UCSP

The Functions Of Education In Society

(Group 3)
 The footprints of the education system of the Philippines can be traced
from the countries that colonized it, namely Spain, America, and Japan.
The education system was highly influenced by the years the Philippines
was under these occupations. The most lasting and powerful change that
occur in the area of education was in the period of American occupation,
where English was used as the primary language of instruction and a
system of public education was first established.
 When the education system was established in the Philippines, schools
has provided the learner to interact in groups which allows them to
become aware of their individual differences, gender roles, values, and
capacities for growth and survival.
 2 TYPES OF
EDUCATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES
1. FORMAL EDUCATION- in the Philippines
 A formal education system has an institution (SCHOOL) and trained teachers that
will facilitate the learning process.
 Previously education in the Philippines usually spans 14 years, 6 years in the
primary, 4 years in the secondary, and 4 years in higher education leading to a
bachelor’s degree. But since the implementation of the K12 program, the span of the
year students spend in secondary had increased to two years. So the additional years
had made the span of 16 years, and plus the early entrance of 5 years old pupils to
start K12 program.

“ LEARN ENGLISH WELL AND CONNECT TO THE WORLD. LEARN FILIPINO WELL AND CONNECT
TO YOUR COUNTRY. RETAIN YOUR DIALECT AND CONNECT TO YOU HERITAGE” (Sarvi, 2015)
2. NON-FORMAL EDUCATION – in the Philippines
 Is any organized, systematic educational activity carried outside the framework of the
formal system to provide selected types of learning to a segment of the population.
 The creation of NFE leads to the establishment of the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority known as TESDA. This agency is created to promote non-
degree technical programs. Furthermore, it is also in charge of the skill orientation,
training, and development of out-of-school youth and unemployed adults.
 Another non-formal school is ALS (ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM) it is parallel to an
existing formal instruction only it is offered for those students who were not given a
chance to complete their basic education due to many reasons.
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF

EDUCATIONS
1. Develop a Productive Citezenry
 A productive citizen is greatly influenced through his/her education. An
individual learns to socialize in the school, once the learner enters the school he
or she would be involve in a community and that involvement would lead to
lifelong learning of values that will shape and individual. Furthermore, it is
through education that an individual is taught to have a positive view towards
liberty and democracy as well as the view about government authority. With
this, an individual would learn to do the value of doing what is right to be a
useful and concerned citizen of this country.
2. Promote self-actualization
 In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the last to be achieved must be self-
actualization, where a person must realize the sense of self-sacrifice, where the
person no longer thinks of himself/herself but what he/she can contribute to the
community. And education has the way to help this person achieved this. It is
through education that an individual learns the value of self and the purpose of
his/her existence. In this regard, the educators must aim to help the learners to
discover personal meanings and develop their own perception of themselves
and their environment. It is the pride of every Filipino family to have children
who have attained higher education.
EDUCATION AS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT
 It is common knowledge that education is a basic human right for everyone. All
nations would agree that the answer to poverty is education. However there are
those who opted to hold guns that pencils due to exposure to wars and conflict, so
the idea of education as an answer to poverty and as a basic human right is set
aside.
 In the Philippines, education has become fairly important many deprived families.
Since this is their only hope to uplift their condition economically. Unfortunately
due to many reasons, the quality of education is affected by cycles of societal
problems such as worsening of poverty condition and deterioration of family values.