Applying what you’ve learned
I learned from James Anderson that one way of addressing problems is by changing the situation that’s causing the problem in the first place.
They say that one reason for cutting down the budget for SUC’s is the under-performance of most SUC’s, and there are quite a number of them. The overflowing SUC’s declared by the Congress as such also serve as avenues for corruption. Umm… So why not instead of decreasing the budget, which will also affect SUC’s which aren’t under-performing in the first place, why not just remove substandard SUCs? In this way, the innocent SUC’s will not be harmed, plus it sends across a message of keeping standards or else. And this also continues the role of SUC’s in society.
Now isn’t that more practical than decreasing the budget for SUC’s? I swear, common sense isn’t so common anymore.
Narrow-sightedness
If you really cared about the state of education in the Philippines, don’t cut the budget for State Universities and Colleges.
The k 12 program being proposed is designed so that its graduates can already start working without having to go through tertiary education. This is their lame-ass attempt to solve the unemployment problem of fresh graduates. The business sector is also in favor of this because their new employeeswill be young and fresh.
But then again, this does not solve the problem in the long run. The program is just a band-aid solution. Sure, the fresh graduates will be hired. But will they be able to climb up the corporate ladder? Will there be career growth when they’re just equipped for entry-level jobs?
What is this proposal telling us, then? That the government is just fine and dandy with us being service-oriented with our exports. That is, the government is training its citizens to be the call center capital of the world with our incompetence.
Not only are they not solving the problems, but they are also worsening the state of brain drain in the country.
Mr. President, I know I wasn’t supporting your campaign as a presidentiable. Heck, I was so against you. But please prove me wrong.
Now I remember why I didn’t vote for you…
Burgis ka kasi. Burgis na hindi alam ang pakiramdam ng kahirapan.
No one believed me when I said that Noynoy would cut state subsidy for SUCs. This is what happens when you give the power to the elite who have no first-hand experience of kahirapan. (Yeah, it’s TagLish but it brings across the point harder.)
This makes me want to rub it in people’s faces and say “i told you so.” But I won’t.
Unlike others who actually appreciate the idea of scholarship, this government doesn’t seem to get the point of subsidy for State Universities and Colleges. Sure, tertiary education may be just for the intellectual elite. But what about the members of the intellectual elite who will be denied access to quality tertiary education just because the system has screwed up priorities.
And when you think about it, the budget for DepEd was really meant for the K12 program. Hence, there really is no increase in the first place for the basic things that are supposed to be addressed (i.e. facilities, equipment, etc.)
And how do you expect the k12 program to work when it is being built on an unstable foundation? Sure there are some schools like the private schools who may already be capable of the additional years. But then again, the k12 program is for the students who would want to work right after that. I doubt students of private schools would let themselves be employed without tertiary education.
Noynoy, you better get your act together. I mean, good job with the RH bill and all. But that doesn’t end there. If your incompetence surfaces any more, you can be sure that a Marcos will be sharpening its claws in the Senate to regain power.
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All those who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depend on the education of the youth. Aristotle
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