The Basic Education Report 2023, presented by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte last week, confirmed what is not exactly a secret: an education system that has failed Filipino learners. Lack of school infrastructure and resources, Duterte said, is the most pressing issue facing basic education—out of 327,851 school buildings in the country, only 104,536, were in good condition. Then there is the problem of literacy, with Filipino children scoring heartbreaking lows in reading and
When fellow school faculty, administrators especially, tell me how challenging it has been conducting online classes, I tell them they’ve actually had it easy these past three years. I remind them that once face-to-face classes are restored, they will have to deal directly with faculty, students, staff, and parents full-time. For administrators, this might even become 24/7, especially for managing interpersonal conflicts with the accompanying gossip. If you have dorms in your school, as I do, you will find yourself on the receiving end of problems, from those of a personal nature to the food served in the cafeteria, from delayed allowances
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