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The Status of Philippine Education System

Education is the greatest armor to fight poverty. That is why, everybody must have equal opportunity to it.

We cannot deny the fact that Filipinos can easily adapt to the environment we live in. We can survive anywhere we are. Probably, due to high literacy rate where we can speak and read English. Since we were influenced by the Americans, some of he academic subjects starting from pre-school are written in English. At the same time, English is included in our curriculum. Thus, since childhood we were already used to it.

Despite this, in the Philippines, one-fourth of the population lives below poverty line. Because of this, the quality of education continues to degrade. One of the manifestations is high unemployment due to low educational attainment. Another is the income inequality wherein those who can afford to study are the only ones who can finish education and get a good job later. The primary reasons are low government budget, poor quality of teachers, poor school facilities and learning environment, content of the curriculum, poverty, population growth and corruption.

Because of these, the government created various ways to improve the quality of education in the Philippines. Instead of 10 years before you take a four-year course, it became 13 years. But still, it did not work well. the curriculum itself must be revised, provide more meaningful trainings for teachers, give priority to budget for education and solve the problem on shortage of Filipino teachers and Filipino-language materials. Corruption and power in politics must also be eliminated so that education for all will be possible.