State Of Education In The Philippines Worsening?

[pioneer]

By Efren L. Danao
Senior Reporter
www.manilatimes.net

Sen. Loren Legarda expressed concern Sunday over the worsening quality of Philippine education, as she warned that this could make the Philippines even less competitive economically.

She cited statistics from the Department of Education showing that 56.76 percent of elementary enrollees in school year 2005-2006 completed elementary school, down from 58.36 percent four years ago. The completion rate in high school also declined, from 54.14 percent to 59.1 percent.

“The deteriorating quality of education can also be shown by international standards,” she said. “In the 2003 Third International Mathematics and Science Study participated by 45 countries, the Philippines was ranked 41st in mathematics and 42nd in science. The country trailed other Asian nations, including Malaysia and Indonesia.”

Legarda, chairman of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, said that although the Department of Education will get P13.9 billion and an additional P2 billion for the school-building program, this amount is still inadequate to bring about much needed educational reforms.

The allocation for the education sector is less than 3 percent of the gross national product, much less than the 6 percent prescribed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). This inadequate investment in education is seen as the reason why some 11.2 million Filipinos are illiterate.

The P2 billion allocated for the construction of 3,636 classrooms in 2008 is just 1.72 percent of the national government’s infrastructure program total of P115.959 billion. The Education department has estimated the backlog of classrooms to cost P13.9 billion.

“The budget should provide the necessary resources to bring about much-needed reforms. The budget for basic education should be increased by P6 billion,” she said.

She said that besides building more schools, the education sector needs more funds to hire more teachers and to buy more desks, tables, books and other supplies; fund more alternative learning programs, school health and nutrition programs and boost teachers’ benefits under the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers.

“If the problems of education are not addressed in time, the Philippines will most likely miss its target of achieving universal primary education in 2015,” she warned.

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[C2H4]

Unsaon dili pagka deteriorate nga there are like, a hundred students in one class. Unya ang mga teachers, toa nang abroad.



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[grazie7y]

When I was still in elementary, 30 something man mi in one class unya experienced na jud to among teachers kay nagkatigulang na lang sila sa ilang pagka teacher.  Ang karon, grabeh ang turn over sa mga teachers especially sa public schools kay mao lagi manimpalad man sa gawas aron dako2x ang sweldo.  The government may have taken for granted our teachers whom I consider our unsung heroes.  We all started nga lang with A B C and 1 + 1 but it led us to somewhere.

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[Happy]

Dili bitaw maatiman sa maestra tungod sa kadaghan.
Teachers nga nang-abroad tinuod sab na.
Uban nga teachers tapulan mo lection.
Naa sab unta mga bata nga utukan, wala ka skwela tungod sa kalisud, walay ikabayad sa skwelahan, kay bisan pa ug public schools, naa man gihapon bayranan.

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[C2H4]

Sakto jud ka, Ms Happy.

I don't want to come off as a snob, but in the Philippines, it pays to send kids to private schools.

Kay at least sa private, mas kontrolado ang ratio of students to teachers,

mas kontrolado pud ang quality sa education.

I really hope public education improves. The future of our country lies with our younglings.



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[Happy]

Ako jud mahinumduman Ms C2 nga among english teacher sa una, hatagan lang mi ug situation sa Balckboard nya iya dayon pahimuan namo ug easy, samtang siya naglingkod-lingkod ra nagsige basa ug novel, englsigh pud nuon ang novel ang iyang gibasa.

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[C2H4]

Hehehe!

Kuyawa niya nga teacher noh? Basa basa ra man ug novels...

kami sa una intawon kay pasilhigon unya paibton ug amorseko

hahaha



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[John]

Tyhl -gamay raman gud ug sweldo ang mga teacher sa una.

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[Happy]

Na lagi C2, magsige rako pangawot sa akong ulo kay dili manko kamao haha

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[lindy]

ako dili gyud mobasol sa ato mga teacher kon dili ang atong pamunuan gyud. daghan ko ug paryente nga maestra ug maestro nga matud nila sila na gani mopalit sa ila mga chalk... kinsa man dili mo abroad nga ang sueldo gagmay naman lang kaayo. parehas ra kana sa atong mga nurses,seaman ug uban pang mga profession. ang ato gyud nga mga kadagkuan maoy mangita ug paagi unsaon pagsulbad niining maong mga crises kay mao kanay ilang obligasyon ang pagsilbi sa katawhan dili kay sila ang silbihan.

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[Happy]

May tama ka rin dyan lindy

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[Moyhua]

Grabe bitaw ang education sa Pinas noh...Libre lagi kono sa public pero magmantinir man lng pod ang ubang teachers labi na og tiguwang na.Unya ang ubang mga estudyante tawon mo school, wlay kaon, wlay tsinelas, wlay lapis, papel..unya kasab-an pa jud kay late..unsaon kabaktas pa layo kaau.

Kalooy pod tawon sa mga teachers, magbagood pod og dala sa mga gamit sa school...ang teacher pa man mo palit sa tanan niyang gamit sa schools gamay pa sweldo mao ka utang utang pod si Ma'am/Sir..Pero when I started working sa school dri...ang dala sa mga teachers, ila na jud lunch kit...

Tanan nga mga gamit provided na.....as in bisan unsay ngaw-ngawon...adto lng sa supply room...pati mga studyante uban magbayhon lng...

Pero believe pod ko sa mga teachers sa ato...bahala maka utang utang maka pa eskwela lng pod sila sa ilang mga anak hangtud college...

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[tarsier]

Most of our schools are profit oriented. They produce half-baked graduates for export. Basta may diploma ug transcript, okay na. He/she can take care of getting skills and working knowledge pag may trabajo na. Everytime these schools are allowed tuition fee increases, the additional income usually goes to more perks to the owners and little amount for teachers and school facilities. The rest goes go profit. These schools really make big profits because as we can see they can afford to build more branches in the towns. Since most of the teachers resign and go overseas or somewhere else, the salary increase corresponding that teacher becomes the schools savings. The more the school saves when it hires a new teacher at a low starting salary. The turn over of teachers or the rate of attrition is so fast that Dep Ed failed to realize that these school don't need increase of tuition since their payroll remains stagnant, if not going down.

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[Lorenzo]

tarsier, if you don't mind me asking, how much is the average salary of a public school teacher in Bohol and in the philippines diay?

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[tarsier]

Public school teachers in the elem and high school are receiving salaries between 10 to 15k a month. For private elem/high schools, it is less than 10k. For college, it is on a per unit basis and number of loads given. I have no definite figure, but as I said most colleges have high degree of attrition for teachers such that salary increases resulting from tuition fee increases benefit only those who stay. But salary increases intended for those who resigned or moved out become savings for the school since new teachers hired get a much lower starting salary.

In effect, students are paying higher tuitions yet they get less quality education due to less experienced (new graduates) teachers hired. Less quality of education translate into less quality graduates. Less quality graduates become target of exploitation by local firms. Ask those college grad mall workers. They are only getting one-half of legal minimum wage, sans SSS, Philhealth and are laid off after six months only to be replaced by same kind of applicants. They are made to work overtime but not paid overtime wages.

This is one of the causes why our kababayans have to go overseas. Their income can hardly support themselves, much more if they already have a family. This is corruption of highest order. The employee is robbed half his salary everyday for 360 days a year. Multiply this by the number of employees being robbed and we have a grand larceny taking place everyday without everybody being aware of it. Wealth is moving from pockets of many to the pockets of a few in high speed fashion.

This is a vicious cycle that should be broken and it requires brave leaders who can fight for just and fair treatment of workers. Poverty becomes unavoidable evil because everybody accepts this situation.

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[Moyhua]

Very well said

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[Lorenzo]

Thank you Tarsier for informing us of the situation in the ground. Very well said.

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[slackware]

kaugalingong paningkamot nalang na sa mga studyante...dili kay magsalig sa teacher...

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