THE Department of Social Welfare and Development eyes to implement its Tara, Basa! tutoring program in Bulacan following a successful pilot run in National Capital Region.

The tutoring program was piloted in the NCR cities of Caloocan, Valenzuela, Malabon, Navotas, Manila, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay, Las Pinas, Quezon City, Marikina, San Juan, Pasig, Taguig, Paranaque, Muntinlupa and in the Municipality of Pateros.

According to DSWD, the program aims to help and provide assistance to college students from low-income families who are in difficult situations and assist the struggling or non-reader grade school learners who are vulnerable, at risk, or affected by the effects brought by the Covid19 pandemic.

Department of Education NCR Regional Director Joyce Andaya said that the initiative improved children’s literacy.