Points of View Ep.2
29 05 2007
Since SY 2007 - 2008 will be starting next month, let’s talk about the quality of education here in the Philippines.
What can you say about the quality of education in Philippines today?
Actually, I do believe that the quality of education here in the Philippines is above average. But there are several factors that lessen it as years pass by.
One of those factors maybe is the national budget for education. According to some reports, the amount alloted for education is too low. Then that low budget will not go completely to where it should be because some who are in power will tend to corrupt a part of the budget. Now, with the left amount of money, how can we fix the damaged classrooms and facilities? How can we provide books to our public school students? In short, since we have low budget on education, how can the students study in an environment suitable for learning, with all the learning aids the students can use?
This will also cause low wages for our public school teachers. If one has to provide a living for his/her family, will he/she choose to teach? Actually, there are a lot of Filipinos who are admirable because it really comes from their hearts to teach. I mean, they don’t care about the money. They just really want to teach children who don’t have money to be able to study. I also do admire those who are willing to learn despite of their difficult situations in life.
Anyway, tuition fee and other fees increase every year. But with this increase, so we see the standard of education here improve? I think it is not improving, but rather, it is getting worse. Many politicians will use education when they are campaigning. But what is happening now? Our problem in education should be solved as soon as possible before things get worse.
kung may pera din naman ako sa PRIvate ko na dadalhin ang anak ko kasi nabibigyan ng attention yung mga bata…kay ayoko magturo sa public hehehe
public schools? di na maxado maganda ang ibang public schools. napapabayaan ang iba. lalong lalo na ang mga nasa lower sections. hayyy
hmm, well believe it or not, in Saint Louis University (Baguio) where I’m in, there are lots of Koreans. And the reason they’re there is that because they say that we here in the Philippines provide cheap but rather good education. The fact that we are a well versed english speaking (secondarily) country, they take the oppurtunity (or rather the advantage) of getting good education. Hmmm, if they say such, how come we don’t know? Or are we just taking it for granted?
yup, for some, private schools ae better because they have better quality of education here in the Philippines compared to the public schools. Napapabayaan kasi.
Yup, foreigners come here to study because they find the quality of education here good and not that expensive.
let me clarify certain issues you pointed out. although i’m not a blogger, i couldn’t help myself but comment on your concern over the education sector’s budget.
i believe from the trillion budget of the government for this year, DepEd received one of the highest allocation for the social services. although corruption is a reality, i am rather inclined to conclude that a large chunk of DepEd’s budget is spent mostly on Personal Services (salaries and wages paid to teachers and staff personnel) and the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses, used to maintain facilities of the department and used for its day-to-day operations (i.e. chalks, chairs, etc.). that’s why Capital outlay (budget for new facilities and classrooms) becomes too little to have a positive impact on how public schools educates the public.
similarly, the salaries of teachers are not dependent on the total budget given for DepEd. it’s the other way around actually, the Salary Standardization Law provides for a unified system of remuneration for public school teachers.
but ultimately, i would have to agree that public school system’s losing its luster. more often than not, it could be attributed to the growing number of enrollees, because private school are becoming too expensive. the teacher-to-student ratio and facilities in aid of education needs to addressed to improve public schools. ^_^
thanks so much for all the comments.
thanks kidjie for your long comment. that’s why I also want to hear others’ opinions because I want to be corrected if what I am thinking is wrong.