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00:00We'll talk about education after the release of the 2nd Congressional Commission on Education, or EDCOM 2.
00:07We'll talk to EDCOM Executive Director, Karol Marquee.
00:11Good morning and welcome to Balitang Halil.
00:14Good morning, Ma'am Connie, to everyone listening to us.
00:18Sir, let's start with the shortcomings of the school principals
00:22that are more than half of our DepEd schools.
00:26Where do we have a problem?
00:28Well, we were also surprised when we saw that data
00:31because we assumed that all schools should have a principal.
00:34But our data shows that our problem is a 90-97 policy
00:39which states that only schools with 9 teachers will have a principal.
00:44So it means that if your school is smaller, you really don't have a principal in terms of the policy.
00:49Secondly, the hiring is done locally.
00:52It means that if we can't monitor vigilantly
00:55who can request a position because there are more teachers,
00:59we won't know what's happening in the DepEd central office on the ground.
01:03So I think it's the same.
01:05We need to change the policy.
01:07We need to review the policy.
01:09The Secretary said that they will do it.
01:11And we need a system to properly monitor what needs to happen on the ground.
01:15To request a position, to hire.
01:17It's really being done.
01:19But don't they have higher requirements to be a principal?
01:24That's also one of the reasons.
01:26We saw the NQESH.
01:27We also released the NQESH in the Year 2 report.
01:30In 2016, the passing rate of the NQESH was 3.3%.
01:34Imagine that.
01:35A lot of people applied.
01:37They wanted to be a principal but it was low.
01:39And then in another year, it became 30%.
01:42So I think it's also important to review
01:44what is the content of this NQESH?
01:46Is this really what we need to choose a good principal?
01:49You know, when we were in Singapore,
01:51they were asked what their practices were.
01:53Being a principal is not just someone who wants to apply and pass a test.
01:58For them, it's succession planning,
02:00recruiting, looking for teachers with leadership potential.
02:03Then they are really groomed and trained to be a principal.
02:07So it's not overnight.
02:09It's not like they will suddenly get a position.
02:11And it will also be an incentive for the teachers
02:14who want to have a higher salary and position.
02:20That's what happened in the past years.
02:22Although we have a new career progression executive order
02:25and implementing rules and regulations.
02:27Now, even if you're a teacher, you can go up and up
02:30almost equal to the principal while staying as a master teacher.
02:33So that's a good reform.
02:35But I hope we can fix it.
02:38Those who really want to be an expert teacher and master teacher,
02:41we can help them.
02:42Meanwhile, those who really want to be leaders,
02:45they can get a position and be trained and supported.
02:48Okay, let's go to the solid curriculum.
02:50What is your assessment on that?
02:52Well, you know, the solid curriculum has been studied for a long time.
02:56The reforms of the K-12 curriculum.
02:59We saw that it was really congested and the lessons were not finished.
03:04And the review of all those classes was really necessary.
03:07It was high time to review it.
03:09Based on the workshops that we did with teachers,
03:12because we sat down that curriculum with the teachers,
03:14the Kinder 1, 4, and 7, it seems to be better.
03:17It's decongested.
03:18The competencies are more focused.
03:20But the problem of the teachers on the ground,
03:22who are telling us,
03:23Sir, I hope we don't start a new curriculum,
03:26that the teachers are not ready for training,
03:28and there are no grades for the teachers and for the students.
03:31That's the issue that we're still saying,
03:33that remains a problem in our year 2 report.
03:35Because we saw that most textbooks are still not delivered
03:40in grades 1, 4, and 7.
03:42In fact, 35 out of 90 titles.
03:45And many subjects, many regions,
03:48there are still no books received.
03:50It's already the third quarter.
03:51Yes.
03:52It's really hard to teach if you're not equipped, right?
03:55So you really need to start there.
03:57Yes.
03:58But this, Sir, the other problem that we see,
04:01is the employability of our senior high school graduates.
04:05They say that there are many who drop out
04:08when they reach college.
04:11But this is just senior high school, right?
04:13It's like they can't do it anymore,
04:15they're not equipped.
04:17How can we improve that?
04:19Yes, maybe different interventions.
04:22First of all, if we look at the data in our year 2 report,
04:25the labor force participation of senior high school graduates is 42%.
04:28It means that most senior high school graduates
04:30are still continuing in college.
04:32But when it comes to college,
04:34most of them drop out,
04:364 in 10 drop out.
04:38There are many reasons.
04:39First of all, our senior high school graduates,
04:41we really need to review them
04:43if we are building them to be workforce ready.
04:45The industry says that
04:46work immersion is not enough,
04:48they can't really train properly
04:50so that when they graduate
04:52and apply to industries,
04:54they can really achieve and
04:56do the work that will be given to them.
04:58Second, we see in the data
05:00that even high school graduates or even college graduates,
05:0230% are almost not functionally literate.
05:06It means that they can read the sentences,
05:08but they don't fully understand what it means.
05:10Now, that's a real cause of concern,
05:12both in terms of employability,
05:14because how useful will you be in your organization
05:17if you don't understand?
05:19And second, even in studying,
05:20because how will you pick up very complex lessons in college
05:23if you cannot comprehend sentences?
05:26Speaking of which,
05:27in reading comprehension and all that that you mentioned,
05:31can we base it on the fact that
05:33our educational system in the Philippines has been left behind
05:36compared to our neighboring countries here in Asia?
05:39Yes, you know the issue of functional literacy and numeracy,
05:42it's not unique to the Philippines,
05:44but our problem is a bit deeper
05:46because our figures are worse
05:48when it comes to those students that don't have it.
05:51Now, we really need to focus on it
05:54because what we're saying in the year 2 report,
05:56even if we perfect the senior high school,
05:58even if we have a free higher education,
06:00if the foundational skills are weak,
06:02the whole house will really collapse
06:04if the house is broken
06:06because the foundation is not in order.
06:08That's why before we do anything else,
06:10we really need to go through the funds,
06:12the time, the government's program,
06:14so that the students in grade 3
06:16can read, can add, can multiply
06:20because we see a lot of high school graduates
06:22who still can't do these things.
06:24I hope we can catch up with this quickly.
06:28Alright, thank you very much.
06:30Thank you very much too.
06:31That was Edcom 2 Executive Director, Dr. Karol Yee.
06:38Edcom 2 Executive Director, Dr. Karol Yee