India, Sept. 23 -- More than 1,000 have registered as tutors who will help implement the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Act in Baguio City, a Department of Education (DepEd) official said Tuesday.

Of the 1,079 individuals who registered, 43 are volunteers from outside DepEd, according to Baguio City Schools Division superintendent Dr. Soraya Faculo.

She said some of the non-DepEd tutors are retired professional teachers, pre-service teachers, non-licensed education graduates or non-education college graduates.

The ARAL Program Act (Republic Act 12028) was enacted in October 2024 as a national learning intervention to help learners catch up and regain the necessary foundational skills in reading, mathematics and scienc...