Cabinet cluster on education approved

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Cabinet cluster on education approved  Malacañang press briefer Daphne Paez holds a press conference with Education Secretary Angara and EDCOMM II Executive Director Karol Mark Yee to discuss gaps in basic education. In a sectoral meeting in Malacañang on Tuesday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved the creation of Cabinet Cluster for Education as a coordination mechanism for whole-of-government approach to education.   Video By Catherine Valente   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews  #Education

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00:00The proposal of EDCOM was to create a cabinet cluster for education.

00:04If you've seen a report, the mis-education, the failed system of Philippine education,

00:08the insight really was, all of the agencies are doing their respective jobs,

00:12but they do it independent of one another, with no mechanism of really coordinating,

00:17making sure that the plans come together, and they deliver an integrated system of education.

00:22Like what we said earlier, a child that was trained in early childhood

00:26should have proper nutrition, early education, and stimulation.

00:30That should be passed on to the deaf-ed.

00:32When it comes to the deaf-ed, there should be literacy and numeracy,

00:35and when the child graduates from high school, they should be employable.

00:38We can see now that each agency is doing their own job, but it's not really working.

00:42So, for example, the learning gap that we are currently problematizing,

00:465.5 years is what each Filipino graduate lacks.

00:50What does this mean?

00:52When we went to a high school during the learning camp of the deaf-ed,

00:56the kids that we sent to the learning camp had a hard time subtracting.

01:01They were grade 8 students.

01:03They studied addition and subtraction for a whole month, and they struggled to subtract.

01:08We asked them about multiplication, and I gave examples,

01:11which is really what I asked the students.

01:13I said, 3 times 3, 0 times 0, 10 times 10, they couldn't do it.

01:18When they entered the school on July 29, their lessons were on quadratic functions, algebra.

01:24How will you solve all of those concerns?

01:26It's not just a problem of the deaf-ed, because we saw it in other issues.

01:30For example, early childhood.

01:31The data shows us that if you have access to early childhood education from 3 to 4,

01:36the score on the PISA increases by 32 points.

01:40We're very thankful to the president for his swift action.

01:44Actually, it's our first presentation on this.

01:47The presentation was made by the director of the Edcom 2.

01:50The president basically, at the end of the meeting,

01:54said that in principle, he approves of it,

01:57and he'd like us to fast-track some of the actions.

02:01He saw the urgency.

02:03It's a very deep-seated problem.

02:08It's a long-standing problem that needs to be addressed.

02:14That's what he said.

02:16This cluster is really needed,

02:18but he told us not to stop there,

02:22because the cluster is just a coordinating mechanism.

02:25We need to follow through with the needs in every sector,

02:30from early child development to daycare centers,

02:33to kindergarten up to K-12, up to college, up to tech-pop.

02:37He said we should have positive interventions for our learners.

02:42At least, the issues that are closely related to the agencies

02:47should be discussed in this cluster.

02:49That's what the director of KME said,

02:53regarding bullying.

02:56The teachers, our teaching graduates,

02:59are supervised by the chief,

03:02because they'll get a college degree in education,

03:08and they'll pass a LET or licensure exam.

03:11But 90-plus percent of that goes to the deaf-ed graduates.

03:16So what KME said,

03:19that half of our science teachers don't graduate,

03:23or don't have specialization in science,

03:25that's one thing that should be discussed in this cabinet cluster.

03:29The lack of guidance counselors,

03:32almost 5,000 vacant positions,

03:36like what he said earlier,

03:38to become a guidance counselor,

03:44according to the law,

03:46you need to have a master's degree to become a guidance counselor.

03:51That's number one problem.

03:53We see in one region only,

03:56there are 300 positions in the deaf-ed vacancy,

04:01the graduates are zero.

04:03So what can we say to our students?

04:07For now, we have a temporary solution,

04:10to talk to the civil service commission,

04:15the deaf-ed,

04:16the commission on higher education,

04:18to get those 5,000 vacancy positions,

04:21from graduates of guidance counseling,

04:25psychology, or whatever specialization.

04:28But they don't need a master's degree,

04:30to give them 5 years,

04:33to get the necessary credentials.

04:36At the same time,

04:37we have an effort with the law,

04:40to remove that,

04:41because it's in the law.

04:42That's what makes it hard,

04:44to be a licensed guidance counselor,

04:47you must have a master's degree.

04:49So it's hard, right?

04:52Because to be a teacher,

04:53you only need a bachelor's degree,

04:54you don't need a master's degree.

05:00For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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