EDUCATORS AS GUARDIANS OF STANDARADS

Senator Mar Roxas

Presented by:

Rose Jean R. Faderagao

Mar Roxas on Education:

Senator Roxas describes the Philippine education system as

“broken”

16.8% of children did not have access to primary education in

2007, compared to 9.7% in 2003

22% of children entering Grade 1 will have dropped out of

school by Grade 3

Among Grade 6 students, only 26% gain the required “mastery

of English”, only 15% in Science, and only 31% in Math

Educational pre-need plans have failed, erasing the savings of

families for their children’s future education

What bill did he file when he was a freshman congressman?REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7880

Fair and Equitable Access to Education Act

An act providing for the fair and equitable allocation of the Department of Education, Culture

and Sports budget for capital outlay.

Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. — As used in this Act, the following terms are hereby defined as

follows:

a) Capital outlay — refers to the provisions of the General Appropriations Act, particularly

those pertaining to the budget of the DECS for elementary and secondary education for

(i) the acquisition and improvement of sites; (ii) the construction, replacement,

rehabilitation and repair of buildings, classrooms, libraries, workshops, toilets and other

structures; and (iii) furniture, fixtures, and equipment such as, but not limited to, desks,

chairs, laboratory and workshop implements, computers, books, and the other basic and

essential tools for learning whose beneficial use shall exceed one (1) year; and

b) Classroom shortage — refers to the number of classrooms whose construction, in

considering the number of students divided by the existing number of classrooms, shall

result in a student-classroom ratio of 45:1; classrooms shall mean those exclusively used

for instructional purposes and shall exclude offices, libraries, laboratories, workshops

and the like.

Senate Bill 2294 (Omnibus Education Reform Act of 2008)

Pilipino as the early-grade medium of instruction:

The Philippine language would be mandated as the medium of instruction for grade 1 to 3

Increase basic education from 10 years to 12:

A remedial year would be added between grade school and high school, and competency

evaluation of students would be conducted in Grade 3 and Grade 6.

Utilize a long-term planning process for education.

Intensive training and upgrading programs for teachers.

Additional training programs conducted in Pilipino for Grade 1 to 3 teachers

Remedial training courses in English, Science and Math

Establish a Pre-Need Code:

The Pre- Need Code of 2008 (SB 2077) establishes regulations of the pre-need industry, which

previously had been under the loose of authority of the SEC.

Are Filipinos well-educated?

One of the comments that makes every Filipino proud is if a

foreigner invariably says, “Oh, the Philippines. I am so envious

because you are all so well-educated.”

We are known all over the world and we are even preferred

as workers because on the average we are well educated

compared to others also seeing the same job.

More than being well-educated, we also have a great facility

with the English language which is the lingua franca of the

economic, social, political as well as the diplomatic world all

over the globe today.

What are some of the evidences that mark our educational system broken?

Worrisome Signal No. 1 In the fastest growing employment sector in our country today, which is business

process outsourcing and all the call center sector, the acceptance rate is 3%

Out of 100 applicants, only 3 are immediately acceptable

Another 7 become acceptable after 2 weeks, one month or up to 3 months of extra

training

Worrisome Signal No. 2 deficiency in written and communication skills

Worrisome Signal No. 3 annually in the international math and science test, our country ranks further and

further below than when it was several years ago

Worrisome Signal No. 4 Out of every 100 that start grade one, only 66 finish elementary. Of that 66 who

finish elementary, only 2/3 of that about 44 finish high school. Of that 44, only 18

finish tertiary level education. 18 out of 100 that began their education, less than

1/5 or one out of every five get a job.

What are our biggest strengths but are also the biggest threats we are facing as a nation?

Education and our attainment

Our ability to provide quality education

Why is education so important? Education is the great lever.

Education is critical to the success of our nation.

Education allows every Filipino to aspire, to hope and to dream.

A person who has a job in the field of education.

Such as:

Teacher

School Administrator

Who are educators?

Educators’ Role The guardians of our dreams and the custodians of hope

Custodians of standards

Mediator of learning

Disciplinarian or controller of student behavior

Parent substitute

Confidant to students

Judge of achievement

Organizer of curriculum

THE WORLD IS OUR CAMPUS

Carlito S. Puno

THE SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE

There is only the school of experience wherein you take the examination first

and hopefully learn the lesson later on.

The instructional methodology in this kind of schooling is learning how to learn.

Sydney Hook, a world reknown educator once said: there is no substitute for

intelligence.

People who performed best in school of experience have a critical mind.

We educators must see to it that the knowledge we supply to our students

comes from a flowing stream and not from a stagnant pool.

Education is not to make anything of anybody.

INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING

The beginning of most if not all of our institutional planning is our mission/vision

statement.

For a relevant and meaningful program, a situational analysis clearly defining

NEEDS, PROBLEMS and OPPORTUNITIES is a must.

Follow it up with our own educational evaluation of our strength and weakness.

These are the following questions that we can use in evaluating our institutional

strength and weakness.

What are we capable of doing?

What should be our distinctive feature?

What makes us different for us to make a difference

How do we position our SUCs given these local and global development?

Where should be the locus of our mission or vision statement?

Locus could be the “where” of our programs.

What should be the focus of our mission or vision statement?

If our mission is to be globally competitive then our focus should also

be international.

What can we offer which is different and unique?

A very effective entry point in foreign operations are the unmet needs

of the other nationalities.

We must be Academic Entrepreneurs in THOUGHTS, in WORDS and in

DEED.

FOREIGN LINKAGES and PARTNERSHIP

Foreign linkages and partnerships are not developed overnight.

M.L. Boren said: “You should have enough education (or knowledge) so

you won’t have to look up to people and then have more of education so

you will be wise enough not to look down on people.”

Partnership – a mutually beneficial and complementary relationship.

It takes time, effort and initiative to start a foreign tie up and make it an

on-going undertaking.

The onset of the global village and the communications highway gives a

new perspective in terms of relevance and academic excellence.

ENTRY POINTS IN FOREIGN LINKAGES Government to government basis in the form of

foreign scholarships for our faculty and students

short term training programs

conferences; and

visitations

International and regional educational associations

This is more of private sector initiative

Most active here are the international and regional associations of the

Roman Catholic and Protestant churches.

Bilateral or school to school linkages

SUCs in Region VII, CARAGA and private higher educational institutions

Our approach in Korea, China and Hongkong is to work it out their national and

educational associations to help us develop our relationships with their member

schools.

Interpersonal relationships are developed between school administrators which

further enhance the joint educational programs.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to

change the world.”

NELSON MANDELA