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    The document discusses several issues facing the Philippine educational system: 1) The quality of education is poor as seen in low test scores and high dropout rates outside of urban areas like Manila. 2) Education is underfunded despite constitutional mandates, with the Philippines spending less than other ASEAN countries. 3) Education is unaffordable for many, leading to high dropout rates among low-income families and fewer enrolling in college. 4) There are over 1.4 million out-of-school youth and high dropout rates in public primary and secondary schools due to poverty.

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    The document discusses several issues facing the Philippine educational system: 1) The quality of education is poor as seen in low test scores and high dropout rates outside of urban areas like Manila. 2) Education is underfunded despite constitutional mandates, with the Philippines spending less than other ASEAN countries. 3) Education is unaffordable for many, leading to high dropout rates among low-income families and fewer enrolling in college. 4) There are over 1.4 million out-of-school youth and high dropout rates in public primary and secondary schools due to poverty.

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    MODULE 10

    STUDENT DISCUSSANT
    NOLAN ACUIN PERUDA
    Current Issues and
    Programs in Education
    Quality education
    • First of which, is the quality of education. In the year
    2014, the National Achievement Test (NAT) and the
    National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) results
    show that there had been a decline in the quality of
    Philippine education at the elementary and secondary
    levels. The students' performance in both the 2014 NAT
    and NCAE were excessively below the target mean score.
    Having said this, the poor quality of the Philippine
    educational system is manifested in the comparison of
    completion rates between highly urbanized city of Metro
    Manila, which is also happens to be not only the country's
    capital but the largest metropolitan area in the Philippines
    and other places in the country such as Mindanao and
    Eastern Visayas.
    Budget for Education

    • The second issue that the Philippine educational


    system faces is the budget for education. Although
    it has been mandated by the Philippine
    Constitution for the government to allocate the
    highest proportion of its government to education,
    the Philippines remains to have one of the lowest
    budget allocations to education among ASEAN
    countries.
    Affordability of Education

    • The third prevalent issue the Philippine educational


    system continuously encounters is the affordability
    of education (or lack thereof). A big disparity in
    educational achievements is evident across various
    social groups. Socioeconomically disadvantaged
    students otherwise known as students who are
    members of high and low-income poverty-stricken
    families, have immensely higher drop-out rates in
    the elementary level. Additionally, most freshmen
    students at the tertiary level come from relatively
    well-off families.
    Drop-out Rate (Out-of-school
    youth)
    • France Castro, secretary of Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), stated
    that there is a graved need to address the alarming number of out-of-
    school youth in the country. The Philippines overall has 1.4 million
    children who are out-of-school, according to UNESCO's data, and is
    additionally the only ASEAN country that is included in the top 5
    countries with the highest number of out-of-school youth. In 2012, the
    Department of Education showed data of a 6.38% drop-out rate in
    primary school and a 7.82% drop-out rate in secondary school. Castro
    further stated that "the increasing number of out-of-school children is
    being caused by poverty. The price increases in prices of oil, electricity,
    rice, water, and other basic commodities are further pushing the poor
    into dire poverty." Subsequently, as more families become poorer, the
    number of students enrolled in public schools increases, especially in
    the high school level. In 2013, the Department of Education estimated
    that there are 38, 503 elementary schools alongside 7,470 high schools.
    Mismatch

    • There is a large mismatch between educational training


    and actual jobs. This stands to be a major issue at the
    tertiary level and it is furthermore the cause of the
    continuation of a substantial amount of educated yet
    unemployed or underemployed people. According to
    Dean Salvador Belaro Jr., the Cornell-educated
    Congressman representing 1-Ang Edukasyon Party-list in
    the House of Representatives, the number of educated
    unemployed reaches around 600,000 per year. He refers
    to said condition as the "education gap".
    Brain Drain

    • Brain Drain is a persistent problem evident in the educational


    system of the Philippines due to the modern phenomenon of
    globalization, with the number of Overseas Filipino Workers
    (OFWs) who worked abroad at any time during the period
    April to September 2014 was estimated at 2.3 million. This
    ongoing mass emigration subsequently inducts an
    unparalleled brain drain alongside grave economic
    implications. Additionally, Philippine society hitherto is
    footing the bill for the education of millions who successively
    spend their more productive years abroad. Thus, the already
    poor educational system of the Philippines indirectly
    subsidizes the opulent economies who host the OFWs.
    Social Divide

    • There exists a problematic and distinct social


    cleavage with regard to educational opportunities
    in the country. Most modern societies have
    encountered an equalizing effect on the subject of
    education. This aforementioned divide in the social
    system has made education become part of the
    institutional mechanism that creates a division
    between the poor and the rich.
    Lack of Facilities and Teacher Shortage in Public
    Schools

    • There are large-scale shortages of facilities across


    Philippine public schools - these include
    classrooms, teachers, desks and chairs, textbooks,
    and audio-video materials. According to 2003
    Department of Education
    Issues regarding the K-12
    • There is dispute with regard to the quality of education provided by
    the system. In the year 2014, the National Achievement Test (NAT) and
    the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) results show that
    there had been a decline in the quality of Philippine education at the
    elementary and secondary levels. The students' performance in both
    the 2014 NAT and NCAE were excessively below the target mean score.
    Having said this, the poor quality of the Philippine educational system
    is manifested in the comparison of completion rates between highly
    urbanized city of Metro Manila, which is also happens to be not only
    the country's capital but the largest metropolitan area in the
    Philippines and other places in the country such as Mindanao and
    Eastern Visayas. Although Manila is able to boast a primary school
    completion rate of approximately 100 percent, other areas of the
    nation, such as Eastern Visayas and Mindanao, hold primary school
    completion rate of only 30 percent or even less. This kind of statistic is
    no surprise to the education system in the Philippine context, students
    who hail from Philippine urban areas have the financial capacity to
    complete at the very least their primary school education.

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