DepEd seeks public apology from World Bank after ‘insulting’ report on PH education

[graham59]

3 hours ago, Mike J said:

This evidence likewise supports the conclusion that the scrapping of the time-honored Grade 1 reading cut-off in 2001 and the introduction of the mother tongue policy in school year 2012 to 2013 were the blunders, which have brought Philippine basic education to its knees.

I agree with the above. 

Consider also, that the period covered co-oincides with the huge, almost universal expansion in the use mobile phones... both by teachers and pupils.

Step 1:  BAN their presence in schools.  No excuses. 

[Mike J]

33 minutes ago, graham59 said:

I agree with the above. 

Consider also, that the period covered co-oincides with the huge, almost universal expansion in the use mobile phones... both by teachers and pupils.

Step 1:  BAN their presence in schools.  No excuses. 

I completely agree.

[Jack Peterson]

1 hour ago, graham59 said:

Step 1:  BAN their presence in schools.  No excuses. 

 What? and stop the Blighters Cheating by Text, cos they do, Mine Did I know for sure, Ma read some of them when she (daughter) left the Phone at Home One day and teachers use then to ask another teacher what shall I say next 

[hk blues]

I also note that the start date for public schools is towards the end of September, the latest of the 3 options that were presented.  So, the summer vacation will have lasted pretty much 6 months! Given that the system is modules, with almost no teaching time, I wonder why such a long vacation was decided upon?  My son is in a private school and will restart in August, which means about 5 months holiday - still far too long and what's worse is we're paying significantly more in fees compared to last year.  

 

[OnMyWay]

9 hours ago, hk blues said:

I also note that the start date for public schools is towards the end of September, the latest of the 3 options that were presented.  So, the summer vacation will have lasted pretty much 6 months!

No, I don't think that is correct.  The public school year was extended and just ended a week or two ago.  So they now have a bit over 2 months off.

Private schools do their own thing.  We just enquired at a few here.  Our current school starts August 16 and lets out early June.  Similar to the U.S. schedule.  Our last school (where we might send our youngest to Kinder) starts August 2 and ends April 30th.  Another school we considered used to be on a U.S. schedule but now they decided to drag the school year out longer and have less hours per day.  No go for us.  I think they can hire less teachers that way.

[hk blues]

14 hours ago, OnMyWay said:

No, I don't think that is correct.  The public school year was extended and just ended a week or two ago.  So they now have a bit over 2 months off.

Private schools do their own thing.  We just enquired at a few here.  Our current school starts August 16 and lets out early June.  Similar to the U.S. schedule.  Our last school (where we might send our youngest to Kinder) starts August 2 and ends April 30th.  Another school we considered used to be on a U.S. schedule but now they decided to drag the school year out longer and have less hours per day.  No go for us.  I think they can hire less teachers that way.

My mistake - I was not aware that public schools finished so recently. My son's school (private) finished early April and will restart mid August - still too long IMO at 4 months.  I believe the other private schools  in the area are similar. 

 

[Possum]

The World Bank correctly summarized the education system here. They further harm the students with their nonsensical rules. Example, kindergarten is mandatory but you must be 5 years old in August to begin. This means our youngest born in November will sit out next year. During Covid we hired a tutor for her older sister and enrolled both children in an online math and English course based on the Singapore education system. Youngest has almost completed the kindergarten course now but can't go to Kindergarten next year because of the age cut off. We asked about enrolling her in 1st grade but NO, kindergarten is mandatory. Oldest daughter breezes thru her 1 grade classes at the local private school thanks to the Singapore course. The crazy thing is"mother tongue" is a nationally required course but the "mother tongue" language depends on where you go to school. My wife said at least the teachers can teach mother tongue because many sure aren't that good teaching in English. The 4 year old attends preschool which is supposed to be taught in English but her teacher admitted our daughter's vocabulary was greater than hers which is scary.

[hk blues]

3 minutes ago, Greglm said:

The World Bank correctly summarized the education system here. They further harm the students with their nonsensical rules. Example, kindergarten is mandatory but you must be 5 years old in August to begin. This means our youngest born in November will sit out next year. During Covid we hired a tutor for her older sister and enrolled both children in an online math and English course based on the Singapore education system. Youngest has almost completed the kindergarten course now but can't go to Kindergarten next year because of the age cut off. We asked about enrolling her in 1st grade but NO, kindergarten is mandatory. Oldest daughter breezes thru her 1 grade classes at the local private school thanks to the Singapore course. The crazy thing is"mother tongue" is a nationally required course but the "mother tongue" language depends on where you go to school. My wife said at least the teachers can teach mother tongue because many sure aren't that good teaching in English. The 4 year old attends preschool which is supposed to be taught in English but her teacher admitted our daughter's vocabulary was greater than hers which is scary.

I sympathise.

We were lucky in that our son was able to start Nursery School at age 2.5 as his birthday was in the July so just a few weeks short of the min. age.  This meant he graduated to Kinder 1 and then Kinder 2 slightly under aged so when he was ready to start Grade 1 the local DepEd agreed to make an exception for our son and a couple of other classmates in the same boat.  I assume this was because it was the same school throughout and they had messed up initially be letting him/them join under-aged.  It seems the DepEd only verified ages on starting Grade 1.  

[Kingpin]

4 hours ago, Greglm said:

The World Bank correctly summarized the education system here. They further harm the students with their nonsensical rules. Example, kindergarten is mandatory but you must be 5 years old in August to begin. This means our youngest born in November will sit out next year. During Covid we hired a tutor for her older sister and enrolled both children in an online math and English course based on the Singapore education system. Youngest has almost completed the kindergarten course now but can't go to Kindergarten next year because of the age cut off. We asked about enrolling her in 1st grade but NO, kindergarten is mandatory. Oldest daughter breezes thru her 1 grade classes at the local private school thanks to the Singapore course. The crazy thing is"mother tongue" is a nationally required course but the "mother tongue" language depends on where you go to school. My wife said at least the teachers can teach mother tongue because many sure aren't that good teaching in English. The 4 year old attends preschool which is supposed to be taught in English but her teacher admitted our daughter's vocabulary was greater than hers which is scary.

The only thing more useless than most Filipino schools is the "World Bank" At least the kids in school learn to dance.

Homeschooling is always the better option,