CEDAW/C/PHI/Q/6/Add.1 " Strong Republic School Distance Learning System A national government program which aims to: 1) raise the literacy rate among the impoverished sector of the population; 2) provide basic education; 3) mainstream the graduates of the program into the formal education system. It targets out-of-school children youth and adults from 500 priority poor rural/urban barangays, who may be indigenous peoples, rebel returnees or persons with disabilities. " Development of Indigenous Peoples (IP) Education This project aimed to develop an IP culture-sensitive core curriculum and assessment tools/instrument. A final list of IP core messages was drafted and identified skills for the development of learning materials for IP. " Action Research on the Development IP Education for Magbikin Tribe The project hopes to develop an IP educational package for the Magbikin Tribes in Morong, Bataan. An action research was conducted on the literacy factor of the Magbikin Tribes, particularly on the dialect and writing system. " Development of Life Skills Program for Out-of-School Focusing on HIV/AIDS This project intends to create awareness on HIV/AIDS through training and advocacy and social mobilization activities of out-of-school youths for them contribute to the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS messages were integrated in alternative learning system and formulated a curriculum grid for HIV/AIDS Learning Program. The NCIP provides assistance to deserving indigenous youths who may want may be enrolled in elementary, high school, vocational, college and even post graduate courses through its scholarship program called Educational Assistance Program (EAP). Data on the program showed that from 2003 to 2004, 64% of the 11,249 beneficiaries of the program were female students and that in almost every region, women scholars outnumbered men scholars. CAR posted the most number of female scholars comprising about 72% of the total IP scholars in the region. The International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) of the International Labor Organization (ILO), in partnership with the Bureau of Women and Young Workers of the labor department, are working towards educating the child workers, with the following programs: (a) Working and Living Conditions of Young Domestic Workers; and (b) Monitoring, Coordination and Evaluation of the National Child Labor Program: Strengthening the Capacity of the Child Labour Project Management Team (CLPMT) of the Department of Labor and Employment. The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) one of the foremost performing arts group in the country has a women’s theater program advocating women’s issues such as reproductive health and violence against women among others through performances and training in schools and communities. The all-women Mebuyan Peace Project, a theater and musical story-telling group based in Mindanao also responds to women and children’s concerns. Some NGOs and LGUs also reach out to youth groups to popularize issues on women. 17