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Problems of Philippines Education

The document outlines 4 key issues facing the Philippine education system: 1) Deteriorating quality of education due to low funding, poor teacher quality and management; 2) A colonial and elitist orientation that has not been eliminated; 3) Shortages of school buildings, textbooks, and equipment, with classroom and textbook shortages estimated at 40,000 and nationwide respectively; 4) Overworked and underpaid teaching staff who face difficult working conditions like dilapidated classrooms and large class sizes, on top of many extra duties beyond teaching.

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Problems of Philippines Education

The document outlines 4 key issues facing the Philippine education system: 1) Deteriorating quality of education due to low funding, poor teacher quality and management; 2) A colonial and elitist orientation that has not been eliminated; 3) Shortages of school buildings, textbooks, and equipment, with classroom and textbook shortages estimated at 40,000 and nationwide respectively; 4) Overworked and underpaid teaching staff who face difficult working conditions like dilapidated classrooms and large class sizes, on top of many extra duties beyond teaching.

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Problems of Philippines education:

The key issues and problems in Philippine education which need further debate and depth
analysis as well as immediate resolution include the following:
(Deteriorating quality of education), (Colonial, feudal, imperial, commercial, and elitist
orientation in Philippine education), (Shortage of school buildings, textbooks and
equipment), (Overworked and underpaid teaching staff)
1. Deteriorating quality of education;
It is rare to hear college teachers criticizing the quality of the students who come to them. They
deplore the students' inability to compose correct sentences, let alone paragraphs. There are
multiple factors which have led to low educational standards. Studies and fact-finding
commissions have shown that the deteriorating quality of education is due to the low
government budget for education; poor quality of teachers; poor management of schools;

2. Colonial, feudal, imperial, commercial, and elitist orientation in Philippine education;


The rather broad indictment is that the Philippine education system was and still is
American-oriented and goal-oriented. Even now, despite years of independence, our
education system has not succeeded in eliminating the chronic colonial mentality that
abounds like mental illness inside or outside academia.

3. Shortage of school buildings, textbooks and equipment;


Since 1960, elementary enrolment has been expanding at the rapid rate of 4% a year owing to
increase in the number of children and in the enrolment ratio. The shortages of classrooms and
textbooks are particularly severe. The nationwide classroom shortage is estimated to be 40,000
and the DECS (now DepEd) operates two shifts in many schools.

4. Overworked and underpaid teaching staff;


he fact that teachers are paid subsistence wages is only half of their sad story. Their daily bout
with dilapidated classrooms, overcrowded classes, and lack of teaching materials, among others,
make the teachers hardly rewarded work even more difficult. In addition to classroom instruction,
teachers perform a number of laborious and time-consuming work unrelated to the teaching
function. The National Research and Development Center for Teacher Education under DECS
lists 76 extracurricular activities conducted by public school teachers.

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