Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

(a) Alternative delivery mode refers to the nontraditional education program recognized by the Department of Education (DepED) which applies a flexible learning philosophy and a curricular delivery program that includes nonformal and informal sources of knowledge and skills. An alternative delivery mode may include the use of facilitator-aided and interactive self-instructional print and audio-based learning materials, video tapes, face-to-face structured learning groups, semi-structured and unstructured discussions, one-on-one tutorials,study groups and self-learning groups, demonstration sessions, home visits, mentoring and remediation.

(b) Rural farm school refers to a parallel learning system and an alternative delivery mode of secondary education. It provides for facilitative and experiential learning on the core subjects of the secondary education curriculum with focus on agri-fisheries, designed to address the needs of children in rural, agricultural or fishing communities.

(c) Public rural farm school refers to a rural farm school operated by the government or any of its political subdivisions.

(d) Private rural farm school refers to a rural farm school operated by a private entity, a nongovernment organization or a farm association. This is a school which is not funded by the government or any of its political subdivisions.

(e) Tutors refer to facilitators or instructors who comprise the teaching staff of the rural farm school. They are specialists in their own fields of endeavor and who facilitate the educative process.

(f) CARP beneficiaries refer to farmers or their kin who had received Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) or Emancipation Patents under Republic Act No. 6657, as amended, otherwise known as the "Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988".

(g) Agrarian reform community refers to a barangay or cluster of barangays where a critical mass of agrarian reform beneficiaries is situated.

(h) Farm entrepreneurship refers to the intermingling of finance, business and agriculture in setting into operation or motion a business venture involved in the production of agricultural commodities or enterprises.