Across the years our educational system has been rocked by controversies which have remained unabated up to this day. Amidst the welter of issues, two of them have managed to stand out in importance:qualityandrelevance. The major difficulty in education in the Philippines is the short-sighted po...
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Social ProblemsPovertyCultural InfluencesReligious ConflictPolitical InfluencesDespite the massive education sector of the country, the Philippines – being located in the Pacific Ring of Fire and the typhoon belt – is home to a number of natural instabilities that frequently disrupt the school calendar...
Mainstream education in the Philippines has been around for more than a hundred years. The idea of sending your child to a 1 (convention) school has been so deeply fixed in our mind that schools are normally considered students' second homes,while teachers take 2 as parents inside the ...
In the Philippines, the aims and objectives of education vary from one historical epoch to another. During the pre-Spanish period, education was through apprenticeship, imitation and rituals (ceremonials). The aim of informal education carried on by the family and the community’s witchdoctors, sh...
Mainstream education in the Philippines has been around for more than a hundred years. The idea of sending your child to a 1 school has been so deeply fixed in our mind that schools are normally considered students' second homes,while teachers take 2
This chapter presents an overview of the current state of the higher education sector in the Philippines. It also highlights key challenges, including access, inclusion and equity, and quality of higher education. Inequitable and inadequate household income issues bring about the abovementioned challenge...
Education in the Philippines is free and compulsory for children of ages 7 through 12 (up to at least the sixth grade). Teachers in the public elementary schools conduct classes in the local dialect for the first two years and then introduce English and Pilipino. Schools are classified into ...
Top education for less in the PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines - Thousands of foreign university students are flocking to the Philippines, attracted by cheap yet high-quality courses conducted in English and an easy-going lifestyle outside class.By Jason GutierrezAgence FrancePresse...
The Philippines introduced radical reforms in the education sector as it joins the other nine Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries aim for global competitiveness under the ambitious ASEAN 2015 economic integration. This paper presents an argument about the continuous reforms in...