Rica Mae DC.

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BBTE-BTL 3-5D
BTED 2033 Educational Systems and Current Issues in Education
Prof. Esther Ombao Bernardo

BENIGNO SIMEON “NOYNOY” COJUANGCO AQUINO III

BENIGNO “NOYNOY” AQUINO is a Filipino politician who served as the

15th President of the Philippines from 2010 until 2016.

In July 2010, he delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). During
his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), he announced his intention to
reform the education system in the Philippines by shifting to K–12 education, a
12-year basic education cycle. He also presented his “Ten Point Agenda in
Education”.

TEN POINT AGENDA IN EDUCATION

A. Increasing the educational cycle to 12 years basic education

This is to give children a chance at succeeding. This starts from school year
2011-2012. Noynoy Aquino believes that by applying the K-12 (Kindergarten to
Grade 12) system, which is what our neighbors are using, will help Filipino
children achieve the best basic education possible.

The K-12 Basic Education program aims to provide “sufficient time for
mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners,” and prepare graduates
for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment and
entrepreneurship.

B. Universal preschooling for all

The Aquino campaign proposes the establishment of a real preschool system that
makes the preschool available to all kids regardless of their parents’ income.
Noynoy Aquino proposes that all public school children will have preschooling as
introduction to the formal school system by school year, 2016.

C. Madaris Education as a sub-system within educational system

 Madrasah is an Arabic term for “school.” It is derived from the root word
dars, which connotes a learning process carried through drill lesson.

Filipino Muslims have asked for an Education System that respects their beliefs
and culture that goes side-by-side with the formal educational system. A Madaris
Education can be included to help keep Filipino Muslim children in schools. Last
2013, the Department of Education (DepEd) has reiterated its policy of respecting
the religious rights of students including the right of female Muslim school
children to use veil or headdress (hijab) inside the campus.

Based on DepEd Order No. 32 series of 2013, the Department reiterates its policy
on the protection of religious rights of students which was contained in DECS
Order No. 53 series of 2001 entitled “Strengthening the Protection of Religious
Rights of Students.”

Based on the order, Muslim girls shall be allowed to wear appropriate clothing
during Physical Education (PE) classes in accordance with their religious beliefs.
Moreover, Muslim students shall not be required to participate in non-Muslim
religious rites.

D. Technical Vocational Education as alternative to high school

senior

Technical, vocational education must be reintroduced into public high schools

with accompanying trade tests and skills so as to provide high school graduates
the quickest path to work upon graduation.

E. Every Child a reader by Grade 1

The Aquino Campaign recognizes that the core problem to learning problems is
the inability to read. The educational policy of an Aquino Administration aims to
make every child a reader by grade one at the end of its tenure in 2015-2016.

F. Science and Math proficiency

Noynoy Aquino pledges to bring science and math club movements with
elementary and high school science and math fairs. Noynoy Aquino also pledges
to build a strong science and math curriculum that begins in Grade 1.

G. Assistance to private schools as essential partners in basic

education

The Aquino Administration proposes to expand Government Assistance to

Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) to aim for 1 million
private HS students every year through education service contracting (ESC). It
likewise pledges to remove the wasteful education voucher system of the Arroyo
Administration.
H. Medium of Instruction rationalized

Noynoy Aquino supports the UNESCO tried and tested formula of mother tongue
instruction before moving on to English for higher grades. From Preschool until
grade 3, the Aquino Administration’s policy will be an education taught in the
mother tongue, with English and Filipino as subjects. As grade level go higher,
English will be increasingly used for science, and math while social studies will be
in Filipino.

I. Quality Textbooks

Text books under an Aquino Administration will be judged by: Quality, better
quality, and more quality.

J. Covenant with Local Governments to build more schools

In areas where there are no public or private schools, the Aquino Administration
will enter into a covenant with local government units to build smaller
populations so teachers and students and parents can form a real learning
community.

CONTRIBUTIONS

 Elimination of education backlogs

 K-12 Basic Education implementation
 Budgets for both basic and higher education increased, and;
 Other important laws were passed. These are some of the following laws:

 Republic Act (RA) 10533, otherwise known as the “Enhanced Basic

Education Act of 2013.” This law provides for at least one year of preschool
and 12 years basic education (six years of elementary; four years of
junior-high school; and two years of senior-high school).
 Republic Act (RA) 10157, also known as the “Kindergarten Education Act,”
which makes kindergarten education the first stage of compulsory and
mandatory formal education prior to Grade 1.
 Republic Act (RA) 10627, or the “Anti-Bullying Act of 2013”. This law is one
of the first “anti-bullying laws” in the world. Under this law, all public and
private basic-education schools are mandated to adopt anti-bullying policies
and establish intervention programs for both the child victim and the child
bully.
 Republic Act (RA) 10648 or the “Iskolar ng Bayan Act of 2014” which
mandates all state universities and colleges to admit and provide scholarship
grants to the top 10 public high-school graduates subject some requirements
and conditions provided by said law and the implementing rules and
regulations to be formulated by the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) and the DepEd.

RODRIGO “RODY” ROA DUTERTE

Rodrigo “Rody” Roa Duterte is a Filipino lawyer and a politician who is the
16th and current President of the Philippines. He is the first Mindanaoan to hold
the office.
EDUCATIONAL AGENDA
 Double the salary of teachers by 6 years
 Full implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the K to 12
program.

In the second SONA of President Rodrigo Duterte, he confirmed his strong

support for quality basic education and he highlights the continuous
empowerment of young and adult Filipino learners through wider and better
access to academic and skills enhancement.
The full implementation of K to 12 Program begins last 2017, which also
signals the arrival of the first batch of Grade 12 learners in the current school
year. These learners continued with Senior High School (SHS) to finish their
chosen tracks.

 Intensification and expansion of the Alternative Learning System

(ALS)

Alternative Learning System (ALS)- it is a parallel learning system in our

country that provides a practical option to the existing formal instruction.When
one does not have or cannot access formal education in schools, ALS is an
alternate or substitute.
Even before the culmination of K to 12 Cycle from Kindergarten to Grade 12,
the Department of Education, through the Bureau of Curriculum Development,
launched the ALS-K to 12 Education Curriculum. This is done to ensure that the
Alternative Learning System curriculum is aligned with the K to 12 Program, and
to provide learning opportunities that will empower out-of-school youth and
adult learners to improve their quality of life and become more effective
contributors to the society.
President Duterte considered that Alternative Learning System (ALS) is the
“centerpiece” of basic education that will complement the K-12 program.

CONTRIBUTIONS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 600,000 out-of-school youths passed the Accreditation and Equivalency

Program, certifying them as eligible for either high school or college, as part
of the Alternative Learning System program of the Department of Education
(DepEd).
 Republic Act 10931, or the “Universal Access to Tertiary Education Act of
2017”, an act promoting universal access to quality tertiary education by
providing for free tuition and other school fees in state universities and
colleges, local universities and colleges and state-run technical-vocational
institutions, establishing the tertiary education subsidy and student loan
program, strengthening the unified student financial assistance system for
tertiary education, and appropriating funds.