Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, head of the Senate committee on basic education, arts, and culture said on Saturday (Dec. 26) that the Philippines needs better programs to train teachers so that the Filipino students would be able to keep up with other countries.
The senator has stressed on this after the poor performance of grade 4 students in the International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which placed the Philippines last from 58 countries.
The same study revealed that less than half of the Filipino students sampled received instruction with high clarity from their teachers. The rest received instruction with only moderate or low clarity. Gatchalian said that it is a “cause for dismay.”
This only reinforces the need to improve the quality of teacher education and training as the country’s basic education sector struggles with a major crisis: learners failing to master basic competencies and lagging behind in global assessments,
said by a statement from Gatchalian’s office.
The statement added that there is a need to restructure the entire teacher education continuum from studying in college, getting a license, and teaching in public schools.
Our public school system has 90% of our students so if you have a poorly performing public school system, the entire nation is affected.
Gatchalian said that even if DepEd supports teachers’ up-skilling and re-skilling, the government should first help aspiring teachers receive quality education and training from teacher education institutions in order to improve learner outcomes.
Sen. Gatchalian says PH needs better training for teachers to boost students' competence
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