Education is very important in everyone, but not all has the opportunity to finish and earn their diplomas.To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. Thus, building a strong foundation when it comes to education the government always there to set a law to make it effective for everyone.
The constitution provides the legal bases of education in the Philippines by Constitutional mandate, all education institutions are under the supervision of, and subject to regulation by the state. The DECS, CHED and TESDA are charge with the administration of the school system. Other major laws are the Education Decree of 1972 also known as P.D. 6A and the Education Act of 1982. Previous to the promulgation of the Philippine Constitution Act No.74, which may be considered as the Magna Carta of the Philippines Education constituted the legal basis of education. The Constitution of 1987 now gives the direction of the Philippine Education. Another important document is Magna Carta for Public School Teachers very recently, the Magna Carta for student has been filed in congress.
The government might have realized that necessary steps must be taken in order to improve the education system in the country, leading them to make and consider some changes to keep up with other countries. Recently there was a news from Dr. Isagani Cruz, Chair of the CHED Panel on General Education, concerning curriculum development for Year 11 and 12 in the K+12 reform which we suggest be called “Career Academy”. Basically,, the news boils down to this: CHED will take care of the Pre-College stream; TESDA will take care of the curricula of the Pre-Work streams.
The heads of DepEd, CHED and TESDA has agreed that CHED will design the academic portion of the curriculum of Grades 11 & 12 and TESDA will design the technical portion. DepEd will focus on decongesting and updating the curriculum for K to Grade 10. And TESDA has a mechanism for certifying competences on required levels for employment, it is rational that they be involved in the determination of technical curricula for Career Academy.
The collaboration of the agencies makes our educational system has been assailed by various sectors of the society for its deficiencies, which have allegedly led to the deterioration quality. The quality of education that the students get can based upon their surroundings. Quality education does not take place under a tree, but in a conducive environment with the basic components of schooling such as classroom, textbooks, desks and chairs.
DepEd, CHED and TESDA are hand in hand to produce a quality education and productive people to make standards and we have the ability to compete with other foreign countries. Its a happy thing that the heads of DepEd, CHED, and TESDA are coordinating to each other on implementing K to 12. The government makes our education system foundation strong by the helps of these agencies to provide duality, adequate and appropriate education to everyone.
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