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SDG# 1 (No Poverty)

B. Chosen Contested Issue in the Philippine Context:

Limited access of poor people to education and poor education system in the

Philippines.

C. Chosen Contested Issue in the Philippine Context:

The Philippines is a third-world country, with illiteracy and a lack of education being the

major causes of poverty. The Philippines employment standard is highly demanding,

making it difficult for individuals who did not graduate or do not have an educational

background to find labor. Education is difficult to obtain, and underprivileged people can

only gain from it.

D. Your stance:

In the Philippines, there is no such thing as free education. However, there are public

schools for children and youth and other initiatives, but they are still unable to obtain

work and rise out of poverty. The education system is likely to be inadequate from the

start, leading to a student's failure in the future.

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 “No Education, Yes Poverty”

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Introduction

Due to the Philippines' large population, many Filipinos utilize education to

escape poverty. Millions of Filipinos find the path obstructed, and as a result, poverty

results from a lack of knowledge (Charity: Ed Philippines, 2019). Poverty is the worst

enemy of the Filipinos. Every person who can obtain an education at any level and

receive the necessary education is pulled out of poverty, financial crises, health

concerns, and lifestyle changes. Poverty prevents children and youths from studying

and learning what they need to know. Moreover, prevent the individual from being

employed as they do not have any educational background or any college degree.

Today, there is no free education in the Philippines, which means that children from low-

income households miss out on the opportunity to study. Nonetheless, the present

Government is attempting to alleviate the lack of education caused by poverty. In order

to comply with constitutional mandates, the Philippine Government is mandated to offer

free quality schooling at the basic school level to all Filipino children and youths

(Villegas, 2021). The Philippines, on the other hand, are either due to a lack of funds or

to poor governance. Many Filipinos do not have the luck to have an opportunity to

attend and to have a proper formal basic education. Poverty leads to a high

unemployment rate, social marginalization, and high susceptibility of specific

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communities to disasters, illnesses, and other phenomena that hinder them from being

productive. Lackness of education and poor education system is the major reason

for poverty in the Philippines, which can affect individual livelihood.

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Conforming to the National Statistical Coordination Board of the Philippines and the

Department of Education, one in every six Filipino children does not have the

opportunity to attend school. Simultaneously, seven out of ten can complete elementary

school (Meron, 2019). The President signed and enacted Republic Act 9155, also

known as the Government of Basic Education Act, on December 23, 2020

(LawPhil,2020). They founded the Alternative Learning System (ALS) to provide basic

education to children, out-of-school youths, and adults. The Alternative Learning

System allows for developing fundamental and functional reading skills and accessing

similar paths to finish basic education. The Alternative Learning System (ALS) Act

reinforces the Department of Education's responsibility to ensure that no person is left

behind, even in the midst of a pandemic (DepEd, 2021). Because every Filipino has the

right to free basic education, the Government launched this initiative. The Philippines

boasts one of the most extensive second-chance education systems globally.

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Education has an essential role in social mobility, equity, public health, and improved

job prospects, among other things. As the COVID-19 breakdown, the unemployment

rate increases, affecting many rationales that cause the growth of poverty in the

Philippines. Furthermore, almost 89 percent, or 1.52 billion, of children and youth drop

or can't attend school. According to the DepEd, about 4 million students could not enroll

for the current school year (ChildHope Philippines, 2021). Many youths stopped

attending schools and were pushed to work to save money for tuition fees and

allowances, and some are working to help their families who lost their jobs. As a result,

the number of out-of-school youth (OSY) continues to rise, posing a severe concern that

must be addressed to avoid worse difficulties in the long term (ChildHope Philippines,

2021). As the Alternative Learning System implemented, many learners can have a

certificate and use it to apply for a job. The Government is slowly addressing Lackness

of education, but the standard of jobs is still high for people who only take alternative

learning. Around 60% of the family members have only completed elementary school,

owing to extreme poverty (Charity: Ed Philippines, 2020), and the Filipino proverb

"Education is the key to success" signifies a big part. As a result, some people, even

grownups, are still looking for possibilities to learn and study.

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Lack of Education in the Philippines as the proportion of students attending school

diminishes, certain obstacles persist, such as poor school management and a low

government budget, which influence the quality of learning. Nonetheless, even before

the pandemic, the Philippines' learning poverty rate was 69.5 percent in 2019.

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(Mendoza, 2021). The quality of education in the Philippines appears to be one of the

reasons students do not want to attend school. Shortage of innovation and mobility in

more heightened education is another major issue confronting education (Wilson,

2019), which significantly impacts poverty. Students are viewed as price-sensitive

customers. Student loans have fueled irresponsible and unsustainable debt-fueled

growth (International Monetary Fund, 2017). Since the emergence of COVID-19, the

Philippines Education Department has struggled to establish the necessary learning

system due to a lack of resources. Cater for the needs of the blended or distant learning

strategy, three out of every four public schools lack internet connectivity, and over 1,179

private schools do close by 2020. (Madarang, 2021). The Philippines is still in the grip of

a pandemic, the rate of recovery from cases is slow, and students' education is the root

cause of poverty. Distance education exacerbated the country's learning poverty.

Conclusion

In summary, the Philippines' implementation of Sustainable Development Goal number

one, 'No Poverty,' is moving at a snail's pace. Because the Philippines is a third-world

country, the Government finds it difficult to aid all poor individuals. The Government

provides free alternate learning systems, but they are ineffective. Students could suffer

as a result of a lack of education and a substandard education system since they did

not receive the necessary quality of education. Education is revered in the Philippines

as if it were gold. A decent education is crucial for every Filipino since it is the key to

rising out of poverty and having a prosperous living. The Philippine Government's

implementation of free education is exemplary, yet the quality is insufficient.

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Furthermore, the Government should create employment opportunities for people who

do not have a formal education. In this approach, the Government can solve the poverty

of a lack of education piece by piece. Every Filipino should have access to an

education. Everyone should be given the opportunity to obtain and apply educational

learning.