Sistema ng Edukasyon sa Pilipinas

[Rosewillow]

Ano sa tingin niyo meron tayo? Napag-iiwanan na ba tayo ng ibang karatig-bansa natin? Pero bakit mukhang dumarami ang gustong mag-aral sa atin na mga dayuhan - at nangunguna na nga itong mga Koreano?

[blueberry_mill]

The Koreans come to the Philippines to study and learn the English language. Our schools provide competent teachers of the English language. Aside from that, the climate is close to theirs and the cost of living is also cheaper compared to the United States. There were Koreans in my school when I was in grade school. I also had Korean and Taiwanese classmates again in high school. Same thing, they want to learn English. Well, that can be an assurance that we have competent English instructors.

As for general education in the Philippines, there are some aspects that are poor or of low quality. But of course, there is a continuing goal to provide good quality education to all students. From the physical infrastructure of our school buildings, provisions of books and learning materials, as well as employment of competent teachers, I think the government and the private sector are pushing for these things.

[holydevil]

i think mas mganda pa din ang educational system sa pilipinas compare to other countries in general.simple reason is that filipinos are competitive professinals & skilled workers.makakarating ba naman tyo kung saan saan sulok ng mundo at in demand as ofw kung di mganda ang pinagaralan natin.tama po ba?

[Rosewillow]

The Koreans come to the Philippines to study and learn the English language. Our schools provide competent teachers of the English language. Aside from that, the climate is close to theirs and the cost of living is also cheaper compared to the United States. There were Koreans in my school when I was in grade school. I also had Korean and Taiwanese classmates again in high school. Same thing, they want to learn English. Well, that can be an assurance that we have competent English instructors.

As for general education in the Philippines, there are some aspects that are poor or of low quality. But of course, there is a continuing goal to provide good quality education to all students. From the physical infrastructure of our school buildings, provisions of books and learning materials, as well as employment of competent teachers, I think the government and the private sector are pushing for these things.

I couldn't agree with you more especially this phrase "there are some aspects that are poor or of low quality.."

Speaking of such, I think the system of government took the lion share of whatever it is now, let alone the ruling of politicians prevails.

[Rosewillow]

i think mas mganda pa din ang educational system sa pilipinas compare to other countries in general.simple reason is that filipinos are competitive professinals & skilled workers.makakarating ba naman tyo kung saan saan sulok ng mundo at in demand as ofw kung di mganda ang pinagaralan natin.tama po ba?

Hmm, sa palagay ko pagdating sa edukasyon, hindi pwede yung "ok na" o "pwede na". Marami ang nagsasabi na nasisiyahan sila sa sistema ng edukasyon natin, pero MAS nakararami ang di nasisiyahan. Alam mo ba kung bakit? Pag pumunta ka sa ibang bansa (lalo na sa US), di ka pwede makakuha ng trabaho na "white collar" unless mag-aral ka uli.

[holydevil]

Hmm, sa palagay ko pagdating sa edukasyon, hindi pwede yung "ok na" o "pwede na". Marami ang nagsasabi na nasisiyahan sila sa sistema ng edukasyon natin, pero MAS nakararami ang di nasisiyahan. Alam mo ba kung bakit? Pag pumunta ka sa ibang bansa (lalo na sa US), di ka pwede makakuha ng trabaho na "white collar" unless mag-aral ka uli.

your right about that,pero hndi dahil sa education system ng pinas.kagaya po sa mga nurse need pa kumuha ng STATE BOARD pra mkapagtrabaho.so qualify yung mga pinoy nurse.sa white collar jobs naman.hndi naman sa racism pero syempre mas mauuna ang mga amerikano na nkagaraduate kc they have studied there.same system.e sa kanila lang kulang pa ang mga white collar jobs.

[vinceli]

The Philippine education system is purely based on memorizing and getting high grades. High grades and memorizing a book does not mean an individual is educated. I am lucky to experience and get my education in the U.S. and I have to say their education is based on real world applications.

[holydevil]

The Philippine education system is purely based on memorizing and getting high grades. High grades and memorizing a book does not mean an individual is educated. I am lucky to experience and get my education in the U.S. and I have to say their education is based on real world applications.

good for you.but we are talking here about the lowly philippine educational system.im not saying that ours is the best but as long as OFW(professionals) are bieng hired abroad i think we have a better system than other countries.of course there is always a room for improvement.

[DeusExMachina]

Pumupunta ang mga Koreano sa Pilipinas para magaral ng Ingles. Mas mura daw kasi ang tuition sa atin kesa sa Korea. Public school textbooks are in a terrible state. Madaming contextual at grammatical errors. Tsaka ang mga exams puro fill-in-the-blanks or choose-the-best-answer. I dont think that those types of exams are an effective gauge of a student's progress. Kaso tamad naman ang karamihan ng mga teachers na magcheck ng essays. Mas napapaaral kasi ako pag essay-type yung mga exams or kapag oral recitations. Sa akin lang naman, effective ang essay-type exams or oral recitations dahil mas naabsorb ko yung mga konsepto kapag kailangan kong magsulat or magsalita tungkol sa mga aralin. Madali lang magmemorize eh. Hindi kasi necessary na intindihin mo rin yung bagay na minememorize mo. But if you have to discuss things, that's when it gets tricky. Tsaka, I wish universities are skills-based rather than theory-based. Yun lang. Hehehe.

[vinceli]

good for you.but we are talking here about the lowly philippine educational system.im not saying that ours is the best but as long as OFW(professionals) are bieng hired abroad i think we have a better system than other countries.of course there is always a room for improvement.

In the international arena it is common for a certain country to hire or contract different nationalities.
The reason Filipinos are hired overseas is because the Philippine government itself peddles its own people to other countries to make money on remittance.
I will not say that the Philippine education system is bad but I will say that it is wrong to make a claim that the education system is good because Filipinos are peddled overseas as a source of remittance.

There is a great flaw in the education system when Filipinos are proud of their computer skills but need to contact to a U.S. provider to build their election system. Thousands of pass the engineering and law boards but the politicans are filled with celebrities, that should be a marker for flawed education.

[holydevil]

from where i am right now.education is based on hands on knowledge(maganda sana db?) but the thing is,yung sistema nla e hangang dito lang din nila pwdeng gamitin while what im trying to say is im a filipino,educated in the phils e kaya ko yung alam nila & pwede ako (tyo) kahit saang lugar at klase ng trabaho wether skilled or office jobs.the problem lang naman is that bihira ang bansang nakakakilala ng kakayahan ng pinoy.yes i agree that the govt is peddling OFWs for remittance(f**k the govt) but kung hindi b mahusay ang pinagaralan ng mga OFWs meron ba kukuha sa atin?.just my two cents.

[vinceli]

from where i am right now.education is based on hands on knowledge(maganda sana db?) but the thing is,yung sistema nla e hangang dito lang din nila pwdeng gamitin while what im trying to say is im a filipino,educated in the phils e kaya ko yung alam nila & pwede ako (tyo) kahit saang lugar at klase ng trabaho wether skilled or office jobs.the problem lang naman is that bihira ang bansang nakakakilala ng kakayahan ng pinoy.yes i agree that the govt is peddling OFWs for remittance(f**k the govt) but kung hindi b mahusay ang pinagaralan ng mga OFWs meron ba kukuha sa atin?.just my two cents.

Cheap wins in international contacts, cheap is the major reason Filipinos are hired. If Filipinos are better educated then Saudi should be hiring our engineering firms, not engineers to work as peons.

If we have good education then Filipino engineering firms should be hired to go build dams in China or oil wells in Saudi. Whats happening now is German or American firms are building this international projects and subcontracting manual labor jobs to college educated Filipinos. Harsh but that is the sad reality.

[Rosewillow]

The Philippine education system is purely based on memorizing and getting high grades. High grades and memorizing a book does not mean an individual is educated. I am lucky to experience and get my education in the U.S. and I have to say their education is based on real world applications.

I think that you are referring NOT on the entirety of Phil. education system but on a mere specific system of an academe or teacher for that matter. Yes there's somewhat true to what you have uttered. However, school system does not implement such any kind of system. It usually happens under any incompetent teachers. The problem now starts from them.

Lucky you that you were able to study in the U.S. but mind you, our system has patterned from them too in one way or another. The only problem is we lack of funds or budget to sustain what US has. And maybe one of the root causes why we can't compete well (as far as education system is concerned) even to our neighboring countries i.e Thailand, Malaysia etc. is our Government system where bureaucracy is rampant. Let alone our country belongs to the "third world countries".

[Rosewillow]

Cheap wins in international contacts, cheap is the major reason Filipinos are hired. If Filipinos are better educated then Saudi should be hiring our engineering firms, not engineers to work as peons.

If we have good education then Filipino engineering firms should be hired to go build dams in China or oil wells in Saudi. Whats happening now is German or American firms are building this international projects and subcontracting manual labor jobs to college educated Filipinos. Harsh but that is the sad reality.

As far as Saudi Arabia's hiring for engineering contractor firms is concern, we are just bound to have this so called "wishful thinking". We are simply not able to compete with any other counties who belong to the FIRST WORLD, Vinceli. Remember that we are only rich in manpower resources (of course other than natural resources), and that's our pinoy workers. I hope that you got my point.

[islesv]

To answer the OP, yes we are already left behind by our neighboring countries. The 2003 TIMSS showed this. Unfortunately we opted out to join the 2007 TIMSS.

That we have seen foreigners going to our country to study can be simply explained that it is because we have a good command of English.

@holydevil: That's actually a wrong reasoning... The very reason why we have OFWs the world over is because our economy could not create enough jobs for them, which means that our education system failed to produce innovative and inventive graduates, who could move the economy forward.

@vinceli: Please don't generalize. Even in public schools, students being asked to memorize entire books is an exception rather than a rule. I have friends that have worked as teachers here in the Philippines and transferred abroad, and apparently our students here learn faster than those in the U.S.