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Know BESRA, Do BESRA,
Own BESRA!
A primer on the Department of Education’s
Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda
(BESRA) developed by the Public Services
Labor Independent Confederation
(PSLINK)
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What in the world is
B E S R A ???
NOT
NO it is
the new villainous arch-enemy of the Panday Kids…
a four-headed evil dragon that wreaks havoc in the world of humans...
a new word invented by Jejemons...
a new brand of undergarment...
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BESRA
is
A package of policy actions that seek to create a basic education sector that is capable of attaining the country’s Education for All (EFA) Objectives by the year 2015.
Known as the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda
Led by the Department of Education (DepEd)
Conceptualized and developed in 2005 through consultations with various stake-holders
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Let’s backtrack a bit...
Did YOU know that
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committed
to achieve Education for All
by 2015
This means that by 2015, we should have achieved the following outcomes:
⇒ Universal Coverage of Out-of-School Youths and Adults in the Pro-
vision of Basic Learning Needs
⇒ Universal School Participation and Elimination of Dropouts and
Repetition in First Three Grades
⇒ Universal Completion of the Full Cycle of Basic Education Schooling
with Satisfactory Achievement Levels by All at Every Grade or Year
⇒ Total Community Commitment to Attainment of Basic Education
Competencies for All
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However...
WEWEWEWE are lagging behind
badly!
Goal: Achieve universal primary Goal: Achieve universal primary
education by 2015education by 2015
Target/Indicator Probability of Meeting Target
Participation Rate LOW
Cohort Survival Rate
LOW
Official National Economic
Development Authority
(NEDA) Midterm Assess-
ment
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In order to achieve our EFA goals,
the DepEd is currently pursuing BESRA...
BESRA focuses on 5 Key Reform
Thrusts (KRTs)
KRT 1: Get all schools to continuously improve;
KRT 2: Enable teachers to further enhance their contri-
bution to learning outcomes;
KRT 3: Increase social support to attainment of desired
learning outcomes;
KRT 4: Improve impact on outcomes from Comple-
mentary Early Childhood Education, Alternative
Learning Systems, and Private Sector Participation;
and
KRT 5: Change institutional culture of the DepEd to
better support all KRTs
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KRT 1:
Why?
Main policy actions
● Ensure a head for every school
● Ensure a school / community process of continuous school improve-
ment
● Enable every school and its community to establish and maintain func-
tional and empowered School Governing Councils
● Enable every school to develop, implement and evaluate its School
Improvement Plans
● A school-based resource management framework
● A schools-driven DepEd representation in Local School Boards of Lo-
cal government units
School-level stakeholders
improve their own schools
continuously
⇒ The best people to improve the
quality of schools are the
people most directly affected by
the school’s operations—the
school heads, the teachers, the
parents, and other stakeholders
in the community
⇒ Supports decentralization of
education governance
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KRT 2:
Why?
Teachers raise the prevailing
standards of their profession
to meet demands for better
learning outcomes.
⇒ Improving school performance,
involves improving teacher
performance
⇒ Recognizes the important role
of teachers as driving force in
the improvement of education
service delivery and student
learning outcomes
Main policy actions
● Adopt the National Competency-based Teachers Standards (NCBTS) as
basis for teacher hiring and deployment, assessing teachers’ performance and training / professional development needs
● Maintain a rolling 5-year projection of new teacher hires
● Progressive upgrades in division-level teacher hiring practices
● Adopt the division hiring practices for all other sources of teacher hires
(ex. Local government units)
● Improve deployment of teachers / distribution of class sizes
● Teacher education and development
● Pre-service teacher education and licensing to support future higher hiring
standards
● Improve teacher (and non-teaching staff) compensation, benefits, and em-
ployment conditions
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KRT 3:
Why?
Influential social institutions
and key social processes are
engaged by DepED to support
national scale attainment of
desired learning outcomes.
⇒ Recognizes the limitations of the DepEd and focuses on ensuring wide
social support for learning in schools
⇒ Seeks to develop minimum learning standards and quality indicators that
all sectors of society will agree to and hold schools accountable for
Main policy actions
● Develop strategies to support learning in English, Filipino, Mathe-
matics and Science
● Develop a national quality assurance framework for basic education
schooling
● Institutionalize a national forum for multi-sectoral coordination in
support of basic education outcomes
● Establish a training and development institution for higher-level edu-
cation managers
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KRT 4:
Why?
Main policy actions
● Develop or improve local delivery models for cost-effective
early childhood education
● Enhance Alternative Learning Systems
● Engage the private sector in improving basic education
Providers of early childhood care
and development, alternative
learning systems, and private
sector increase their respective
complementary contributions to
national basic education out-
comes
⇒ Recognizes the diversity of
delivery modes for basic
education
⇒ Seeks to strengthen the
different learning experiences
to help students attain the
highest levels of learning
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KRT 5:
Why?
Main policy actions
● Develop a strategy for institutional culture change and integrate this
into organizational modernization plans for central, regional, and divisional offices
● Develop a new national budget framework for basic education
● Increase level and effectiveness of LGUs spending for basic educa-
tion at school and locality levels through direct mandates and cost-sharing schemes
● Integrate all other international and local project initiatives in basic
education within the overall basic education reform and operations framework
● Develop and adopt a strategy for cost-effective use of ICT in basic
education (for classroom instruction and teachers’ training in schools, as well as for use by DepED offices)
DepED changes its own
institutional culture towards
greater responsiveness to
the KRTs of BESRA
⇒ Recognizes that in order for meaningful reforms to take
place, the DepEd needs to change its centralized and
traditional approaches to improving basic education
⇒ BESRA is not just another DepEd project; BESRA reforms
are being mainstreamed in the DepEd’s regular systems
and processes
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KNOW BESRA, DO BESRA,
OWN BESRA!
This information material was produced to help raise awareness
about BESRA. Content was based on the various information ma-
terials on BESRA produced by the DepEd. For inquiries, you may
contact the PSLINK National headquarters at 9244710 or email
Is BESRA the key to
improving the quality of
basic education for our
country’s young
generation?
Yes, but only if YOU
get involved!
What you can do!
• Get more information about BESRA by visiting the
DepEd website (www.deped.gov.ph) or the PSLINK
website (www.pslink.org)!
• Help raise awareness about BESRA!
• Be part of the School Governing Council and partici-
pate in the development of the School Improvement
Plan!
• Advocate for increased education budget !
• Urge your faculty/non-faculty union to make BESRA
part of your agenda!
• Organize or join an existing union and make BESRA
your union agenda!