DepEd, babantayan ang implementasyon ng anti-bullying policy; problema sa requirements sa pag-hire ng guidance counselor, tinutukan din
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00:00Aside from the learning gap, there is another problem in the school that the Department of Education has resolved.
00:06This is the problem with bullying according to DEPE because it is now a challenge due to the lack of guidance counselors in the schools.
00:14What will be the response of the Alamin administration in the center of the news of Kenneth Paciente?
00:22It is painful for a parent like Rochelle who has just experienced bullying of her child in school.
00:28Especially when she noticed that it has a negative effect on her child's education.
00:32She was pushed and then we took her to the hospital.
00:37She cut herself and my mom told me,
00:39I said, how did she cut herself?
00:41She was just there. She was just turning up and down.
00:43Then I said, I don't know.
00:45Then I pushed her. She said she was scared.
00:47The cases of bullying are the ones that the Education Department wants to focus on.
00:52According to DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara,
00:54they will strictly monitor the implementation of each school in their anti-bullying policy.
01:01Each school is required to have an anti-bullying policy.
01:04But the law does not say how strict they have to be.
01:08But they need to have a policy.
01:09But the problem on the ground, very few schools have their own anti-bullying policy.
01:14So maybe as a DepEd, we will really track or monitor the compliance in this law.
01:21According to the Second Congressional Commission on Education or EDCOM 2,
01:25especially in terms of education,
01:27there is a high possibility of dropping or lowering the grades of students who have experienced bullying.
01:33President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is also focusing on this.
01:37Like the President mentioned, he read an article
01:39that there is a Singapore study that says that the loneliest students in the world are Filipinos.
01:45And that is also in the PISA data.
01:48The Filipino students feel that they don't belong and they are the loneliest.
01:52He said, find the study because he also read it and it made an impact on him.
01:56Then we really need to address this.
01:58Because if you don't feel safe in the school environment,
02:01how can you focus on your studies?
02:03Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in San Andres, Manila admitted
02:08that bullying cases cannot be avoided.
02:10But they insisted that they did not force it back
02:14and that they are immediately solving it based on the policies they are implementing.
02:18Here, it is manageable.
02:20Maybe because of the frequent reminders to the children
02:24every time we have our assembly.
02:26Of course, usually when there is bullying,
02:31it is really painful.
02:35It will cause harm to some.
02:41But for others, it is just a joke.
02:46But we are able to manage it.
02:54And to address the problem of bullying,
02:56DepEd is also pointing out the lack of guidance counselor for public education.
03:02In fact, Secretary Angara has already talked to the Civil Service Commission
03:06and the Commission on Higher Education up to this point.
03:09Here, the 5,000 vacancy positions of graduates
03:14of guidance counseling and psychology,
03:17or whatever specialization,
03:19but they don't need a master's degree
03:21to give them a scholarship or five years
03:24to get the necessary credentials.
03:27At the same time, we have an effort to remove those licenses.
03:32Because it is in the law.
03:34That is what makes it difficult.
03:37To be a licensed guidance counselor,
03:39you must have a master's degree.
03:43To be a teacher, you only need a bachelor's degree.
03:45You don't need a master's degree.
03:47Despite the lack of guidance counselors,
03:51the faculty members should make the students feel
03:55that they have a chance to experience bullying.
03:59One of our goals going forward,
04:02pursuant to the instructions of the President,
04:04is to make sure that they have a lifeline.
04:06If they need someone,
04:08they have someone to turn to.
04:11Someone they can get close to.
04:13Kenneth Paciente,
04:15for Pambansang TV,
04:17in Bagong, Philippines.