FROM HARDSHIP TO LEADERSHIP: THE SUCCESS STORIES OF ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEMGRADUATES

The existence of leaders rattled the very foundation of each community and had an impact on followers viewpoints in forming their personal beliefs. Leadership is a type of authority in which one person has the ability to influence or change the values, beliefs, conduct, and attitudes of another person.The majority of the reasons for dropping out are related to poverty. While basic education is free, many impoverished families cannot afford to pay for their childrens extracurricular activities. In actuality, almost 28 million Filipinos do not have a secondary education.To address this issue and to comply with the UNESCO Millennium Development Goal of eradicating illiteracy across nations, the Department of Education has designed a program called Alternative Learning System (ALS) to provide all Filipinos with the opportunity to have access to and complete basic education in a mode that suits their unique situations and needs. The goal of this study was to figure out why the participants opted to stop going to school. Similarly, this study investigated the challenges that participants had during studying and how the Alternative Learning System transformed their lives. ALS students should finish their degrees and pursue their goals regardless of their circumstances, according to respondents. According to the findings, ALS has a big impact on their lives, and they are grateful that the government provides ALS for students like them.