MATALAM, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 31 May)—There had been several attempts made to improve Philippine educational system. These attempts were almost always cut every time we have a new President. […]
MATALAM, North Cotabato —There had been several attempts made to improve Philippine educational system. These attempts were almost always cut every time we have a new President. The fact alone that the education sector always gets the biggest chunk of the national budget is proof of the attention given to it.
How do you teach 1.8 million children enrolled in the basic education level ? You start by improving the literacy education at the classroom level.
I think this was the primary reason why the K-12 learning system was introduced. But if the purpose of adding two more academic years, grades 11 and 12, was to provide for a transitional link from high school to college education, there is yet another link in the whole chain that seems to be overlooked. These are the grades 5 and 6 which serve as transition from elementary to high school education.
On the country’s standing in International Math Olympiads , the Philippines placed 23rd over 107 participating countries in last year’s IMO. The next IMO will be hosted by Oslo, Norway in July this year. From as early as junior high school level , the teachers should be able to identify students who exhibit more intellectual skills than cognitive skills, as well as those who are much better in cognitive skills than intellectual skills. For all we know, non-readers, as well as those who are slow in developing their intellectual skills, are bound to excel in cognitive skills, and therefore, would be in a better position to address their psycho-social and economic needs.
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