January 28, 2010
ROXAS: CLEAN, HONEST GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE RP EDUCATION
FIRST STEP IS END CORRUPTION, ‘TINGI-TINGI’ APPROACH
Liberal Party President Senator Mar Roxas today that the first step towards improving education outcomes in the country is to set-up a clean and honest government that is committed to prioritizing public investments in education.
He vowed that the Liberal Party, led by its standard-bearer Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, will put an end to the short-sighted and bankrupt approach of the government in education and reform the education sector.
“Ang unang hakbang sa pagsasaayos sa sektor ng edukasyon ay pagluluklok ng isang tapat, tuwid at malinis na gobyerno (The first step in reforming the education sector is to establish a clean and honest government),” he said.
Roxas, Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, said the characteristics of a leader who can save the education system from collapse are:
- A leader who can say “no” to any commission or bribe, and thus is capable of eradicating corruption that has been gobbling up all government investments in the education system.
- A leader who has a comprehensive, long-term and step-by-step plan on how to reform the education system, “kontra sa tingi-tingi approach ng kasalukuyang gobyerno (versus the piecemeal approach of the incumbent government).”
- A leader who is focused on reforming the education sector as a central strategy towards national development.
The Education Nation, a private sector and concerned citizens’ coalition, launched a list of “10 doable things” to reform the education sector, as well as a quest for an “education president” in 2010.
Roxas stressed that government invests so little in basic education: only about 2% of GDP, which is less than half of the global norm. “At lahat ng ito, lumubog na lang sa buhangin dahil sa malawakang katiwalian at sa mga patakarang napaglipasan na ng panahon (This little investment is just put to waste because of large-scale corruption and backward policies).”
The senator emphasized that the Aquino-Roxas platform for 2010 seeks to uplift education from being “just one of many concerns, to making education the central strategy for investing in our people, reducing poverty and building national competitiveness.”
“Education is a building blocks system. Kaya magsisimula tayo sa Grade 1 at ibuhos ang ating atensyon at resources hanggang sa maayos ito sa loob ng isang taon. Pagkatapos, Grade 2 naman. Hanggang sa maayos natin ang Elementarya sa loob ng anim na taon (We will start by putting all our attention and resources in improving outcomes in Grade 1 within one year. Then Grade 2, until we fix Elementary Education in a span of six years),” he stressed.
Roxas is advocating for Omnibus Education Reforms through Senate Bill No. 2294 which seeks reforms in the education system to meet world standards and to improve education outcomes within ten years, including:
- Institutionalizing long-term planning through rolling five-year budget plans that are consistent with quantitative and qualitative targets;
- Mandating the use of the mother tongue as medium of instruction for Grades 1 to 3 (studies have shown that early education in the local language tends to be more effective);
- A genuine School-Feeding Program for Grade 1 and 2 students in the poorest provinces and municipalities that is free of corruption;
- Imposition of performance standards through diagnostic tests at the end of Grades 3 and 6 to identify individuals who will require special learning assistance as they proceed to the next grade level;
- Considering an increase in the years spent in basic education, from 10 to 12 as consistent with global standards (The two other countries who still have a 10-year basic education system are Morocco and Nigeria);
- Instituting a two-track system in High School, with electives to equip them with the competencies needed as they decide to pursue College or to join the workforce right after graduation;
- Intensive training and upgrading programs for teachers: a training program on teaching methods using the mother language for teachers in Grades 1 to 3; and upgrading courses for English, Science and Math teachers who are not majors in these subjects; and
- A compulsory pre-school education year.
The bill seeks an additional P19 billion on top of the regular budget of the Department of Education for it to implement these reforms.
Earlier, the United Nations in its 2010 “Education For All” Global Monitoring Report, said that the Philippines is trailing Tanzania and Zambia in education outcomes, and is in “real danger” of missing its target of providing universal primary education by 2015.
meron mga epleyado ng deped maraming position, meron namang mga multo.
Teacher me-licensed. I knock many times noon sa ka-alyado nyo d2 sa laguna…hindi nila ako pinatuloy. Wala n dw vacant. Yun pala hindi lahat licensed and nagtuturo sa public schools. WHY DepEd allowed that for so many years and until now?????
pasensya na sa clerical errors….naging emosyunal ako hindi ko natuonan ng pansin. hehehehe.
Napaiyak ako ng mabasa koi ang sulat na ito. Isa akong guro na ang hangad ay mapaganda ang edukasyon ng bawat mamamayan. Ngayon lang ako nakahanap ng kandidato na binigyang halaga ang eduasyon sa mababang paaralan. Sana makita at masolusyunan din nila ang problema sa dami ng mag-aaaral sa isang klase. At mabigyan ng librong maganda. Kung pwede nga eh Abiva o kaya vibal ang gawin nilang supplier kasi ang gaganda ng kanilang libro. Makikita mo talaga ang difference. Sana pahalagahan nila ang nasa pre-school dahil ito ang foundation. SANA manalo kayo dahil ang ganda ng inyong mga visions.
sana makita ko ang kabataang tulad ko na ihatid ang kanilang boses sa panahong ito!!!
sa atin lang nakasalalay ang kinabukasan!!
lots of the people believe na mahina ang sistema ng edukasyon!!!
pano yan? kami, 3 is to 1 kda subject area ang mga libro namin dito!!
sayang!! kasi di naman namin gagamitin so that i refused to have more books!!!
ang meron, unequal ang distribution… and dagdagan pa ang corruption…
if this is already solved, siguro, ok na ang sistema ng edukasyon!!!
god bless to sens. noynoy and mar!!!
i believe mar could make a good vice president being a lawmaker who did his job the hard way….integrity, honesty and competence he could assemble a good if not the best team with GIBO !
I hope that SCTEX is not central to your haciendas too.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100127-249681/Villars-C-5-Extension-vs-Noynoys-SCTEX
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20100130-250232/Noynoy-Aquino-didnt-push-for-SCTEx
“Noynoy Aquino didn’t push for SCTEx”
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:51:00 01/30/2010
I WRITE in replay to Neal H. Cruz’s column titled “Villar’s C-5 Extension vs Noynoy’s SCTEx.” (Inquirer, 1/27/10) In that column, Cruz curiously repeated a number of allegations hurled at Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III by Crispin Remulla.
There are just three points I would like to make. First, the P83 million paid by the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) to Hacienda Luisita Inc. was compensation for the road right of way and not for the construction of the interchange. The purchase of the land was in accordance with the government’s original plan for SCTEx, and did not require any diversion whatsoever. In the C-5 controversy, the original plan was abandoned to give way to the road re-alignment which traversed a number of Sen. Manny Villar’s properties.
Second, Aquino did not participate in any meeting relating to the project; neither did he lobby for it in any forum. Aquino certainly did not use his influence as a legislator to push for the project. This is in stark contrast to the case of Villar who even used funds from his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to pay for the road right of way purchased from his own companies.
Lastly, unlike Villar’s controlling interests in the companies that benefited from the C-5 irregularity, Aquino’s interest in HLI is limited to less than 1 percent of the entire shareholdings.
The issue is not about Aquino, but he has been maliciously dragged into the fray by Villar’s allies in their desperate effort to turn a straightforward government transaction into an empty controversy, perhaps to divert attention from their candidate’s improper refusal to defend himself in the Senate.
—EDWIN LACIERDA,
spokesperson,
Presidential Campaign
of Benigno S. Aquino III,
lacierda@gmail.com
“If you think EDUCATION is expensive, try IGNORANCE!”
i really like point number six of the omnibus education reform. this is being practiced in progressive countries and very practical. after overhauling our educational system, which is one of the visions of noynoy’s presidency, then we can implement this point. on a simpler analysis, why ask someone to tackle a course that he or she is not capable or enthusiastic to , maybe that someone will excel in the other fields not requiring further studies. other technical courses and there is not a shortage. not everyone could be a professional but everyone could be potentially a contributor to progress when properly guided. as this may take years before concrete results could be felt, our next government could start that. i hope other voters could see the urgent need for us to do it on this coming election.
mr. john! talaga namang napabayaan ang ating “educational system,” as proven by the caliber/quality of today’s graduates, and those that have afterwards taken their posts in various organizations. Failure was that we failed to consider that our educational system is a “collective system” involving first the home, then the academe, of course by government, and lastly, our society as a whole. Basic education, as they say, had been limited to: “READ, RITE, & RIMETIC.” We forgot the WHOLENESS of the human being! Focus remained on IQ. We failed to view that the HOME and the ACADEME are in ONE SYSTEM, together with others. In today’s techky lingo, the educational instituions are “out of synch” with each other. EDUCATION indeed starts at home. And if the home LEADERS aren’t educated, then a vicious cycle begins. Very sad about today’s reality! Many graduates from exclusive schools end up working for “call center” businesses. Yet what kind of environment and culture are existing in these organizations? If coming out of the “home and school environment,” there is already a clear defficiency, then what becomes of a graduate once he/she works in a organization like a call center, among others? You see, hard as it may be, smoking, drugs, sex, atbp. start in school/home environment (:-((( and when they join organizations such as, and mind you not limited to “call centers,” it’s HOME SWEET HOME!!!!
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Dapat ang Department of Education ay walang corruption in any form kasi diyan sa kanilang kamay nakasalalay ang formative years ng mga bata. Dapat tingnan ang policies sa hiring of teachers kasi lumalabas diyan na meron palakasan or bribery. Pag iyan ay nangyayari sa department na iyan, wala na tayong pag asang umasenso.
Mr bobby! TESDA is a good example. Its leader is of VERY QUESTIONABLE INTEGRITY! Let’s hope that things will change for the better, with God’s intercession!
As soon as the Noynoy presidency initiates concrete steps to correct the defficiencies, and thereafter improve, strengthen and institutionalize efficiency and professionalism in the three major issues negatively affecting our country, which are: LEADERSHIP, JUSTICE & ECONOMY; EDUCATION should be the next most important program that government should focus on because it has major impact on the three fundamental issues above that has kept the country from economic growth, among others.
Communication is a “fundamental problem” in our society’s malaise today brought about by inadequate educational system. And this does not only refer to verbal/written communication skills, but rather, to understanding the “people business.” Many organizations today will not last due to communication failure in their systems of management, and worst, these organizations serve as vehicles of destruction of human psychology principles.
Education is a collective endeavour. It is highly dependent on a solid “system” of cooperation between the home, the academe, society, and government. This “cooperative system” is weak or even non-existent.
Our graduates, after having gone through our defective educational system, enter organizations run by people who may have been inadequately educated as well. As a case in point, our government looks at the BPO segment to help grow our economy. But recent news that increasing cases of HIV are being attributed coming from “Call Center” businesses. If our new graduates are being lured towards this business sector, what kind of culture will they be exposed to, and how will these young people be developed throughout their careers?
One fact remains, our highschool graduates of 7 or 8 decades ago were still much better “educated” compared to college graduates of today–even though the “diploma” factories in Rector and Avenida Rizal were non-existent then.