JOSEPH REY G. MAGSINO
ACTIVITY #3: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING AS
PROFESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. Read RA 9293, An Act Amending Certain Sections of RA 7836 and answer
this question: what provisions in RA 9293 contribute to ensure that teachers
fielded are quality teachers? Discuss.
This Republic Act is beneficial to both Filipino children and teachers because of
the following reasons:
1. Teachers in a specific level of teaching (i.e Pre-school, Elementary and
Secondary) must have a baccalaureate and must teach to where they
specialize. This is important because children of different age need
different kind of teaching approaches and teachers who are trained in
this field can provide that needs and they can better understand these
set of learners. Teachers in Junior High School is eligible in teaching Preschool but the training in teaching JHS leaners during college is different
from the sets of training an Early Childhood Teacher are from their
bachelor’s degree.
2. Teachers must have a license before they can practice the profession.
Everyone can teach, as a matter fact our first teacher is our mother but
teaching with license is a different story. License from Philippine
Regulatory Commission serves as an indication that the teacher had
gone through a screening process, he/she is eligible to teach and mold a
child and can impart his/her the knowledge and skills. It is the same
thing to doctors, will you allow an unlicensed Doctor to perform a major
operation to you or your loved ones? or buying your first phone, will you
buy an unbranded phone which price is similarly the same with branded
ones? With this, teachers need licensed for it will reflect QUALITY
EDUCATION.
3. It gives opportunity to teachers who failed to pass the licensure
examination, given that their rating is not lower than 5% of the passing
rate. This may contradict to my second reason BUT this opportunity is
beneficial to children living in war zone places or to remote places.
Almost of the licensed teachers dreamt of teaching in their hometown if
offered to teach in a war zone area or remote places they will mostly
decline (If I was offered with this, I will decline as well). If we have these
Para-teachers who is willing to do the job then we can deliver education
even in far flung places.
4. Lastly, teachers’ knowledge must be up to date and this RA ensures that
teachers who have not practiced the profession within 5 years should
took a refresher course to update what they have learned and what they
should learn. As humans we often forgot things specially if we don’t
practice it for a long time. As teachers we need to make sure that our
leaning is current, for our learners are evolving, what we know 10 years
from now must be obsolete in the present. Taking refresher course helps
teachers who haven’t practice the profession for too long to be updated.
2. In 1991 the Congressional Commission to Review and Assess Philippine
Education (EDCOM) come out with the finding that the "quality of Philippine
education is declining" and that the teachers are
"At the heart of the problem". The EDCOM discussed further that:
- teachers were poorly trained there is low quality of students enrolled in
teacher training
- teaching is perceived as a poorly esteemed profession so it does not attract
the best as mandated in the Philippine Constitution that " teaching will attract
and retain" its rightful share of the best available talents through adequate
remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment ( Article XIV,
Section 5 (5).
- What actions did the Philippine government do after the EDCOM Report?
Congress came up with a law creating the CHED, whose primary purpose is to
regulate colleges & universities. Through its program promoting ‘national
centers of excellence’, CHED is trying to encourage colleges & universities to
develop special niches in certain areas of human knowledge which have a
direct relevance to society & industry.
The congress also proposes these curriculum enablers:
ELEMENTARY
least 200 days.
.
itical subjects such as English, Mathematics and
Natural Sciences.
Grade 6 pupils in all private schools in English, Mathematics and Natural
Sciences.
SECONDARY
mber of school days in a year by 8% (from 185 days to 200
days).
economics (from 60 minutes to 80 minutes).
wing
individual schools for option to replace Values Education III and IV with either
English, Mathematics or Natural Science Subjects.
achievement in English, Science & Mathematics.
TEACHERS DEVELOPMENT
National Teachers Board under the Regulatory Commission (PRC) which is
tasked with giving periodic tests as prerequisite for licensing and certification
of teaching competencies.
for teachers and administrators.
strengthening of pre-service service education.
The EDCOM of 1991 also states that If one year is to be added in the education
program, it recommends one of two alternatives: Seven years of elementary
education or Five years of secondary education.