Government & Education Best Posts in Thread: For those who still have illusions about the state of education in this country

Well, I really think that as a foreigner parent you can have a pretty big influence on the development of your child in the Philippines, and it doesn't even matter whether they're physically yours or just emotionally.
What does matter is how involved you are in their development obviously.
I remember taping large sheets of paper with the multiplication tables up to twelve to the walls of the house when noticing that the primary school was failing the kids in that respect.
And taking her outside on a clear evening and pointing up to the stars, explaining how big and how far.
Also, buying a globe and reading to her at night before bed.
There's many things you can do to give a child a better chance at success in life, also when raising kids in the Philippines.
The lousy school system is an obstacle but not necessarily a roadblock.

 

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/filipino-students-proficiency-edcom-2-report-january-2026/

The article explains how by the end of Senior High school only 0.4% of students are considered proficient in their subjects.

Yet, in my opinion they (the government) persist in suggesting solutions that ignore the basic problems.
1. The teacher education sucks, it is way to easy to become a certified teacher. As a result the quality of the average teacher is below par. The other result is that there are too many teachers so many work in other professions.
2. The school system sucks also. To push all kids through the same system until age 18 is naive to use a rather friendly characterisation. Because the instruction speed is determined by the average student, you end up with one third that can't keep up, and one third staring out the window because it's too easy.
Putting someone who ends up as a carpenter through the same system as a future doctor until age 18 is not efficient.
Solution: create way more "science high schools" (and not private!!) and put those future carpenters/bricklayers/electricians in their own junior/technical highschool.
3. No more kindergarten style "school projects" that are basically just a shopping list for the parents. Cure: better teachers.