summer Programs: For supplemental
interventions
Source: DO No. 18, s. 2025
ARAL PROGRAM FRAMEWORK
ARAL Program is a strategic and data-driven
national learning recovery program.
• Informed by:
⚬ CRLA (Comprehensive Rapid Literacy
Assessment)
⚬ RMA (Rapid Mathematics Assessment)
⚬ Phil-IRI (Philippine Informal Reading
Inventory)
• Provides targeted support for learners performing below
grade level.
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Learners who perform below the minimum
proficiency level shall be identified for the
intervention in the ARAL Program:
In reading, learners classified as “Emerging,”
“Developing,” and “Transitioning” (Key Stage 1) and
“Frustration” and “Instructional” (Key Stage 2-3)
In mathematics, learners classified as “Not Proficient,”
“Low Proficient,” and “Nearly Proficient.”
The ARAL Program complements,
rather than replaces, daily
teaching-learning processes.
NOT ALL who struggle become ARAL learners
immediately.
They should first undergo DLL- and DLP-based
interventions.
Learners who continue to fall behind after Q2 and fail
formative/midline assessments may be referred to
ARAL.
ARAL PROGRAM REFERRAL
While we are implementing the ARAL Program, we
need to ensure that other learning initiatives
complement and support this effort.
LEARNER’S ARAL JOURNEY
Experienced teachers with relevant areas of specialization
(Reading, Science, and Math) or those teachers who have
years of actual experience in classroom management and a
variety of teaching strategies shall be given a priority as ARAL
Tutors
Such teachers, however, shall not serve as
tutors of their own learners
ORIENTATION ON THE IMPLEMENTING
GUIDELINES OF THE ARAL PROGRAM
Date LD
July 3, 2025 LD 3
July 4, 2025 LD 4 & 6
July 7, 2025 LD 5
July 10, 2025 LD 1
July 11, 2025 LD 2
ARAL PROGRAM JOURNEY
ARAL Program Orientation on the Determinatio
Advocacy Implementing n of Learners
Guidelines of ARAL for the ARAL
Program
Administration of BOSY Assessment Midline EOSY
(CRLA, Phil-IRI, CRLA) Start of ARAL Assessme
Program nts
Placement/Hiring
of Tutors/ CapB
June 2025 JULY 2025 AUGUST 2025 OCT. FEB
2025 2026
MONITORING & EVALUATION
ADEPT
READERS/NUMERATES;
ABLE
LEARNERS
LEARNER’S ARAL JOURNEY
