As the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Philippine government got the apology it wanted from the World Bank over its report about the low proficiency level of Filipino students, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines asks the department about its plans in addressing the issue presented by the report.
The Philippine government got what it wanted, but the question on the poor quality of Philippine education that yielded such results remained unanswered, if not completely denied,
the ACT Philippines said on Wednesday, July 14.
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Although Education Secretary Leonor Briones reiterated that the agency has new developments and initiatives in improving the quality of education in the country, the ACT said that the Philippine education has been in crisis for decades now.
The Philippine education system is in crisis, and it always has been due to its colonial, commercialized, and repressive character,
it said.
ACT added the decades of persistent crisis in education in the Philippines with its colonial, commercialized, and repressive character, which grew worse throughout the years, is what caused the poor performances in the tests.
The group also agreed that the Philippine government should acknowledge that the education in the country is indeed in crisis as also pointed out by Vice President Leni Robredo on her weekly radio program.
ACT Secretary General Raymond Basilio supported VP Robredo’s comment about the state of education and urged the President and the DepEd to consider her call for actions and solutions.
DepEd should learn to better appreciate criticisms as crucial in bettering the quality of education, and should use these as starting points in demanding better support from the national government,
Basilio said.
The group said that the crisis in education has always been existing before which worsened greatly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Basilio then called on the DepEd to approach the report as a “starting point” in identifying the weaknesses of Philippine education at present and also asked them to utilize the remaining weeks before the classes resume to take a look at its programs and policies, identifying its weaknesses, and figuring out how to address them.
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Group asks DepEd what to do next after getting World Bank apology
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