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8/16/2019 Current Issues1

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PROBLEMS AND ISSUES

IN EDUCATION(PHILIPPINE CONTEXT)


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M i s m a t c h


3/16

Quality of Educatio•Decline in the quality of Philippineeducation at the elementary and secondarylevels.

Reality Check: Results of NA amon! elementary and

hi!h school students and NCA" #ere #aybelo# the tar!et mean score.

$%%& 'i!h (chool Readiness est: %.)&*scored +,* or better or -%%% students

out of /.$ million e0aminees passed.


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Quality of Educatio (co!t)Reality Check: (elf1Assessment est for "n!lish: /2*

scored +,* or better or /%%%% out of

,/%%% teachers. Decline in 3uality of "ducation in the

Philippines rends in International 4athematics and

(cience (tudy 5I44(6 as of year $%%7. 4ath: Philippines ranked no. &7 out of

&) countries (cience: Philippines ranked no. &$ No. / (in!apore


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•8i! disparity in educational achievementsacross social !roups.

Reality Check: (ocioeconomically disadvanta!ed

students have hi!her drop out rates in

elementary level. 4ost of the freshmen students at the

tertiary level come from relatively #ell1o9families.

A"o#da$ility of Educatio


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Bud%&t fo# Educatio

• he Philippine Constitution has mandatedthe !overnment to allocate the hi!hest

proportion of its bud!et to education.

Reality Check: Philippines still has one of the lo#est

bud!et allocations to education amon!the A("AN countries.


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Mi'atc*

• here is a lar!e proportion of;mismatch; bet#een trainin! and

actual


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P#o$l&' ad I''u&' i t& Pili++i&Educatioal Sy't&

Hi'to#io%#a+y

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li,atio

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No'u'taia$ility

Pu#/&yo#of yt

Ma#%iali,atio

Moolitic

Bo#i%T&ac'


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Colonial historio!raphy

2i/i% &a/i +#&iu to t&i'to#y of t& coloi,' i t&Pili++i&'3 ad ot to t&i'to#y of -ili+io'4

T&aci% of Hi'to#y 'u$5&ct' f#ot& &l&&ta#y to ttia#y l&/&l' ad6ill o't li1&ly ++&tuat& i t&&0t %&atio' to co&4

T& i'to#y of t& -ili+io +&o+l&ad t& coloial i'to#y of t&Pili++i&' a#& t6o di"&t to+ic'alto%&t


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7ictii,&d $y t& o/.

6o#1&d ad ud.+aid+olicy of t& 'y't& of t&+a't ad +#&'&tdi'+&'atio'4

"masculation and demorali=ation of teachers

L&ad' to t&&a'culatio add&o#ali,atio of t&i##a1'4

E0+lai' 6y t& t&aci%+#of&''io i' ot att#acti% t&$&'t ad t& $#i%t&'t f#o t&

c#o+ of 'tud&t' ayo#&4


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he proliferation of >y1by1ni!ht educational

institutions is counter1productive.

Produces a pool of half1bakedunprepared and incompetent!raduates.

?ly1by1ni!ht educational institutions


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@omen the common tao andthe indi!enous people are

almost historically e0cluded fromthe Philippine historio!raphy infavor of the men heroes from

u=on and the po#er elite.

Culturally and !enderinsensitive educational

system


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he stateBin an incremental fashionBis abandonin! its role to subsidi=epublic education particularly in thetertiary level.

his comes in the form ofmatriculation laboratory andmiscellaneous fee increases in orderto force state colle!es anduniversities 5(Cs6 to !enerate theiro#n sources of fund.

(tate abandonment of education


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(ub1standard te0tbooks

(ome te0tbooks #hich are alreadycirculation are both poorly #ritten andhapha=ardly edited.

ake the case of the Asya: Noon atNgayon #ith an identied total number ofmore than &%% historical errors.

his is a classic case of prot1centeredness #ithout re!ard to socialaccountability.


15/16

In the name of prot o#ners andadministrators of several private schoolscommonly practice contractuali=ationamon! their faculty members

Contractual employees unlike theirre!ularEtenured counterparts are notentitled to frin!e benets #hich

consequently reduces the over1all cost oftheir business operation.

Fob insecurity demeans the ranks of thefaculty members.

@idespread contractuali=ation


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