Comments on: Points of View Ep.2

By: rowjie

rowjie — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:58:55 +0000

thanks so much for all the comments.

thanks kidjie for your long comment. that’s why I also want to hear others’ opinions because I want to be corrected if what I am thinking is wrong.

By: kidjie

kidjie — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:25:30 +0000

let me clarify certain issues you pointed out. although i’m not a blogger, i couldn’t help myself but comment on your concern over the education sector’s budget.
i believe from the trillion budget of the government for this year, DepEd received one of the highest allocation for the social services. although corruption is a reality, i am rather inclined to conclude that a large chunk of DepEd’s budget is spent mostly on Personal Services (salaries and wages paid to teachers and staff personnel) and the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses, used to maintain facilities of the department and used for its day-to-day operations (i.e. chalks, chairs, etc.). that’s why Capital outlay (budget for new facilities and classrooms) becomes too little to have a positive impact on how public schools educates the public.
similarly, the salaries of teachers are not dependent on the total budget given for DepEd. it’s the other way around actually, the Salary Standardization Law provides for a unified system of remuneration for public school teachers.
but ultimately, i would have to agree that public school system’s losing its luster. more often than not, it could be attributed to the growing number of enrollees, because private school are becoming too expensive. the teacher-to-student ratio and facilities in aid of education needs to addressed to improve public schools. ^_^

By: rowjie

rowjie — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:20:00 +0000

yup, for some, private schools ae better because they have better quality of education here in the Philippines compared to the public schools. Napapabayaan kasi.

Yup, foreigners come here to study because they find the quality of education here good and not that expensive.

By: XYRYX

XYRYX — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:46:29 +0000

hmm, well believe it or not, in Saint Louis University (Baguio) where I’m in, there are lots of Koreans. And the reason they’re there is that because they say that we here in the Philippines provide cheap but rather good education. The fact that we are a well versed english speaking (secondarily) country, they take the oppurtunity (or rather the advantage) of getting good education. Hmmm, if they say such, how come we don’t know? Or are we just taking it for granted?

By: angelblush

angelblush — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:57:13 +0000

public schools? di na maxado maganda ang ibang public schools. napapabayaan ang iba. lalong lalo na ang mga nasa lower sections. hayyy

By: luisa

luisa — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:19:07 +0000

kung may pera din naman ako sa PRIvate ko na dadalhin ang anak ko kasi nabibigyan ng attention yung mga bata…kay ayoko magturo sa public hehehe