DepEd needs about 4,000 guidance counselors

[Mike J]

2 minutes ago, Jack Peterson said:

 Well maybe that is a good thing when people are looking for a school Having had a long shut down and Money was allocated for it I would like to think things are now spruced up and were ready for the Off, However I have asked my SIL (Teacher) to take some photos of her classroom so I can see and maybe answer you more fully

There is a public school not far from us that is must now being rebuilt following the super typhoon two years ago.  New roof, windows, redo floors, walls, etc. do to water damage.   I think it will look better than new when they finish. I hope they have money for desks, equipment, etc. that was also destroyed. 

[graham59]

13 hours ago, GeoffH said:

I'm guessing not all public schools are as well run?

There's an elementary school and a high school (public), side by side, 200 yards up the road from us.

Our son attends the elementary, and my wife works at the high school. 

Both schools seem well-maintained, and with the facilities you've described. 

[hk blues]

It's good to hear that there are at least some examples of well-maintained and serviced public schools.  The ones that I drive past seem well-maintained in the main but I've no idea what they're like on the inside. 

When I think back to my own high school, things here can't be much worse!   

[JJReyes]

12 hours ago, scott h said:

You would have to some type of signed enforceable contract to ensure that they do not take the education and immigrate. Enforceable being the operative word. 

I believe they had a program like this in the states with teachers. Subsidized education and then teach X number of years in rural or undesirable locations. Do not know if it worked or not.

The University of the Philippines, College of Medicine offers subsidized medical education.  Students sign a contract they will serve after graduation in a government hospital for a number of years.  Enforcement is through a list with the Bureau of Immigration banning their departure from the Philippines.  

All kinds of programs offered at the state or federal level.  The usual agreement is two years for every one year of educational support.  Our son is a high school teacher at a Hawaiian Homelands area on the Waianae Coast.  He receives additional pay from the Hawaii Department of Education because few are willing to serve in a difficult rural area (one hour drive from his home in Kaneohe).  In addition, as a credentialed National Certified Teacher, he receives $10,000 a year from the federal government.  

Another example is a first cousin who is a psychiatric nurse.  A resident of Florida, she agreed to relocate to a remote community in Arizona.  The incentive is a $30,000 a year bonus from a federal government program.  The location is not really remoted, about a one-hour drive from Flagstaff.  The town was modern, decent size, surrounded by Ponderosa trees.  

[Mike J]

16 hours ago, hk blues said:

When I think back to my own high school, things here can't be much worse! 

I graduated in 1968.  The "original" high school had been built in 1902 but had been well maintained and expanded over the years.  This year is the last year for that building as a new high school is being built.   The new school will serve 1500 students grade 9-12.  The cost of the new school was kind of a shock for me for two reasons.  I was surprised at reading the cost of the new school and pleasantly surprised to realize that voters were willing to see their property tax bill increase in order to build the new school.  Quality education cost money and in the Philippines it appears either the money is not available or is being spent on other projects.

Cost of the new school is an eye watering $253,000,000.  At an exchange rate of 57 to 1 that would equal 14,421,000,000 peso.   

[hk blues]

6 hours ago, Mike J said:

I graduated in 1968.  The "original" high school had been built in 1902 but had been well maintained and expanded over the years.  This year is the last year for that building as a new high school is being built.   The new school will serve 1500 students grade 9-12.  The cost of the new school was kind of a shock for me for two reasons.  I was surprised at reading the cost of the new school and pleasantly surprised to realize that voters were willing to see their property tax bill increase in order to build the new school.  Quality education cost money and in the Philippines it appears either the money is not available or is being spent on other projects.

Cost of the new school is an eye watering $253,000,000.  At an exchange rate of 57 to 1 that would equal 14,421,000,000 peso.   

Mine was not as old as yours but was built pre-WW2 in 1930. Both my grandmother an mother went their as well.  It has been closed a few times but mothballed and has been used as a temporary accommodation for students on and off.

The fabric of the building is actually in good condition but the inside hopelessly inadequate. 

 

[Tommy T.]

9 hours ago, Mike J said:

Quality education cost money and in the Philippines it appears either the money is not available or is being spent on other projects.

According to my sources, the money is here, and going into various pockets. So yeah, "it is spent on other projects."

[hk blues]

2 hours ago, Tommy T. said:

According to my sources, the money is here, and going into various pockets. So yeah, "it is spent on other projects."

To their shame. 

[GeoffH]

This is the school nutrition event today, each grade level has a stand with food donated by parents.  

The children have been studying food types and the nutrition value of various foods leading up to the event.

It's a nice friendly school and the parents are pretty involved and helpful, and as mentioned earlier in the topic it's a public school.

 

[JJReyes]

Photos supplied by GeoffH look great.  Where's the lechon?  Filipinos will swear this ranks high in nutritional value.