The De La Salle University – Dasmarinas Balik Aral Program (BAP) is a special outreach program under the College of Education (COEd) which integrates out-of-school youth to the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS). The program is a way of DLSU-D to realize its mission of being an instrument of transformation in society through education. The program is facilitated by volunteer faculty members and staff of DLSU-D and students of the College of Education after their regular work and class schedules.
BAP Requirements
- Age: 12 years old above for Elementary Level ; 16 years old above for Junior High School Level
- 2 pcs. 2x2 ID pictures
- 2 pcs. 1x1 ID pictures
- PSA Birth Certificate
- Photocopy of latest school record
- Barangay Clearance / Certificate (indicating the present home address of the applicant)
- Php100 for DLSUD School ID
- Php200 for Balik-Aral shirt
Enrollment Procedures
Enrollment to the program is guided by the following procedures:
- Visit the BAP Office (LDH 106) for an initial interview with the BAP Coordinator who will also inform the applicant of the other requirements to the program.
- The applicant will be scheduled to take the DepEd Functional Literacy Test (FLT) to be administered by the BAP Coordinator.
- After the administration of the FLT, the applicant will be required to attend the General Orientation for BAP students as scheduled.
- To facilitate the processing of the DLSUD School ID, the BAP student will apply for this online through the DLSUD Admissions Portal.
- Once the online application is confirmed, the BAP Coordinator will issue an ID/BAP shirt Payment Slip to the BAP student.
- The payment slip will be presented to the University Accounting Office (Counter 15 and 16) and the student will pay for the school ID and BAP shirt.
- The Official Receipt of payment shall be presented to the University Registrar’s Office (Counter 7) for the school ID picture taking.
- The Official Receipt will also be used to claim the BAP shirt at the BAP Office.
NOTE: While the enrollment for the Balik-Aral Program is accommodated all year round, it is better for the applicant to become an official student of the program starting January so that he/she would be able to properly prepare for the qualifying examination (held sometime in October or November) and the actual Acceleration and Equivalency Test (A & E Test) (held sometime in late January or early February).