Education is very important in everyone, but not all has the opportunity to finish and

earn their diplomas. To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although

they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they

believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. Thus, building a strong

foundation when it comes to education the government always there to set a law to

make it effective for everyone. Today, we are facing a lot of obstacles to overcome

especially in the present situation when it comes to our education. Lack of supplies,

materials, teachers, and the like are the current problems of Philippine education. But

why does this happen?   According to the Batas Pambansa Blg. 232 (which is also

known as the Education Act of 1982), the government aims to achieve and maintain an

accelerating rate of economic development and social progress;to ensure the maximum

participation of all the people in the attainment and enjoyment of the benefits of such

growth; and to achieve and strengthen national unity and consciousness and preserve,

develop and promote desirable cultural, moral and spiritual values in a changing world.

Our government aims to provide each and every Filipino an ideal kind of education: a

kind of education which will not just give us jobs but will bring us to the top of global

competition, a kind of education which is rich in content and high in quality, not only in

quantity, and a kind of education which will enrich the lives of each and every Filipino

citizens. But what is happening now is very far from what kind of educational system

our government aims for us to have. Supplies and materials for educational purposes

are lacking in our country. It was stated in the Republic act 232 that every Filipino

citizen should have the right to have an education which is of high-quality and high-
quality education means having the complete supplies, materials, facilities, equipment

and such in order for students to learn. But that was totally different from what I have

seen in the public elementary school I observed. Chairs were lacking, bathrooms were

untidy, no area for the teacher’s things nor for the books and other things of the

students. I am saddened to see such scenario but it is the reality that we are facing

right now. The Local and National Government are providing funds for the improvement

and rehabilitation of schools but sometimes, it is not enough due to various factors like

the overflowing number of students and the generated income of the city or area in

which the public school is situated. Despite that situation, with BP 232, our government

is doing a lot of efforts in improving the educational status of country.