The mobile school: An educational innovation conceived and organized to help develop the rural communities and the countrysides

Abstract

The rural areas of the Philippines are teeming with idle manpower consisting of out-of-school youths and unemployed adults. Census figures show that six out of seven Filipinos live in close to 30,000 barrios dotting the country sides. Out of the total Philippine population of about 45 million, about 15 million are young people belonging to the 7-24 years age bracket Over 65 per cent of this country’s youth population are in the rural areas. Ninety-five percent of the needy youths are out-of-school.