Education In The Philippines

Quality education has always been the goal of every nation. In the Philippines, the government spends vastly for the education of its people, gives the highest budgetary allocation to education, and make sure that teaching profession is attractive to the best available qualified talents through sufficient compensation and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment (Section 5 Article XIV, 1987 Philippine Constitution). However, until this time, the desire for quality education is still a work in progress. Over time, the continuing unresolved and pressing issues of availability, accessibility, and quality as regards to education have resulted in millions of adults lacking the necessary literacy skills. In the 2015 EFA Global Monitoring

Rule 1, Section 1.1 of RA 9155 stipulates that the Department of Education shall: protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality basic education and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all; establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and integrated systems of basic education relevant to the needs of the people and society; encourage non-formal, informal, and indigenous learning system, as well as self-learning, independent, and out-of-school study programs; and establish and maintain a system of free and compulsory public education in the elementary level and high school level. Thus, Education for All (EFA) becomes the leading thrust of the Department of Education and the government as a whole. This mandate has brought pressure to the Department of Education that a lot of initiatives, creativity and interventions have been established, tried, and implemented to public schools hoping that they would provide good news to the department and to the government. One initiative that the government may implement is the alternative education. Alternative education provides learning opportunities and experiences that are not available in an average or normal schools. Some countries which implements alternative education revealed that they have been able to demonstrate significant gains with students that the conventional school activities

For one, it lacks social interaction.

If the classroom setting is what you love most about learning you may want to take a step and go back over distance learning. You will likely get some interaction on discussion boards, chat rooms, and through email, but the experience will be slightly different than traditional courses.

Another drawback of distance learning is that the format is not ideal for all learners. Everyone is not necessarily an ideal candidate for online learning. If you know you have problems with motivation, deferment and needs ample individual attention from the teacher you may want to think long and hard before enrolling in an online learning program.

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