Early Years Act Sponsorship Speech - "Making Filipino Children School-Ready" (05.09.2011)

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MAKING FILIPINO

CHILDRENSCHOOL - READY

bySenatorEdgardoJ.Angara

The Early Years ActSponsorship Speech9 May 2011 * Senate Session Hall

Tuesday, May 10, 2011


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In June 2011,about 14 million pupils willenroll in 45,000 public &private elementary schools.

another7million

willenterthesecondarylevelin10,000schools

1.7millionfive-year-oldchildrenwillbegin

kindergartenpursuanttoDepEDsdirec>vetoofferittopublicschoolsforfree

2.5Mc h i l d r e nwill not even

enroll in school



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* Of the 14M elementary school pupils

SY2009-2010

Elementary School

droppedout

continued

13.1 M+

6.28%or 800,000

dropped out



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Of the 7M high school students

High School

droppedout

continued

6.4 M+

8%

SY2009-2010

* Of the 7M high school students

or 500,000dropped out



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The highest drop-out

rate in enrollmentoccurs between

Grades 1 - 3 due to:

poor health severe nutritional

deficiencies

serious learning gapsin their early years

4Mc h i l d r e nare forced to leave

school because

they are simply not

school-ready.



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Out of the 2.7M pupils enrolled in Grade1

* Of the 2.7 M pupils in Grade 1

SY2008-2009

Grade 1 Enrollment

6yearsold7yearsold8-11yearsold

39%

1.1 M

39%

1.1 M

22%594,000



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FACTS Were unsuccessful

in instilling in parents

& families the valueof education

Our school system

has been incapableof keeping students

in school

We neglect the

most criticalyears of a childs

development



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RESEARCHES/STUDIES

revealed that:

the vital years of brain

development occursmuch earlier than age 5

learning begins at birth

learning pathways in the

brain are formed from 0-6

years

1

2

3



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Brain Development

half of the connections of

the brain are pruned

leaving an average child

with 500 trillion neuronsthat last through most of

his life

another 30% is developed

50% of persons ability to

learn is developed

All future

learning is

based on theearly years of

brain devt

Age 4

Age 8

Age 10



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There are 17 million

Filipino children

aged 0-6(National Census)

9.5Munder three

years old

7.5Mages 3-6 areenrolled in Day Care

Centers, Preschool,

and grade one

classes

Only

4 out of 10Filipinos kids ages

0-6 years old

received some

form of early care

& education



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Day CareCenters mainly

offer child care &

child-minding s

e r v i c e s

Less than

2 of every 10

Filipinos kids werepart of early

learning program

that stimulates

brain development



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Making Filipino Children

School-Readyis the GREATEST CHALLENGE !



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health

Contributing to the holistic development of youngchildren involve the provision of the following components

social developmentearly education

n u t r i t i o n



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Personnel currently

h a n d l i n g v e r yyoungc h i l d r e n

49,865 day care workersare

engaged in child care andchild minding programs in

49,712 day care centers

50% are collegegraduates though not all

education graduates

30% are undergraduates

Critical needto upgrade

competencies

and capabilitiesthrough

professionalization



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Transform Day Care Centersinto Child Development Centers

to meet the emergingrequirements for educationaldevelopment for early years.



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The Early Childhood Care

& Development (ECCD)Council is at the helm of

the campaign to help

young children to

develop their intelligence,

personality and behavior enhance success in school

1

2



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Major pillar of theECCD system

parents active involvementas providers of early

childhood care and

development at home

participation in local and

national programs



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5 CYCLES OF EDUCATIONAL DEVT

Cycle 1Cycle 2

Cycle 3

Cycle 4

Cycle 5

Foundation Cycle(0 to 6 years)Elementary Education Cycle(6 to12 years)

Secondary Education Cycle

(12 to 18 years)

Higher Education Cycle

(18 to 24 years)

Continuing Education Cycle

(24 years above)

Released year 2000



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Enacting the Early Years

Act is more than timely it is long overdue.



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THANK

YOU.


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