Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:

(a) Basic literacy refers to the ability of a person to read, write, and compute;

(b) Community Learning Center (CLC) refers to a venue outside the formal education system, including, but not limited to, learning hubs, reading centers, libraries, and e-libraries, to provide lifelong learning opportunities for community development and improvement of the quality of life;

(c) Functional literacy refers to the ability of a person to read, write, compute, and comprehend. The skills must be sufficiently advanced commonly occurring in his or her life situation that require a reasonable ability to communicate by written language and other digital means;

(d) Learning city, municipality, or barangay refers to a city, municipality, or barangay which effectively mobilizes its resources to: (1) promote inclusive learning in all education levels; (2) encourage learning in families and communities; (3) facilitate continuous learning for and in the workplace; (3) facilitate continuous learning for and in the workplace; (4) extend the use of modern learning technologies; (5) enhance quality and pursuit of excellence in learning; and (6) foster a culture of learning throughout life;

(e) Lifelong learning refers to a principle that recognizes learning as a continuum and not confined to a particular period in life or the school system but takes place in all modes and locales, at all stages of life, which results in improving knowledge, know-how skills, competencies, and/or qualifications for personal, social, and/or professional reasons. As a conceptual framework and organizing principle for educational policy, lifelong learning, also known as lifelong education, encompasses all modes of learning and all types of formal, non-formal, or informal educational activities;

(f) Lifelong learning provider refers to any establishment, corporation, organization, or public or private institution for lifelong education providing lifelong vocational training or offering supplementary education for school curricula. It also refers to a center or an office attached to an exiting educational institution that offers lifelong education to persons other than its regular students; and

(g) Tertiary education refers to the stage of education following the secondary cycle which covers post-secondary non-degee diploma, technical-vocational education and training, and higher education programs, including graduate studies.