FILIPINOS’ GREATEST TOTGA

Improving one’s learning skills is one of the main objectives of the school in the Philippines. But it is questionable whether the schools can achieve this objective or not. Mainly because of the poor education system that has been regulated in the country for years but is still left untouched. It is beyond doubt that the effectiveness of schools is debatable.

Nowadays, students are in a “read-toanswer”, not “read-to-understand” system in which they read their textbooks only to seek answers for their tasks but not to understand what the texts are all about. In this case, they also display the idea of “study to pass, not study to be educated” type of learning. Now you may ask, was it the education system and the educators who failed to educate the students, or was it the students’ ability to blame for having such poor learning skills?

Lapses in the education system are the one to blame for why educators cannot give quality education to students. Because how can educators provide quality education when they never get the proper treatment from their department?

The government’s underfunding for the Department of Education also affects the quality of education that is given to students. With this poor quality of education given to the students, they will not be able to adapt the learning skills necessary for their proficiency.

As of 2021, the literacy rate in the Philippines had reached 99.27%. This means that almost all Filipino students know how to read, write, and count, according to a report from GlobalData.

However, on the other side of the coin, in terms of reading comprehension, the Philippines fell to the lowest rank among other countries. As reported by GMA News, the Philippines performed the poorest after ranking 78th out of 79 participating countries in a reading literacy test conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2018. This shows that most students in the Philippines can read but cannot grasp the texts they are reading. Overall, reading proficiency is a crucial part of education. It is one of the most necessary learning skills that every student must have, as it helps us process and comprehend every word we read in a text. With poor reading comprehension among students serving as a threat to education in the Philippines, we must realize that there is something wrong with our education system. Furthermore, quality education is a necessary part of a student’s development of learning skills.

Education in our country needs more attention like any other government sector. Giving the quality education that the students creates the possibility that our country can produce more professional experts in different fields, to once again be the pride of our country and raise our respective flag globally because quality education among Filipinos can bring the “educated” title back to our nationality that was taken away from us.