Sad state of Philippine Education

[hercules]

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maau kaau na. dapat kita nalang jud mo lihok, initiative nalang. mkatakod pa diay. daghan na ta.

[klavel]

don't forget that people working are paying taxes. that's partly where those allocated budget come from. it would be an insult if you tell people who are working and religiously paying their taxes as not doing anything.

good for those who can donate computers and those who can still find time to do volunteer works. keep it up.

Right..Numerous companies are granting scholarships and it is good that they prefer to donate their money directly to schools for at least they know where their money is going. Besides, I remember in our taxation class that donations are deductible (that is allowed as legitimate expense so as to lessen taxable income). So, they are helping the right people instead of putting their money (tax) at risk.

All praises for those who take time to do volunteer work.

[grabehbebe]

Another measure of improving the education system in our country is being pushed in the congress.

Lawmakers are eyeing if the board game "Scrabble" can be use as an effective tool in improving the proficiency in English that it can be . They said so because it has been proven that such board games are strong tools that can go along way in refreshing the use of English language/subjects in schools and even at homes and that it is really effective in improving the english proficiency.

Theys said that this game would be found in schools sson if the Congress approves the the bill and that they will also push for the exemption of these new teaching materials from taxes to entice private donor corporations to donate the games to schools nationwide.

[grabehbebe]

DepEd secretary asks private schools for help

THE Department of Education (DepEd) will tap the services of private schools to prepare preschoolers for Grade 1.

Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said that besides services of private schools, the DepEd’s Pre-School Service Contracting Program is also enlisting the assistance of nongovernment organizations and other institutions.

The program is designed for incoming Grade 1 pupils who cannot afford to enroll in any regular preschool and who are not accommodated in any kind of preschool service during the opening of school year 2006-2007.

Classes under the scheme will start on October 16, 2006, and will end on March 23, 2007.

Lapus said contracting classes for the current school year will be expanded to cover more disadvantaged 5-year-old children in fifth- and sixth-class municipalities, urban slums and relocation areas. Additional classes will also be organized in public schools located in disadvantaged areas to accommodate more children who are least likely to enter school.

For this purpose, Lapus asked all DepEd regional and division offices to organize preschool classes through the service-contracting scheme, especially in schools where there had been such classes already organized.

The new policy is in consonance with the “Education for All” goal of getting the participation of all children and eliminating the number of dropouts and repeaters in the first three years of schooling.

not so bad...by working together, our future is sure be in good hands for our future leader are truly built with knowledge and capability of doing its duty in righteous manner.

[grabehbebe]

Budget secretary requested a committee that will oversee the textbook project to make public all the documents and communications on the matter.

The committee was told to disclose of event the past biddings of textbooks and other instructional materials from 1999 until the present, they will also include the scope and the terms of reference of the procurements as approved by the World Bank and most of all the names of the private sectors representatives and civil society groups who were present during the submission of bids should also be presented.

They added that every decision made by the inter-agency bids and awards committee—composed of representatives of the finance, budget, education and trade and industry departments—was subject to World Bank review and approval.

[bongjo]

i still believe that our education system can progressively improve, proof that we excel is the presence of filipinos anywhere in the world,

[erwin_rommel]

there's nothing wrong with our system of education because it has been proven that it works. our biggest problem is the teacher to student ratio. imagine a teacher to a class of more than 50 students, even the best teachers cant give quality education with that massive number of mostly malnourished students. teachers with that number of students become exhausted and cant give full attention to each and everyone his students. corruption is also ramphant in the dep ed that dep ed officials usually buy books with poor quality and usually have lots of errors. this corruption is also the reason why the late raul rocco was kicked out of the dep ed because he is starting to dig the anomalies of the dep ed. the dep ed officials are starting to get exposed so they made a move to get rid of rocco.

[pnoize]

Here are some of the problems I have seen in the education sector.

1. Over pricing of materials. From textbooks, chairs, tables to construction materials.

For everyone who wins a bid there is at least a 20% mandatory "S.O.P." This money goes to different officers of the department. So imagine the 20% + the obligatory 4% for WTax and some other legal tax + the 12% VAT, we're talking of 34% on grease money & taxes alone!

2. Donated materials from abroad are either out of date, unusable or plain trash.

There was an "NGO" from abroad that donated a number of old computers and a library-full of books to selected schools. These branded computers were pentium I's or 80486s that did not work. DepEd RO VII even had to purchase new harddrives to these PCs just to make them run properly.

The books that were sent here were as old as 1940s and some of the math books were clearly meant for the U.S. How will you explain what cents, pennies and quarters are to a public school elementary student?

What's worse is that this NGO demanded the school to put up a computer room, have it newly painted and MUST have an airconditioning before any of the computers will be brought in. The head of this NGO kept throwing fits, shouting at teachers if the demands were not met.

If there were new PCs that were donated, they would soon be rendered useless as there are no in-house technicians to fix the simplest problems such as dirty connectors. And having an outsourced technician would mean asking permission from the principal, then the principal writes a letter to the superintendent, then the superintendent has to check with accounting for funding and COA for legality....get my drift?

3. New equipments are not lent to students freely.

In DepEd, personnel are accountable for certain equipments. For fear of being reprimanded, most of the time, teachers do not allow students to use equipments that were meant for them. Example, a certain school in Cebu is equipped with an LCD projector, but chooses not to use it when teaching MS Office applications. The teacher would rather dictate than show which menu to choose and the proceeding steps to follow.

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This is it for now....

[angelicax]

What if kita mga ISTORYAN mag organize to make special classes in rural area once in a while...

I remember sa USC-Campus Ministry before... we make special classes sa INAYAN dumps site ug didto sa Campo Siete every saturday...

Kanang man gud public teacher toa sa rural area/mountain barngays kulang intawon nang ila suhulan oi.... labad sad na ila ulo plus delay pa kaayo sa suweldo...

[junmar4]

volunter ko ani mga bossing... I'm a teacher, Physics ug Math ra gud....