THE DEPARTMENT of Education and Department of Social Welfare and Development are set to launch Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program which aims to help and provide assistance to college students from low-income families.

The two agencies will sign a Memorandum of Agreement on August 2 at the Rizal High School in Pasig City.

“The program seeks to address the learning losses and mitigate the scarring caused by the Covid19 pandemic,” DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said.

The college students who will work as tutors under the program will be paid P570 per day for 20 days.

They will hold reading tutorial sessions for struggling or non-reader grade school learners who are vulnerable, at risk, or affected by the Covid19 pandemic.

Gatchalian said that the program is part of the agency’s commitment to enhance social protection programs for the disadvantaged sectors, particularly children and youth.

“Through Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program, it is our goal to increase the involvement of college students from low-income families in nation-building while helping them in completing their tertiary education,” Gatchalian said.