Factors impacting student absences determined, ANHS unveiled Project REACH

When the number of no longer participating in academic activities (NLPA) learners went alarmingly high, Amucao National High School (ANHS) teachers found out through home visitation that lack of interest, financial problems, and peer influence were the factors that contribute to learners' absences.

To address this, ANHS launched Project Responsive Education Acting with Care and Hope (saving NLPAs) or REACH which aims to lessen the NLPA and make them active again and attend school regularly.

"As we implement this project, we can see how much it helps because there were 43 NLPAs in the first quarter and it was cut down by 32 in the second quarter," Ma'am Miriam Ruth Capulong, School Registrar (JHS) said.

Capulong added that Project