The document discusses issues with the Philippine education system. It notes that while the educational system is excellent, government support has deteriorated conditions in rural public schools with overcrowded classrooms, lack of materials, and overworked teachers. This has led to problems like students graduating elementary unable to read, negatively impacting their high school performance. Ideal curriculums introduced are difficult to implement without proper resources. The conclusion calls for government and educators to work together to align funds to improve school buildings, hire qualified teachers, and provide standard textbooks and technology to support curriculums and make learning goal-oriented.
The document discusses issues with the Philippine education system. It notes that while the educational system is excellent, government support has deteriorated conditions in rural public schools with overcrowded classrooms, lack of materials, and overworked teachers. This has led to problems like students graduating elementary unable to read, negatively impacting their high school performance. Ideal curriculums introduced are difficult to implement without proper resources. The conclusion calls for government and educators to work together to align funds to improve school buildings, hire qualified teachers, and provide standard textbooks and technology to support curriculums and make learning goal-oriented.
The document discusses issues with the Philippine education system. It notes that while the educational system is excellent, government support has deteriorated conditions in rural public schools with overcrowded classrooms, lack of materials, and overworked teachers. This has led to problems like students graduating elementary unable to read, negatively impacting their high school performance. Ideal curriculums introduced are difficult to implement without proper resources. The conclusion calls for government and educators to work together to align funds to improve school buildings, hire qualified teachers, and provide standard textbooks and technology to support curriculums and make learning goal-oriented.
The document discusses issues with the Philippine education system. It notes that while the educational system is excellent, government support has deteriorated conditions in rural public schools with overcrowded classrooms, lack of materials, and overworked teachers. This has led to problems like students graduating elementary unable to read, negatively impacting their high school performance. Ideal curriculums introduced are difficult to implement without proper resources. The conclusion calls for government and educators to work together to align funds to improve school buildings, hire qualified teachers, and provide standard textbooks and technology to support curriculums and make learning goal-oriented.
In the Philippines we can hardly speak of education without suggesting at once the school, for the school is the center of our education. To most Filipino educators the educational process and the school process are one. It is in the school where we have a sure manifestation of the educational process. A student in school is expected to grow, to improve, and to advance in his studies, and is regarded by some as the whole education.
I learned that we have an excellent educational system in the Philippines. What makes the education really deteriorating is the support of the government. It is deteriorating to a certain degree especially in the rural public schools. Accommodating fifty students or more in a sub- standard classroom, sub-standard books, lack of speech and science apparatus, and learning materials greatly affect the learning condition of the students. Teachers will be stressed with the condition of jam-packed classrooms and handling six to seven classes a day. You could imagine how unsuitable that atmosphere is, not conducive for learning anymore.
One of the examples why I personally say that education should be taken seriously by some implementers is the existing problems of slow readers and even students who could hardly read a two-syllable or more words. It has been already expected that an elementary graduate can already read and comprehend, but there are some who were tagged as slow readers and a few considered to be non-readers in Medina high schools, especially in the first year level. High school teachers are not tasked of teaching them the very basic of reading, yet the problem is there. Why do we allow students in elementary that could hardly read and write to be promoted in high school? They will only have a hard time coping with a more challenging task in learning.
I realized that education is forever developing, changing, growing and alive. It is a continuous process. One should not cease finding opportunities for learning new things; the knowledge that a person acquires for himself/ herself is his/ her treasure in life. Yes, it is slowly deteriorating, sad but true, with the different factors involved. Idealistic curriculum should not only be reflected in a paper as a mere vision, but it should be something realistic and attainable. Try to note of the newly implemented Secondary School Curriculum, yet, no single textbook is being provided for it. It is really sad and depressing when we look at our public school system nowadays. Teachers in the far-flung areas or in rural public schools will have a hard time MAED-FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION PROF. LAURA T. FLORES
reproducing the learning materials and students also will have a hard time doing a follow-up activity for the suggested topic. Be reminded that not all public schools have the Internet connection, and not all teachers and students are computer literate. Thus, teachers will have a hard time modifying the activities to be given. With this, there is no assurance that the ultimate goal of our educational system will be achieved.
Curriculum developers are tasked to design models which are subject-centered, learner-centered, and problem- centered based on the different theories of learning. Maybe, it is time also to re- align the funds directly to educational program of government like school buildings, hiring legible and dedicated teachers, and providing standard textbooks, audio-visual gadgets and other learning materials to make teaching be a goal-oriented.
From now on, education standard will be more improved if the government and implementers of our educational system will work hand-in-hand to move with its trends and implement innovations. Learning competencies should be designed to enable one to learn the skills and positive human values that will help one grow into an articulate, socially committed and productive Filipino citizen. It should not only tend to rely on the theories, rather than on practical things which will be useful once a student leaves the school.
It should be a long-time productive program geared towards the information and technological age and not just for experimentation. Filipinos are really talented and smart. All we need is good education to hone the talents and to learn more so we can be more competitive out there.
