MAKING FILIPINO

CHILDREN
SCHOOL - READY
by  Senator  Edgardo  J.  Angara

The Early Years Act

Sponsorship Speech
9 May 2011 * Senate Session Hall

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

 In June 2011,
about 14 million pupils will
enroll in 45,000 public &
private elementary schools.
• another  7  million  will  enter  
• 2.5M
the  secondary  level  in  10,000  
schools
children
• 1.7  million  five-­‐year-­‐old   will not even
children  will  begin  
kindergarten  pursuant  to   enroll in school
DepED’s  direc>ve  to  offer  it  
to  public  schools  for  free

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 SY  2009  -­‐2010
Elementary School
6.28%
or 800,000
dropped out
dropped  out
continued

13.1 M+

* Of the 14M elementary school pupils

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 SY  2009  -­‐2010
High School
8% or 500,000
dropped out

dropped  out
continued

6.4 M+

* Of the 7M high school students

Of the 7M high school students

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 The highest drop-out
rate in enrollment
occurs between
Grades 1 - 3 due to: • 4M
• poor health children
• severe nutritional are forced to leave
school because
deficiencies they are simply not
• serious learning gaps school-ready.
in their early years

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 SY  2008  -­‐2009
Grade 1 Enrollment

22%
6  years  old 594,000
39%
7  years  old
1.1 M
8  -­‐11  years  old

39%
1.1 M

Out of the 2.7M pupils enrolled in Grade1

* Of the 2.7 M pupils in Grade 1

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 FACTS
• We’re unsuccessful •
in instilling in parents We neglect the
& families the value most critical
of education years of a child’s
• Our school system development
has been incapable
of keeping students
in school

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 RESEARCHES/STUDIES
revealed that:
1 the vital years of brain
development occurs
much earlier than age 5
2
learning begins at birth

3 learning pathways in the

brain are formed from 0-6
years
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 Brain Development
Age 10 half of the connections of
the brain are pruned All future
leaving an average child learning is
with 500 trillion neurons
based on the
that last through most of
his life early years of
brain dev’t
Age 8 another 30% is developed

Age 4
50% of person’s ability to
learn is developed

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 There are 17 million •

Only
Filipino children
• 4 out of 10
aged 0-6 Filipinos kids ages
(National Census)
0-6 years old
received some
• 9.5M under three
form of early care
years old
& education
• 7.5M ages 3-6 are
enrolled in Day Care
Centers, Preschool,
and grade one
classes
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 Day Care
•

Less than
• 2 of every 10
Centers mainly Filipinos kids were
offer child care & part of early
learning program
child-minding s that stimulates
brain development
ervices

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

 “Making Filipino Children
School-Ready”
is the GREATEST CHALLENGE !

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 Contributing to the holistic development of young
children involve the provision of the following components

health nutrition

•early education • social development

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 Personnel currently •
handling very
young c h i l d r e n Critical need
to upgrade
49,865 day care workers are competencies
engaged in child care and and capabilities
child minding programs in through
49,712 day care centers professionalization
• 50% are college
graduates though not all
education graduates
• 30% are undergraduates

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 Transform Day Care Centers
into Child Development Centers
to meet the emerging
requirements for educational
development for early years.

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 The Early Childhood Care
& Development (ECCD)
Council is at the helm of
the campaign to help
young children to
1• develop their intelligence,
personality and behavior
2• enhance success in school

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

 Major pillar of the
ECCD system
parents’ active involvement
as providers of early
childhood care and
development at home

participation in local and

national programs

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

 5 CYCLES OF EDUCATIONAL DEV’T
Cycle 1 Foundation Cycle
(0 to 6 years)
Cycle 2 Elementary Education Cycle
(6 to12 years)

Cycle 3 Secondary Education Cycle

(12 to 18 years)

Cycle 4 Higher Education Cycle

(18 to 24 years)
Cycle 5 Continuing Education Cycle
(24 years – above)

Released year 2000

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
 Enacting the Early Years
Act is more than timely –
it is long overdue.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

 THANK
YOU.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011