by Yvonne Chua
Vera Files
With seven years to go, the Philippines is in danger of not meeting all the targets that have been set for countries to provide “Education for All” by 2015.
“Education for All by 2015 – Will we make it?”, a midterm review of progress across the six EFA goals released recently by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or Unesco, said the country is “at risk” of not achieving the goals on adult literacy and gender parity.
Adult literacy in the Philippines stood at 93 percent in 2004. But the number of adult illiterates stood at 3.78 million in 2004 and is projected to rise to 4 million by 2015. Forty-six percent are females who can’t read, write or count.
For the complete article, click here (Vera Files).
Minor detail left out in the study. The “toilet for all portion” was omitted. With these figures, will Jesli Lapus and his boss give Cyber-Ed a bigger push?
Btw, is that really “forty six percent of women cannot read, write, or count“? Maybe, 4.6%?
malungkot isipin na maraming kabataan ay hindi makapagtuloy sa higher education..meaning college or graduate studies..My observation on education sa amin sa Antique..mahusay ang mga titser and dedicated..particularly sa public school..pero kung walang mga libro at kung mayroon mali din what good will it do? Cyber Ed nga pero kung hindi naman maabot ng electricity ang lugar, what good will it do? Sa pagdaan ni Frank maraming kabataan ang affected..walang makakain..I don’t think the gov’t provides for free lunch (healthy ones not junk food)..one can not study well on an empty stomach..malaking problema nga ito..ang kawawa ay yong mahirap na mahirap ang mga magulang..kailangan talaga ang tunay na malasakit ng mga nasa gobierno..but unfortunately there is no such animal..where is Neri? what is Angara doing? he used to be Pres. of UP..Malungkot!
haha. tama ka tongue. dapat me toilet for all 😛
kaya pala balewala lang o low priority ang ‘kubeta issue’ dahil hindi pala ito kasali o isa sa mga ‘EDI indicators.’
so dahil walang points na mababawas sa ‘review grade,’ ok lang ng walang kubeta ang mga bata…
with too much accumulated debt that we have to pay to World Bank, our country’s revenue only can afford 30% towards social services and 70% goes to paying interest in debts plus corruption involve.
Tongue, Yvonne Chua called up (she’s in Iloilo in the middle of a seminar) to say, yes, there was a mistake. She’s e-mailing the correction. I’m waiting for it.
Here’s a note from Yvonne:
Kaya pala hindi marunong gumamit ng kobeta ang maraming pilipino. Naba-ban tuloy sila ng paggamit ng mga halls dito sa Japan because everytime there is an event arranged by and for Filipinos, nababara ang mga kobeta. Kasalanan pa lalo ni Jesli na uto-uto kay Gloriang kabalen niya.
You’re welcome, Prof. Yvonne.
Your former student at PCIJ University,
Tongue.
In Nancy Lopez’ book “Hopeful Girls, Troubled Boys – Race and Gender Disparity in Urban Education” the decline of boys attending college is a worldwide phenomenon and not exclusive to countries like the the Philippines. Her studies were centered on US schools and dissected official racial bias against Hispanics and Blacks by the Whites. Suprisingly, Asians are lumped in general with the whites despite the amount of melanin in their skin, as well as Europeans who are classified similarly.
On gender disparity, she says, “In 1996, there were 8.4 million women erolled in US colleges, compared with 6.7 million men, even though there were slightly more college-age men at the time. Women also had higher college completion rates than men: 26% to 29% respectively.”
“…It is predicted that as early as the year 2007, the gender gap will reach 2.3 million, with 9.2 million women enrolled in US colleges compared with 6.9 million men.”
While on racial disparity she avers that skin color has much to do with one’s social mobility, one who has a trace of African descent are covered by the “one drop rule”. White being the superior race. Lopez is of the colored Caribbean descent.
Slip of the TonGuE:
…29% to 26%, respectively.
Huh! Naka-ilang refresh ako walang lumabas tapos ngayon doble. Naykupoo, my Tiyanak yata!
Tongue,
You bet there is. I have been having problem with my computer myself because of the apparent intruders. It’s a good thing I’m very well protected,and I am not using my other computers for blogging in Philippine-based forums.
One thing I can do is discuss this issue with the agency I am working with to monitor this kind of intrusion especially coming from some government intrusion trying to suppress press freedom in cyberspace. Tignan natin kung may made-detect.
quick question ms ellen; is there a ruling on the maximum number of students per class in an elementary private school?
Its a big shame for us here in the philippines because our quality of education is very poor. Our education need a complete and full financial support from our government. Education must be the FIRST PRIORITY of our leaders before anything else.