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    The document is a reaction paper discussing issues in the Philippine education system through the years. It outlines several problems like illiteracy, unemployment, poverty, and underfunding of schools. It argues the system was influenced by colonial powers and lacks practical experience among policymakers. Teachers have high workloads that limit teaching time. The K-12 reform was also implemented without properly assessing readiness. The conclusion calls for the government and stakeholders to work together to resolve issues one by one to strengthen the education system and national development.

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    The document is a reaction paper discussing issues in the Philippine education system through the years. It outlines several problems like illiteracy, unemployment, poverty, and underfunding of schools. It argues the system was influenced by colonial powers and lacks practical experience among policymakers. Teachers have high workloads that limit teaching time. The K-12 reform was also implemented without properly assessing readiness. The conclusion calls for the government and stakeholders to work together to resolve issues one by one to strengthen the education system and national development.

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    The document is a reaction paper discussing issues in the Philippine education system through the years. It outlines several problems like illiteracy, unemployment, poverty, and underfunding of schools. It argues the system was influenced by colonial powers and lacks practical experience among policymakers. Teachers have high workloads that limit teaching time. The K-12 reform was also implemented without properly assessing readiness. The conclusion calls for the government and stakeholders to work together to resolve issues one by one to strengthen the education system and national development.

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    Issues and Concerns of Philippine Education Through The Years

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    Name: Sweet Charey Lou T.

    Mapindan 1st Year: MAED - EdAd

    EDUC 100 – Philosophy of Education and the New Constitution

    Class Schedule: MWF

    ISSUES AND CONCERNS OF PHILIPPINE EDUCATION THROUGH THE YEARS

    REACTION PAPER

    Through the years, the Philippine Education System has faced a lot of issues
    and criticism because of its undeniably poor planning, implementation and results. It
    is evident from the increase in illiteracy in the country, unemployment and
    underemployment, child labor, criminal cases, and even the increase in the number
    of Filipino families who are still in great poverty. Many concerned citizens believe
    that the root cause of all of these is the system of education we have had in the past
    and in the present. With all these commentaries circulating for more than a decade,
    how will the Philippine government address these issues? Was there a concrete
    action implemented in the past that never had the chance to prosper? Or it just
    remains an issue that the education authorities, or, shall I say, the government as a
    whole, would never care about.

    The Philippines was colonized for a hundred years by three colonizers: the
    Spaniards, Americans, and Japanese. During those colonization, I had this thought
    in my mind: "What if the Philippines was never colonized by these countries? What
    would Philippine education look like today? Would it be totally different?" Well, I
    believe that Philippine history has to do with our system of education today. The
    three colonizers might have their own intentions and motives, good and bad. They
    had shown their good intentions at first, especially with regards to Philippine
    education, but later on showed their true colors and hidden political agenda. But I
    won’t deny the fact that without them, especially the Americans, who established the
    first public school system in the country, we wouldn't have what we have today. It
    was centralized back then; hence, Filipinos never had the chance to establish or plan
    on their own. With that, the Filipino school system today is greatly influenced by the
    American system.
    I am immensely sad for our system of education today. First, some of the
    education authorities, especially in the Department of Education, were given the
    power to establish the guidelines, policies, and rules in the school but never had
    enough experience or even exposure to the reality of teaching. It is funny how they
    laid out their plans for the school system without exposing themselves first to the
    school. Their stand on Philippine education might just be based on their own
    prerogatives and a point of view from a privilege group. I believe nothing beats the
    lesson learned from rigorous experiences. With that issue not being addressed,
    teachers suffer from numerous paper works, catching up with deadlines, and other
    extra responsibilities given to them. As the saying goes, 80% is paperwork and 20%
    is teaching students. Now it boils down to why there are still high student dropout
    rates, illiteracy is increasing, and poverty is the endpoint. With very little teaching
    time, some teachers would just let their students copy something from the book,
    leave the class to do the unfinished paper work, then go back when the time was up.
    Why do I say so? It is because I experienced it myself when I was in elementary and
    high school. Learning is supposed to be fun; students should be learning new skills
    and delving into their areas of interest, but instead, they were stuck in the four-walled
    classroom. If not for the guidance of my parents, I would also be one of those who
    dropped out of school. 

    It is stated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution that highest budgetary


    allocation should be given to education. Despite this, learning materials such as
    books in the public school still lack. School buildings are inadequate and available
    teachers are limited - resulting to large class size in a classroom, even though there
    is already a conduct of morning and afternoon session. The conduciveness of the
    learning environment is never met due to inadequate facilities such as computer
    laboratories, science laboratories, and speech laboratories. The rise of these
    concerns has also been evident when the K to 12 education system has been
    implemented here in the Philippines. The higher authorities conformed to this school
    system without properly assessing if the country would be able to quickly adapt to
    this big and sudden change. Have they thought of considering the financial capacity
    of the government to sustain its implementation? Is the curriculum tailored to the
    needs of the greater population? Plus the burden they have put on the parents of the
    students, name it all. I am not against the implementation of K to 12. What I would
    like to comment on is that they should have checked if teachers, students, parents
    and other stakeholders are ready for the complete overhaul of the school system.
    Nevertheless, I still hope for the best results.

    The issues and concerns in Philippine education have always been a never-
    ending disease that weakens national development. Since education plays a very
    important role in the development of the country, how would it be possible if, in the
    first place, every graduate could not find a job due to little or no opportunities for
    them because their skills were not in line with the demand of the job market? Just
    like the education graduates, each year thousands of teachers pass the examination,
    but the available teaching positions are very few. As a result, some will just try their
    luck abroad, shift careers, or even settle into a job position for which they are
    overqualified.

    I hope that the Philippine government will be able to resolve the issues
    circulating in the education sector. They do not have to do it simultaneously, but little
    by little, one at a time, it will all lead to positive results in the end. With the saying, "It
    takes two to tango", the Philippine government, the education sectors, and all the
    Filipino people as a whole should have an equal share in the betterment of Philippine
    education. One cannot function without the others, or it would function but not yield
    good results.

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