EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE

1. The Quality of Education. 2. Affordability of Education. 3. Government Budget for Education. 4. Education Mismatch.

Quality of Education:Decline in the quality of Philippines Education at the Elementary and Secondary levels.Examples:Nat for elementaryNCAE for high schoolAssessment test for English for teachers

Affordability of Education:Disparity in educational achievements across social groups.*Socioeconomically disadvantaged students have higher dropout rates in elementary level. *most of the freshmen students at the tertiary level come from relatively well-off families.

the Philippine Constitution has mandated the government to allocate the highest proportion of its budget to education.Philippines still has one of the lowest budget allocations to education amongthe ASEAN countries

MismatchThere is large proportion of mismatch between training and actual jobs.

this is the Major problem in the tertiary level and it is also the cause of the level and it is also the cause of the existence of a large group of educated unemployed or underemployed.

Other Concerns in the Philippine Educational System :Access to basic educationShortage of teachers, textbooks and classroomsEmasculation and Demoralization of TeachersFly-by-night educational InstitutionsSub-standard textbooksWidespread contractualizationUndue disregard for specializationCopy-pasting cultureMcdonaldized educationColonial Historiography.

ContGlobalization of education

Too much politics in education

Discussant: Celestina C. Tolentino

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