The Updated Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan 2004-2010 Chapter 18: Education

Presented by: DDG Margarita R. Songco

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National Economic and Development Authority

Assessment

Creation of the PCTFE established by virtue of Executive Order 652

Performance of basic education based on key indicators declined over the period 2004-2005

Declining trends from 2002 to 2005 suggest an increased gap between performance and targets and low probability of achieving targets for 2010

Table 1: Basic Education Performance (2004 and 2005) vis--vis Plan Targets, (in %)

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR Net Intake Rate in Grade 1 Male Female Net Enrolment Ratio Male Female Cohort Survival Rate Male Female Dropout Rate Male Female
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ACTUAL 2004 Elem. Sec. 41.3 37.5 45.3 87.1 86.2 88.1 71.3 66.1 77.2 7.0 8.4 5.4 60.0 55.0 65.0 78.1 73.3 82.8 8.0 9.9 6.1 2005 Elem. Sec. 36.6 33.0 40.5 84.4 83.6 85.4 70.0 65.5 75.0 7.3 8.6 6.0 58.5 53.7 63.5 67.3 61.5 73.0 12.5 15.0 10.1

INDICATIVE TARGET 2005 2010 Elem. Sec. Elem. Sec. 52.4 86.3

91.0

67.5

96.0

85.0

73.0

68.0

76.0

93.0

5.5

11.2

3.0

2.0

Assessment
Increased access to TVET through scholarships and student financial assistance programs
- PESFA beneficiaries for 2005 (13,944), 2006 (13,860) and 2007 (15,262) exceeded annual target of 13,800

- TESDP beneficiaries for 2005-2006 (11,557) surpassed target by 13%

- PGMA-TWSP: 50% graduated out of total enrollees (130,760) from which 48.8% were employed.

- Only a few (only 2%) benefited from the Iskolar ng Mahihirap na Pamilya
- Ladderized Education Program: enrollment increased from 1,863 (2005) to about 9,560 (2006). Partnerships likewise increased from 21 to 181 partner institutions. No.

of apprentices trained under KasH significantly improved from 2004 (21,773) to 2005 (101,514) but went down in 2006 with only 62,399
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Assessment
DTS posted decreasing no. of apprentices trained from 2005 (2,866) to 2006 (472) Modest increase in higher education enrollment from 2003 (2.42 million) to 2005 (2.45 million) Graduation rate also slightly improved from 15.8% to 17.1% Annual target of 42,600 PESFA beneficiaries not met in 2005 and 2006 DOST-SEI administered S&T scholarships increased from 9,341 beneficiaries in 2005 to 10,353 in 2006
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Strategic Framework

Fiscal reform: expansion of service contracting schemes to cover elementary ECE, EE, ALS and SE Mainstreaming and scaling-up in both internal planning and budgeting process on the utilization of the validated and tested ADMs

Strengthening of the pre-school program; special programs in ESM; tech-voc; sports; SPEd and ALS needs to be accelerated
SBM needs to be pursued as a quality assurance measure

Strategic Framework

Improving class sizes to promote genuine learning

Use of the mother tongue as the language of learning in the early grades of basic education
On sports development: finalization, adoption and operationalization of the PSDP, 2008-2010 Expansion and more sustainable marketing of TVET All TVET programs to be registered under UTPRAS

Strategic Framework
Strengthening of the voucher system, expanded scholarships and other schemes of financial assistance in terms of efficiency and effectiveness Models of integration of Madaris into mainstream higher education shall be formulated based on studies and researches conducted. ETEEAP will be sustained and improved to recapture its original vision Adoption of PNQF as basis for articulation of learning and widening mobility among NFE basic ed., TVET and college

Legislative Agenda
Amendment of the Teacher Licensure Law An Act Strengthening the Education Service Contracting Scheme for Basic Education Amendment of RA 4670 Magna Carta of Public School Teachers Amendment of RA 7880 Fair and Equitable Allocation of DECS Budget for Capital Outlay Enterprise-Based Education and Training Bill

Legislative Agenda
Tertiary Education Scholarships and Student Financial Assistance Reforms Amendment of RA 7722 (Higher Education Act of 1994) and RA 8292 (Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997) Legislation on the Typology of HEIs Enactment of Region XI Regional State University System An Act Institutionalizing the Coordination, Development Planning and Monitoring of the Education System

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THANK YOU

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