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Educators hail PGMA as 'Education President'
By Joel C. Atencio
MANILA, July 26 (PNA) – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this afternoon was hailed as “Education President” by the Presidential Task Force for Education (PTFE) whom she met for two and a half hours in Malacañang.
The meeting was part of the Pre-State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Arroyo.
"Mrs. Arroyo was also happy with the 16-page report of the Presidential Task Force for Education, which we submitted this afternoon,” Presidential Assistant for Education Undersecretary Mona Dumlao-Valisno told the Philippines News Agency (PNA) in a cellular phone interview.
Valisno said the 16-page report also contains the "Philippine Main Education Highway” proposal.
She said the proposed reforms focused mainly on the tertiary level and its implementation would be on two phases pursuant to the adoption of the 10+2+3 formula.
Accordingly, after the completion of 10-year basic education (six years primary and four years secondary education), students may opt to go to technical schools or take a two-year pre-university program before finally pursuing the three year specialization courses.
Under the proposed curricular reforms, the implementation of Phase I will take effect next school year (2009-2010), formalizing into a five-year program all existing courses that require licensure examinations administered by Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
The courses include Education, Nursing, Accounting, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Pharmacy.
The adoption of Phase I is also pursuant to the 10+2+3 system under the Bologna accord.
The Engineering and Architecture programs shall follow the 10+2+(3 or 4) system in accordance with the Washington Accord, Apec Registry for Engineers and Architects, and other international accrediting bodies.
Phase II, on the other hand, will take effect on school year 2010-2011 involving all four-year board and non-board programs following the 10+2+3 system.
Valisno said he already conducted consultations and orientations with officials and administrators of colleges and universities, as well as parents, students and other education stakeholders, in the country's 17 regions which he has all visited since his appointment to the post last year, except for the Caraga region.
Valisno said on Jan. 21, 2009, President Arroyo issued Executive Order 781 titled: Adopting the Recommendations and Action Plans of the Presidential Task Force for Education (PTFE) in support of the implementation of the Philippine Main Education, and for other purposes
”The vision of the Philippine Main Education Highway states that “every Filipino child is assured of the opportunity to get high quality education that will make him or her a whole person, a responsible citizen, and lead him or her to a productive well paying job or to a successful entrepreneurial venture,” Valisno said.
The Presidential Task Force for Education (PTFE) has been tasked to Assess, Plan and Monitor the Entire Educational System” is being undertaken through regular meetings of the PTFE with concerned groups in response to the growing need for greater coordination among the departments, a common approach to inter-agency issues.
The inter-agency issues include the assessment mechanisms and articulation between levels; a more harmonized approach to total education planning and resource allocation; matching of skills and jobs;
Creating network or linking programs to boost the internationalization of Philippines Education; benchmarking of best practices with other countries in engineering, architecture, teacher education, accounting, medicine, and other courses.
The challenge of the 21st century for education, according to Valisno, is taking the cue from President Arroyo’s pronouncement when she said that “the Filipino nation should take advantage of the flatness of the world and move into the first world in 20 years.”
The President made a firm commitment to truly improve the educational system towards producing a globally-competitive workforce. We are closely assessing and planning, as well as monitoring the implementation of reforms based on the following objectives and priorities
The task force primarily aims to make education as a national priority to address poverty and inequality of access to educational opportunities for every members of Filipino family;
President Arroyo’s education priorities include improve participation, enrollment, and reduce dropout rate of students/pupils in the basic education; standardization of the pre-dchool/daycare pupils (ages 5) curriculum; and
Improve the performance of students/pupils and teachers; provide more schools/classrooms, computers, books; and improve the financing of education (scholarships and student financing programs/scheme).
President Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 781 on Jan. 21, 2009, entitled “Adopting the Recommendations and Action Plan for the Implementation of the new Philippine Main Education Highway and Strengthening the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Education,”
The directive adopted all the recommendations from the PCER, EDCOM and the task force into one package of education reforms. (PNA)
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