Last June 28, 2013, Commission on Higher Education released a Memorandum Order No. 20, which states that Filipino subjects at tertiary levels will be removed. I am strongly opposed to the said memorandum. Our education should begin with the study of our language, including its culture and history. It is the task of the Filipino citizens to honor our language and to use it ethically, not to neglect it and be a chattel of the foreign tongues. It is necessary to continuously study our language, and
newest trends and innovations to achieve quality education. This is a drive that is becoming normal among the first-world countries that always aspire for competence and excellence. Who would like to be left behind in upgrading one’s learning when in the first place the educational arena is very dynamic and fast-changing nowadays? Unlike in the first-world countries, the quality of education among the third world countries just like the Philippines, is relatively poor due to inadequate if not dilapidated
Chapter 1: The Problem and its Context Chapter I presents the mandate and the strategic directions of the Department of Education (DepEd) which correlates with the Social Contract of President Aquino’s Administration and the Philippine Development Plan. This chapter also presents the agency’s Organizational Performance Indicators Framework (OPIF), its Roadmap and the Strategic Direction of DepEd Region XII. Further, this chapter discusses the Organizational Assessment that resulted in the crafting
of Nielsen Philippines, people now consume media content through multiple screen , from mobile devices to computer to TV. Hence, as shifting in the consumption of media is now a common behavior among digital users, these days, 8 out of 10 Filipinos consume media content through multiple screen. According to the Cross-Platform report, among the media formats, consistency is observed on online consumption throughout the day on different devices and 7 out of 10 digital users in Philippines report watches
Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education has been encouraged by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to early childhood and primary education since 1953. Mother Tongue Based Bilingual or Multilingual Education is a program used since 1953 by different countries around the world like Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal, Philippines and a lot more. This way of teaching is using the child’s first language, their mother tongue which is called the L1 in teaching in school
Importers in the Philippines Drug is a substance that is used as a medicine that can have a bad effect to a person’s body if it is abused. Psychoactive plants or psychedelic plant are often harmful to a human body are used to formulate illegal drugs. According to the United Nations world drug report in 2012, the Philippine has the highest abuse rate for methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu in East Asia (Esplanada, 2012). As stated by Padua (2012), in the Philippine one of the primary
April 18, 2016 A Better Access to a Better Future Every country considers human resource development as a key component in developing the whole nation, and education plays a crucial role in developing its human resources. It is not surprising that all governments obligate themselves to offer equal access to high quality education to their people; however, opening access to everyone is not always easy as there are prevailing issues such as geographic location, lack of budget and insufficient
the effectiveness of financial education provided at school as the main measurable results appear in adulthood behavior. Financial education in the Philippines is low and because of this many Filipinos are financial illiterate. It is recommended that as early as their age, young people are trained and educated in financial literacy since there is no law implemented in the Philippines that tackles the solution of financial illiterate. A well-designed financial education program not only provides information
the study accounts the studies undertaken by accredited scholars and researchers. The K to 12 Curriculum in the Philippines Oteyza (2012) posited that education equips a person with the necessary knowledge and skills he or she needs to become a functional member
Nevertheless, despite the numerous arguments that the Philippine movie industry is moving rather downhill and slowly deteriorating, Lily Monteverde as cited in del Mundo Jr., (1999), a prominent Filipino producer, once mentioned that the local movie industry is not moribund, sick, or dying. As described by Palis (2008), when asked about the current state of Philippine cinema, a majority of the respondents said that it is either “comatose”, “dying”, “dead”, or