CAMARINES Sur 3rd District Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr. filed a measure seeking to institutionalize the Alternative Classroom Learning Experience or ACLE program.

In filing House Bill 6026 or the proposed Alternative Classes Act, Bordado said that education and learning cannot be confined inside the four walls of the classroom.

The bill defines ACLE program as a student-led and organized activity that fosters academic freedom inside campuses.

It aims to provide students with alternative viewpoints, perspectives, ideas and concepts not usually discussed through formal learning instruction and not usually found in textbooks and official educational materials.

The measure mandates all secondary and tertiary educational institutions to conduct an ACLE activity at least once every semester or term.

Bordado said that the pursuit of knowledge continues even outside the school grounds.

“In fact, the 1987 Philippine Constitution recognizes and encourages nonformal, informal and indigenous learning system, as well as self-learning independent, and out-of-school study programs particularly those that respond to community needs,” he said in his explanatory note.

The lawmaker encouraged academic institutions to continously find alternative avenues to maximize the students’ learning.

“Immersion into the larger society would provide our students with the awareness, experience, and lessons that could not be gleaned from textbooks and modules alone,” he said.