Tutors to the barrios

( Edukasyong Kabalikat para sa Kaunlaran) EKK is a small tutoring effort run by the parents of Kabalikat, a people's organization in Baseco, that takes children for six hours a week (two hours a day, three times a week) after regular school. There are classes for 5th and 6th grade boys and girls and first graders. The program only takes students whose academic averages are under 80 percent: the very bright students don't need tutoring and the very slow won't benefit.
The program focuses on reading (English and Tagalog), math, science and religious values. The classes always have less than 25 students, allowing the young teacher to give some individual time to each student. This individual attention makes a great difference in children's progress. In individual instruction, the teacher can discover what prevents the children from doing their best. How can we provide similar tutoring for many other children? How do we put students and tutors together? Is there some person(s) with the calling to do this? (Clipped from Inquirer.net Tutoring for grade school students)

I SAY: Now, how about making community service (tutoring the underprivileged) a prerequisite for graduation. Like Dr. Flavier's "A doctor to the barrios." This can also instill into the new teachers the nobility of their profession, the fulfillment that they need to experience so that they may appreciate their calling and strive to be the best they can be even amidst the seeming lack of expression in terms of monetary remuneration.