School Year 2009-2010

ISSUES
ISSUES IN
IN EDUCATION
EDUCATION
••TUITION
TUITION FEE
FEE INCREASE
INCREASE
••UNSTABLE/INAPPROPRIATE
UNSTABLE/INAPPROPRIATE
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM
••LACK
LACK OF
OF SCHOOL
SCHOOL FACILITIES
FACILITIES
••CAMPUS
CAMPUS JOURNALISM
JOURNALISM REPRESSION
REPRESSION
••COMMERCIALIZATION
COMMERCIALIZATION OF
OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION
••EDUCATION
EDUCATION BUDGET
BUDGET SLASH
SLASH
••NO
NO EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT FOR
FOR GRADUATES
GRADUATES
40% of the
population
or 30
million
Filipinos . .
.
primary
source of
livelihood
is on
agriculture.
 Unable to go
to school

live Majority only

below the finished
poverty elementary
line education
City life . . .
 Urban Unproductive
Congestion Farmlands
Food
Insufficiency
 The cyclical
problem
seems to offer
no solution.
 Report Card
Name : GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
Position : President, Republic of the Philippines
Make a report card of GMA for 1st semester 2006-2007.
Rate her performance as of September this year in the
following areas:
a. Poverty alleviation 15 %
b. Protection of human rights 15 %
c. Peace and order 15 %
d. Policy on education 15 %
e. Crisis management 15 %
f. Creation of jobs 15 %
g. Foreign relations 10 %
 Goals of Secondary Education
HELP students:

participate in a democratic society

engage in productive work life
engage in lifelong learning
Human Development Index

Current Status of Philippine

Education
 Human Development Index
• The human development index (HDI) is a composite index that
measures the average achievements in a country in three basic
dimensions of human development:
• a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth;
• knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and combined
gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools; and
• a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in
purchasing power parity (PPP) US dollars.
(Source: UNDP Human Development Report Office).
Country (HDI) Date of information Rank
Albania 0.781 2004 65
Algeria 0.704 2004 108
Angola 0.381 2004 166
Antigua and
0.8 2004 55
Barbuda
Argentina 0.853 2004 34
Armenia 0.754 2004 82
Australia 0.946 2004 3
Austria 0.934 2004 14
Azerbaijan 0.746 2004 91
Country (HDI) Date of information Rank

Bahamas, The 0.815 2004 51

Bahrain 0.843 2004 40
Bangladesh 0.509 2004 138
Barbados 0.888 2004 29
Belarus 0.79 2004 62
Belgium 0.942 2004 6
Belize 0.737 2004 99
Benin 0.421 2004 161
Bhutan 0.536 2004 134
Bolivia 0.681 2004 114
Country (HDI) Date of information Rank

Papua New Guinea 0.542 2004 133

Paraguay 0.751 2004 89
Peru 0.752 2004 85
Philippines 0.753 2004 83
Poland 0.85 2004 37
Portugal 0.897 2004 26
Qatar 0.833 2004 47
Romania 0.778 2004 69
Russia 0.795 2004 57
Rwanda 0.431 2004 159
 The Status of Philippine Education
The quality of Philippine basic education has been
deteriorating continuously. Basic education bore the
effects of continuing rapid population growth,
estimated at 2.3 percent annually. The public school
system is hard-pressed to cope with the requirements
of an expanding student population, particularly at the
secondary level, due to, among others, the
implementation of free public secondary education.
Severe budgetary constraints have led to
underinvestment in basic education, as evidenced by
the decline in real spending per student.
• Philippine Education is in crisis
astounding number of students
fail to complete high school
high school graduates are
unprepared for college / work
ramifications of nation’s leaky
education pipeline
Table 18-2 Basic Education Key Indicators, SY 2002 - 2003
(in %)
(2004-2010)

Particulars Male Female Overall

Participation Rate
Elementary 89.26 90.87 90.05
Secondary 53.80 62.35 58.03

Cohort Survival Rate

Elementary 66.01 74.06 69.84
Secondary 58.72 73.13 65.83
Table 18-2 Basic Education Key Indicators, SY 2002 - 2003
(in %)
(2004-2010)

Particulars Male Female Overall

Drop-out Rate
Elementary 8.4 6.15 7.34
Secondary 16.26 9.96 13.10

Completion Rate
Elementary 62.94 71.18 66.85
Secondary 52.38 67.46 59.79
 Drop out rate
Secondary Level 1998 1999 2000 2002

I 12.31 12.42 11.20 13.68

II 10.15 10.96 10.16 12.64

III 9.99 10.03 9.38 11.62

IV 2.07 2.20 2.06 9.08

 Repetition Rate
Secondary Level 1998 1999 2000 2002

I 2.66 2.82 2.76 3.03

II 2.33 2.42 2.45 2.73

III 1.81 1.95 2.02 2.37

IV 0.85 0.85 0.97 1.10

 Reasons for leaving the school
• a. Extreme poverty
• b. Small / part time job opportunities
• c. Illness (physical/mental)
• d. Early marriage/teen-age pregnancy
• e. Personal/family problems (sexual/drug
use/abuse)
• f. Transfer of residence
 Results of the HSRT
• 92% of the students failed
• 7.9% got a score of 50% and above
• Only 0.6% got a score of 75% and above
• 50 % of the students of the same test
scored below 30%
THE NUMBERS SAY IT ALL!
• 100 enter elementary school
• 33 drop out/fail
• 67 finish elementary school
• 66 enter secondary school
• 19 drop out/fail
• 45 finish secondary school
• 26 enter college
• 19 drop out/fail
• 7 finish college
Per Capita Budget for Education in
Selected Asian Countries

• Australia - $ 3, 981
• Japan - $ 3, 872
• Singapore - $ 1, 582
• Thailand - $ 1, 048
• Philippines - $ 138
 Education . . .

. . solution to our country’s

problem
• Use measurable goals to establish
a culture of achievement.
High expectations are one
thing – the relentless pursuit of
excellence is another.
Students should bring out the best
in the younger generation.

Teacher quality is not the

single indicator of students’
performance in school.
• Rigorous and regular testing leads
to continuous student achievement.

High expectations without a

means of measurement are
hollow.
• Achievement is the key to
discipline.

When self-discipline and order

come from within, every extra
person is part of the solution.
• Schools must work actively with parents
to make the home a center of learning.

Lack of parental involvement can be

overcome by extending the mission of
the school into the home.
• Effort creates ability.

Time on task is the key to

success in school.
 Plan of Action
1. To reduce the drop out rate
2. To increase the
participation, retention
and cohort survival rate
3. To assist potential
students at risk of
dropping-out
Focus on Values on all
learning areas.

Values is caught not

taught!
Integration of ICT in all
subject areas particularly
English, Math, Science,
Social Studies, and
Technology and Livelihood
Education (TLE)
 • Knowledge for
future use

• Moral, spiritual,
and social
formation

• Skills and
technologies
 Participation of Parents

Increases
awareness and
concern for the
education of
their children
and the future
of their
community
 Become actively
involved and less
critical in the
training programs
resulting to better
interaction
between the
parents and the
youth and the
school
FINALLY …
 Consult not your fears…

• But your hopes and dreams,

• Think not about your frustrations,
• But about your unfulfilled potentials
• Concern yourself not with what you tried
• and failed in,
• But with what is still possible for you to do.
 Thank you &
GOD bless!
Mr. NOEL C. TAN
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BSE Social Science, PNU
Master in Management, PSPC-CIT
MAT Social Science (Units) FCC
Ed.D. (Units) CapSU, Pontevedra