The DepEd motto for public schools "walang maiiwan" and "bawal magbagsak" made many (NOT ALL) schools just a mere "Diploma mills." Many students graduated from high schools even though they only attended classes 5% of their attendances. Many have failing grades during Gr. 12 but school management would let them graduate. As a result, many students became aware of this malpractice and would intentionally skip classes and refuse to complete school required activities because they knew "they'll still graduate".
How good was PHL education in the 1960s? We had foreign classmates from Iran, Thailand and Malaysia who came to study Engineering in PHL! That's how good it was! In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Lee Kwan Yew imported Filipino architects and engineers to start up the infrastructure of Singapore. Today, Filipinos are brought into Singapore to work as domestic helpers. Really sad...
In mid-70's my wife and I went to the Philippine Consulate in NY. In the elevator were American mother and son. She said they were in the process of getting a student visa for her son because he is finishing his medical school in the Philippines. It's because it's a lot cheaper to send someone to finish medicine in the Philippines...and I assume it was also competitive at that time. I don't know how it is now.
@@vloggergrandpa2707 If you are talking about the medical schools of UP, UST or other high-end universities, I believe the quality is still competitive. My wife’s nephew, who grew up in California, studied medicine in UST during the 1990s and now has a successful practice with Kaiser. The last 20 years has seen the creation of many other medical schools in PHL. I am not able to judge the quality of these newer schools. But there have been instances of PHL medical graduates who fail to qualify or pass the board exams in the US or UK and are now working as nurses. I personally know Filipino engineering graduates who work as bus drivers or mail men in the US. I was fortunate to have worked with a couple of PHL branches of multinational corporations before migrating. My work experience in PHL was recognized and I was immediately employed with the same job grade by the mother company in the US.
I know personally a high school teacher and coordinator who tells me the struggles to teach students remotely here in the Philippines. But my friends who are teachers in the States with all the high tech equipment are struggling because it is a the lack of student interest plus other factors! Once against, you report on all the negatives.
Oh now you got me going....My wife enrolled our daughter in a top rated pvt school in Angeles City. She tried to get a schedule of the classes before she enrolled her but they would not give it to her. Now we get the schedule after paying and it will still be all online only, costing over 60,000 peso for the year. The classes are only 2 per day for 1 hour each, sample Mon. 1 hour English...1 hour Filipino. Tues. 1 hour History 1 hour Gym.....soooo basically its 1 hour only each 1 week for each subject. Really how the hell will you learn anything like that....its crazy!!!!
Parents: I agree with you about both parents who were absent in their growing up years. They were given financial support . Some became successful after college and most did not. I am speaking about my relatives . No diploma or certificate to show their parents and relatives . Result: show wife and babies struggling to support their bad behavior. The students who took advantage of the financial support are doing very well. Education: I Agree with your educational assessment. I told my relatives young relatives to speak to me in English for free training. They told me , they do not know how to speak English. How sad. Some are good and most won't evern try.There went the money spent on relative's $s went down the drain. No more help going to those relatives. Thank you for the days topics grandpa.
The family system which is the core of the community has fallen by the wayside, the moral values have disintegrated, and the fear of God has left the people. So what do we except will happen to the society?
Grandpa, you raise some valid points. I don't have experience with city schools but I do have with province schools. My child was enrolled in kindergarten in the public school. Yes, there is malnutrition. It's unfortunate, but true. There is a program for those children where they receive nutritious food at school. Unfortunately that program is detrimental to all the rest of the children. The reason for this is that the teachers must take turns preparing the food during the school day. While the teachers are preparing food, the students are not being instructed. Next, if a teacher is absent for whatever reason, the class is canceled until the teacher returns. There are no substitute teachers. Further, the schoolrooms are very uncomfortable due to the high ambient temperatures. There is no air conditioning. Fans are permitted but must be purchased by the parents. Imagine the noise created by a bunch of fans running in a classroom. And all those fans really accomplished was blowing hot air around a hot classroom and making it difficult for students to hear. Next, there was absolutely no technology in the classroom. If the teacher had a laptop it was their own laptop purchased with their own money. Next, the class sizes were far too large for any individual attention with 30 to 40 students per teacher. Further, classes started on Filipino time. Basically whenever the teachers were done chatting with each other. Needless to say this was not an environment I wanted for my child's education. I enrolled my child in a private school that has small class sizes, air conditioning, substitute teachers, and is strict about maintaining a time schedule. I also question the quality of the teachers and their motivation. I'm sure there are very dedicated and well educated teachers, but consider this. My child's lola teaches 4th grade, an aunt is a college graduate with elementary education qualifications. Neither of them could comprehend how to solve 3rd grade math problems from the private school. Education is the foundation of life for every child. Without this solid foundation the child will most likely never reach their true potential. And that is truly a travesty.
I agree with your assessment on how education is in the province. However, God needs to be the foundation of life for every child. Without that foundation their life is not a life of faith regardless of how good the education system might be.
this is one of the most intelligent comments ive seen , i believe in my class alone , weve got 50 students , i think that number needs to be shrunk down to 30 or 20 so that teachers can have breathing room and can actually prioritize and get to know their students better.
Thank you for this video! My Filipina wife has a degree from the Philippines and is now going to school here in America. She goes to the school and sometimes online. I think it is better in person. If she gets a high enough grade the company will pay for this education. That's a great deal, but she has to put a lot of time into the studying.
Know of a guy born and educated in the Philippines. In the U. S., non-Filipinos were so amazed at his mastery of English. Not all Filipinos are like that; however, the more solid concentration (yes, other classes, too, or little junk food then) helped him. Thanks, Grandpa Vlogger!
I attended a provincial private college in the Philippines in the mid 70s and I hate to say this but most of these colleges are diploma mills. I was a dedicated student but practically all I did, as well as my classmates, was memorize terms (I hated it) which ensured passing the tests. Critical thinking was seldom encouraged in the classrooms so when I went to night school for a second degree here in the US, mostly paid for by my employer, a bank, I was very much relieved that I did not have to do a lot of rote memorization. The US still has the best universities in the world like Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Caltech, to name a few, that's why the brightest young people come here to learn the most advanced technologies, be challenged intellectually by brilliant teachers and classmates and push the boundaries of learning.
"Educational System is not about testing your Intelligence, it is about testing your memory." I saw it on a meme...also, I should add SKILLS right there. Great Research compiled on your video!!!
Agree po ako sa inyo. Ang problem ng pinas ay kulang sa teachers at school tapos di na pa followup ng mga parents turuan ang mga bata sa bahay. Kahit saang bansa or school pa mag aral kung di na pa followup turuan ang bata at iaasa lahat sa school well alam na natin mangyayari. at sana i deliver na in tagalog yung mga math at science instead na english para madali maintindihan ng mga bata. Di lahat ng bata madali matuto sa english dahil di naman lahat ng tao created equally, iba iba ang weakness at strengths ng mga tao. Mas maganda kung maideliver yung dalawang subject na yun sa tagalog or sa dialect na madaling maintindihan. Di natin kelangan gumaya sa US dahil national language nila ang english at yun ang ginagamit nila araw araw sa bahay at school makipag communicate kaya madaling maintindihan yung tinuturo sa kanila.
You raised valid points and I agree. Sadly, because of social and moral decline in our society, more and more highly educated people lack basic common sense.
Jesus said they would ever be learning but not coming to the knowledge of the truth. We have many well educated people according to the world system that are totally lost spiritually as well as physically.
Thanks for sharing. I just retired as an administrator last January and it saddened me to know the plight of education in our country. With the pandemic going on I feel it might have gotten worse .I am now thinking as to how we can at least help our learners discern truth from lies by the examples we set in our homes, one good parent / guardian can make a difference
Having an uneducated society is unhealthy for the long term success of a country, but for politicians the uneducated can be led like sheep. They are easy to deceive, believe what is being fed to them by those in power and for the most part do not demand better from their leaders.
I would say this, listening to your information and reflecting upon my experiences, i would say in addition to comparing the costs of education, i would agree that studies and responsible learning on part of the students in the Philippines would be superior.
Agree. Money is put in the wrong places. The yearly budget needs more on education the young kids are the future leaders. Also agree parents need to be helping their kids but with parents away overseas or like in the US work so many hours they have little time with their kids helping, teaching, discipline them the kids suffer. They are the future CEOS, President other leaders.
It's not just the Philippines, it's a global agenda. Charlotte Thomsom Iserbyt wrote a book called "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America". But it's deeper than that... It's globally!
The PI govt would rather double the pay of soldiers and the Police while teachers, nurses, doctors and other professionals get paid poverty wages. Why become a professional in the Philippines? Just join the military or Police and make more money. SMH.
It is sad reality that government refuses to accept ( Sec. Briones is so onion skinned and can’t take constructive criticism from established organizations like WB.
I salute u sir for being concern to the education of the Filipinos nowadays, I hope you know what was the reason why the system of education became abnormal not only here in our country but in the whole world, pls dig more So that u will know who did the system.
This the sad state of today's society. Many reasons and the people there are letting this happen to a once proud country. The prior leaders and heroes of the Philippines would be crying if they saw what is the reality of today. Is there any hope or solution to these issues? The only true lesson the people there need is to elect better leaders and hold them accountable. In my humble opinion.
Today’s Philippine graduates, many lacks competitiveness, good decision making, leadership skills and becoming mere followers. They cannot articulate nor express themselves in a competitive business environment with English speakers (they just smile and nod without understanding). Similar to Duterte, he cannot complete a single sentence without using curse as an adjective. Primarily, Politics, Social media, land the impact of television are the main recipes in destroying the Philippine education and the younger generation. This is not a criticism but observation.
You are absolutely correct!!! They're lacking in social skills (no manners/etiquette, loud, etc...) even those that are already in the US. Knew a lot of them. Have poor reading comprehension, can't use proper vocabulary in conversation. Teachers have lost their passion and enthusiasm in teaching unlike in the 60s & 70s. It's shameful.....
You also forgot Manny Pacquiao as a perfect example🤣 All ignorant Filipinos think Manny can express himself perfectly in English when he faced Sen Franklin Drilon🤣 Look! He's here in the US again to make Money and aggrandize himself with another cooked title for next year's Presidential Election. He probably didn't care about the dismal state of the Philippine Educational system because he can afford to buy his own credentials from Recto🤣
Did you ever try to use the internet in the Philippines. Maybe the internet quality is the major problem with online learning there. In person might be better, but online is not impossible.
True and I agree. I guess it depends on the school you go to in the Philippines or for that matter in the United States. But it also true that one becomes more competitive in the job market in the Philippines with a U.S. diploma from an Ivy League School. Unfortunately. i heard that the Philippine educational system is in decline, marred by bureaucracy and corruption, I don’t know how true. I only know that a Philippine grad has a much better chance of a corporate executive career with a post grad diploma from the United States or elsewhere like England.
Good vlog again Grandpa. So many factors you just don’t have the time to go over. Why don’t I hear more about all the millions of province kids who don’t have access to internet or the money to pay for it, not to mention a computer or other device and sometimes even electricity? How are they supposed to get any schooling in these remote learning ‘module’ classes?
They don't need computers or the internet to learn the basics in school. Some of those kids can't even have anything to wear to protect their feet because of extreme poverty. What they need is a Government who gives a damn. Period!
Online in the Philippines is laughable only in the big cities and towns do they have it. Most of the children do modules which is just work packets picked up from school and taken home for the kids to do?
Seeing Critical Race Theory and LGBTQ+ being pushed as an agenda in the educational system in America. I am actually glad to be educated and have finished my bachelor's in the Philippines. Besides education were not only found in school. Life itself can educate us. However, I do appreciate the educational process in the province by good & smart teachers who have taught critical thinking to students that can help well in life.
There should also be emphasis on discipline and population explosion. The church in itself should open their eyes to reality and the politicians in office to start thinking of the well being and progress of their constituents instead of fattening their pockets. The remote learning scheme dictated by our current health situation. However, if the educators take the time to interact with students, and, with parental involvement have resulted in good and positive results. That is my honest opinion. I was educated in the Philippine public system with some private school training, and I agree with your observation. The younger Filipinos today are more concerned with looking like and living like the rich.
Many years ago the US Army used to send cadets to Philippine Military Academy. One of the most decorated Army officer who fought in Vietnam was a graduate of PMA. Some cadets also came from South Korea and other Asian countries. I wonder what happened that they no longer have foreign cadets at PMA. Is it because of the quality of teaching? A lot of Filipinos (officers) were sent to US, UK, Australia, Denmark, South Korea and other EURO countries to study and they did well.
Why some (or many) Filipino teachers work abroad as domestic workers? Obviously b/c of poor salaries or unemployment. Getting a college degree majoring in education is the cheapest causing an over supply, hence, the unemployment. The image of a teacher compare to a mere domestic helper in some cases makes many students unmotivated to learn. Some or many parents now would say "Ano ang matutuhan mo sa katulong?" (What would your child learn from a mere household helper?). On top of these scenarios, the number of kids go to school hungry or not even having a nutritious breakfast, is increasing.
Hello po, question lang po, if I will retire in the Philippines and I will take my lump sum money from my 401k , will I have to pay the federal tax of 20% ? I will be a non resident for more than 6 months . Pls advise po maraming salamat po.
Here's information on how your 401K is taxed: www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/061915/how-your-401k-taxed-when-you-retire.asp#taxes-on-a-traditional-401k
As I'm moving to Philippines in less than two years with my wife and son who will by then be three years old, I have given much thought to this topic. After watching your blog there are some things that need clarifying. Most of the reasons for the quality of education declining seems to be the students underachieving, not being able to learn. That seems to be due to the reasons you mentioned, such as malnourishment, lack of parental support etc. Those are factors that absolutely should be improved. However, even though my son will not face those problems, there are other factors that could affect his learning. That would be the quality of teaching. There wasn't much about that in your blog. Is there any research about the training of teachers? Are they less qualified than before? If so, the training of teachers should also be addressed so that they would be qualified. Improving the ability of students to learn doesn't help much if the teachers aren't qualified and motivated.
The most important of subjects is to teach the child to personally know the Word of God found within the Bible and found within his or her own spirit as God speaks. Any of man's educational systems that misses this most basic of training a child is of the world system. All those of this system will fail both God and man. It is important for the child to be able to read so they can read the Bible for themselves. So they can know God's word for themselves without having to trust in anyone else, especially religious leaders that don't truly represent God. This is the basic for a good education. Without that basic, all the rest will always fail. It is important for the child to be reading a lot of the Bible and for the younger Bible stories on their reading level.
Why of all the holy books the Bible should be the one required? The Philippines is a secular country; religious education should not be compulsory (except the basics.)
You also need skills and common sense lol or else you will be poor and complain also wanna know why the PH is stuck for being a third world country who gets bullied by other countries
I would never put my kid into a school that focuses more on religion than academics. Bible doesn't teach mathematics or science. On the contrary, believing strictly in the Bible would be denying science. And you can be a good person who tries to abide the ten commandments (except the first four) even though you don't believe in God.
The Rule of Thumb in the Philippines Paano natin pahihirapan ang Pilipino in all their undertakings. How to put hoops and more hoops to all their endeavors. Let alone their tongue twisting Acronyms. And if all these do not work, LOCKDOWN the SBes.
Most schools overseas from the US gave a better education to their youth. However you are right Danny it should of improved with better tech. Here in the US they don't teach Civics anymore. History is also watered down. The treatment of our Native Americans is not touched upon. Our daughter is in High Scholl in the Philippines now and is doing classes remote due to the Covid. We made sure she has a first rate computer and printer, but how many of the other families can support it. The education system has been going downhill before the pandemic , and even in your own words you never heard of OFW's when you were younger. Well the government does nothing for their people and it pretty much started with Marcos as he raped the country. In the Jewish religion we say it's not a sin to be born poor, but it's a sin to remain that way. Our daughter was raised Catholic as my wife is , but once she is finished with her education she will be moving to the USA as the opportunities and set of circumstances will make it possible to make her dreams of a better life possible. After all isn't that the reason you left? Think about it!
Traditional Latin Mass communities have a homeschooling co-op. I have found homeschooled kids to be smarter and more advanced than kids who go to public or private schools. Education always begins with the parents. I don't have a degree (I hated school) but got into a paralegal program that had a degree prerequisite. I graduated by the skin of my teeth (UCLA UNEX), yet can outdo degreed paralegals at work. Why are natural born Americans asking me for help in grammar and word usage? My son went to vo-tech high school, worked as a shampoo assistant after school when he was 16, was able to obtain financing for his car without any parental help when he was 19 with three solid years of experience, bought his house at 21 also became the youngest of the salon's technical trainers nationwide at 21, and the youngest Design Team member at 22 or 23. At 18 when he first got licensed, he went with his mentor to NYC just to learn, but ended up being pulled by Rodney Cutler into styling the hair of a number of the fifty-five top male models for the 2013 AmFar Inspirational Gala fashion show and auction. Education in the USA has become a cash cow for the elite, lining their pockets while producing a lot of worthless graduates who lose to graduates of other countries. My niece, a graduate of Philippine Science High School and U.P., should she choose to compete against grads of U.S. universities, might even beat them in skills and intelligence. (Btw, I also made it to Philippine Science in the 70's but refused to go because I was told I had to be very serious with my studies. I went to Maryknoll instead. 😂😂😂)
Coming as an immigrant from the Philippines and becoming a lecturer in Philadelphia immediately. Very impressive. But I thought you went to Canada first?
I did. But I was only in Canada for one year. I did not become a lecturer until I got my CPA License in the U.S., which I think was about 4 years after I arrive in the U.S. Thus, it was about five years after leaving the Philippines. I was about 25 or 26 years old then.
I had no intention of going to the US AFTER I decided to go to Canada. However, after I learned about the limited opportunity in Canada due to discrimination, I decided to move to the U.S.
They openly advertised that male or female are preferred, Canadian experience required, etc. I know that exist in the US as well...but it is not openly displayed. Personally, I have not experienced any discrimination in the US except once. When I applied for a position in a different department in the same company, I did not get the job and when I asked human resource why, they said the notation on my application stated that I have a communication problem. I asked them how they can say that when I was not even interviewed? Human Resource got concerned and called the company legal department to talk to me. I told them not to worry because I will not sue the company for that. I told them that if they do not respect my capabilities, then there is no reason for me to continue working in that company. I then left and joined an Oil Company organization, where I spent the balance of my career life. In this company, I moved up by moving from one department to another. That experience in Canada was in the 70’s, but I don’t know if it has changed since.
This is my theory on why the Philippine education is going down. I hope I don’t offend anyone. I think they are making the population dumb so the population will not know when corruption is happening in front of their faces.
Whether it's declining or not becomes irrelevant in the years ahead. We are leaving the Information Age where computer literacy was crucial and entering the knowledge age where Artificial Intelligence literacy is the key factor. In this computational era, knowledge is accessible in real time and artificial intelligence will democratize being an expert at any given field of study. Yes there are mechanical skills that needs to be practiced over time such as painting, surgery or excelling in sports and these fields will remain as human pursuits. As far as education is concerned, the whole system is going to be overhauled to be more personalized to the student sector demography. Their experience of education is far different from the old experience, what is important to them is far different from what was important in even just a decade ago. If we want an upward trend, innovation is the only way. We need to forget our old assumptions and base our models on data we already have.
Granpa, every day life in a democracy is politics. If the people don't participate, don't contribute to the common weal, then why have democracy? Everyone has to do their part. If you don't vote, if you don't participate in local/national political life, civic life, community life, national life, then your democracy withers away and dies...in a way, we are all politicians, whether we like it or not. The fact that one makes choices every day in life is politics. Back in the 1970's when you had a choice to emigrate to Canada or go to school in the US, you made a (political) choice not to apply attend school in Russia or Latin America or East Germany..., perhaps because of the language limitations, but yet you could have tried Jamaica or the UK....it's all politics. Hindi bali, you and I are old Medicare-qualified Fil-Ams with our dual citizen, Pinoy senior cards for the long lines at Jolibee and Tapa King and Chow King, so Bahala Na!!! Still, I love and enjoy your UA-cam channel!!! Keep up the good work...I still need that Pinoy retirement inside scoop for the long view!!!
I’m an American and have sent my kids to school in the Philippine. And unless you can afford private school the education is years behind and very few can afford the Private school. And I’ve traveled all around the Philippine and have came to the conclusion. And that’s corruption and greed is the main problem. And the rich exploit the poor people in the Philippine. This also happens in other countries but in the Philippine it’s really bad.
I beg to disagree I am sitting besides my grandson here in America and he has an online grade I pupil lesson from the Philippines, good in reading and comprehension and their Mathematics more advance in the Philippines than my grandson here and the teachers are very good.
Perhaps they studying in pvt schools, which allow them to excel and learn advanced subjects in a good environment, as opposed to public schools, where they are only taught what they need to know in order to be prepared for college, so the majority of them are studying in disturbing areas.
I mean Deped is Very corrupt 😂 about those ₱60k Intel laptops per unit they said it's for the teachers lol 😂😂😂😂 they could have bought a better laptop with better specs not an old Intel processor lol.
Although not observed in this video, look at the comments on other videos. The writing skills are deplorable, be it in English or Tagalog coupled with lazy shortcuts for words derived from the texting culture. People could barely write a sentence properly. Apparently, in this particular video, I don't see any of those, or haven't scrolled down far enough, which means most people who watched this are well educated or take time to post correctly.
"Although not observed in this video, look at the comments on other videos. The writing skills are deplorable" In what way? "be it in English or Tagalog coupled with lazy shortcuts for words derived from the texting culture." whats wrong with Taglish? whats wrong with texting culture? you a boomer? cant take abbrieviations? "People could barely write a sentence properly. " Its called "short cuts" , its culture , internet culture , or as you put it , texting culture. "Apparently, in this particular video, I don't see any of those, or haven't scrolled down far enough, which means most people who watched this are well educated or take time to post correctly." are you dumb?
The DepEd motto for public schools "walang maiiwan" and "bawal magbagsak" made many (NOT ALL) schools just a mere "Diploma mills." Many students graduated from high schools even though they only attended classes 5% of their attendances. Many have failing grades during Gr. 12 but school management would let them graduate. As a result, many students became aware of this malpractice and would intentionally skip classes and refuse to complete school required activities because they knew "they'll still graduate".
How good was PHL education in the 1960s? We had foreign classmates from Iran, Thailand and Malaysia who came to study Engineering in PHL! That's how good it was!
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Lee Kwan Yew imported Filipino architects and engineers to start up the infrastructure of Singapore. Today, Filipinos are brought into Singapore to work as domestic helpers. Really sad...
In mid-70's my wife and I went to the Philippine Consulate in NY. In the elevator were American mother and son. She said they were in the process of getting a student visa for her son because he is finishing his medical school in the Philippines. It's because it's a lot cheaper to send someone to finish medicine in the Philippines...and I assume it was also competitive at that time. I don't know how it is now.
@@vloggergrandpa2707 If you are talking about the medical schools of UP, UST or other high-end universities, I believe the quality is still competitive. My wife’s nephew, who grew up in California, studied medicine in UST during the 1990s and now has a successful practice with Kaiser. The last 20 years has seen the creation of many other medical schools in PHL. I am not able to judge the quality of these newer schools. But there have been instances of PHL medical graduates who fail to qualify or pass the board exams in the US or UK and are now working as nurses. I personally know Filipino engineering graduates who work as bus drivers or mail men in the US. I was fortunate to have worked with a couple of PHL branches of multinational corporations before migrating. My work experience in PHL was recognized and I was immediately employed with the same job grade by the mother company in the US.
I know personally a high school teacher and coordinator who tells me the struggles to teach students remotely here in the Philippines. But my friends who are teachers in the States with all the high tech equipment are struggling because it is a the lack of student interest plus other factors! Once against, you report on all the negatives.
Oh now you got me going....My wife enrolled our daughter in a top rated pvt school in Angeles City. She tried to get a schedule of the classes before she enrolled her but they would not give it to her. Now we get the schedule after paying and it will still be all online only, costing over 60,000 peso for the year. The classes are only 2 per day for 1 hour each, sample Mon. 1 hour English...1 hour Filipino. Tues. 1 hour History 1 hour Gym.....soooo basically its 1 hour only each 1 week for each subject. Really how the hell will you learn anything like that....its crazy!!!!
Parents:
I agree with you about both parents who were absent in their growing up years. They were
given financial support . Some became successful after college and most did not. I am speaking about my relatives . No diploma or certificate to show their parents and relatives . Result: show wife and babies struggling to support their bad behavior. The students who took advantage of the financial support are doing very well.
Education:
I Agree with your educational assessment. I told my relatives young relatives to speak to me in English for free training. They told me , they do not know how to speak English. How sad. Some are good and most won't evern try.There went the money spent on relative's $s went down the drain. No more help going to those relatives.
Thank you for the days topics grandpa.
The family system which is the core of the community has fallen by the wayside, the moral values have disintegrated, and the fear of God has left the people. So what do we except will happen to the society?
Grandpa, you raise some valid points. I don't have experience with city schools but I do have with province schools. My child was enrolled in kindergarten in the public school. Yes, there is malnutrition. It's unfortunate, but true. There is a program for those children where they receive nutritious food at school. Unfortunately that program is detrimental to all the rest of the children. The reason for this is that the teachers must take turns preparing the food during the school day. While the teachers are preparing food, the students are not being instructed.
Next, if a teacher is absent for whatever reason, the class is canceled until the teacher returns. There are no substitute teachers.
Further, the schoolrooms are very uncomfortable due to the high ambient temperatures. There is no air conditioning. Fans are permitted but must be purchased by the parents. Imagine the noise created by a bunch of fans running in a classroom. And all those fans really accomplished was blowing hot air around a hot classroom and making it difficult for students to hear.
Next, there was absolutely no technology in the classroom. If the teacher had a laptop it was their own laptop purchased with their own money.
Next, the class sizes were far too large for any individual attention with 30 to 40 students per teacher.
Further, classes started on Filipino time. Basically whenever the teachers were done chatting with each other.
Needless to say this was not an environment I wanted for my child's education. I enrolled my child in a private school that has small class sizes, air conditioning, substitute teachers, and is strict about maintaining a time schedule.
I also question the quality of the teachers and their motivation. I'm sure there are very dedicated and well educated teachers, but consider this. My child's lola teaches 4th grade, an aunt is a college graduate with elementary education qualifications. Neither of them could comprehend how to solve 3rd grade math problems from the private school.
Education is the foundation of life for every child. Without this solid foundation the child will most likely never reach their true potential. And that is truly a travesty.
I agree with your assessment on how education is in the province. However, God needs to be the foundation of life for every child. Without that foundation their life is not a life of faith regardless of how good the education system might be.
The real problems are: 1) over crowded classroom. 60 students/ class is too much for one teacher, 2) few good teachers remain due to low pay
this is one of the most intelligent comments ive seen , i believe in my class alone , weve got 50 students , i think that number needs to be shrunk down to 30 or 20 so that teachers can have breathing room and can actually prioritize and get to know their students better.
Thank you for this video! My Filipina wife has a degree from the Philippines and is now going to school here in America. She goes to the school and sometimes online. I think it is better in person.
If she gets a high enough grade the company will pay for this education. That's a great deal, but she has to put a lot of time into the studying.
Know of a guy born and educated in the Philippines. In the U. S., non-Filipinos were so amazed at his mastery of English. Not all Filipinos are like that; however, the more solid concentration (yes, other classes, too, or little junk food then) helped him. Thanks, Grandpa Vlogger!
I attended a provincial private college in the Philippines in the mid 70s and I hate to say this but most of these colleges are diploma mills. I was a dedicated student but practically all I did, as well as my classmates, was memorize terms (I hated it) which ensured passing the tests. Critical thinking was seldom encouraged in the classrooms so when I went to night school for a second degree here in the US, mostly paid for by my employer, a bank, I was very much relieved that I did not have to do a lot of rote memorization. The US still has the best universities in the world like Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Caltech, to name a few, that's why the brightest young people come here to learn the most advanced technologies, be challenged intellectually by brilliant teachers and classmates and push the boundaries of learning.
"Educational System is not about testing your Intelligence, it is about testing your memory."
I saw it on a meme...also, I should add SKILLS right there.
Great Research compiled on your video!!!
Yes I heard we are 2nd to the last on WB's education report and is very sad :( I'm disappointed but not surprised!!
Agree po ako sa inyo. Ang problem ng pinas ay kulang sa teachers at school tapos di na pa followup ng mga parents turuan ang mga bata sa bahay. Kahit saang bansa or school pa mag aral kung di na pa followup turuan ang bata at iaasa lahat sa school well alam na natin mangyayari. at sana i deliver na in tagalog yung mga math at science instead na english para madali maintindihan ng mga bata. Di lahat ng bata madali matuto sa english dahil di naman lahat ng tao created equally, iba iba ang weakness at strengths ng mga tao. Mas maganda kung maideliver yung dalawang subject na yun sa tagalog or sa dialect na madaling maintindihan. Di natin kelangan gumaya sa US dahil national language nila ang english at yun ang ginagamit nila araw araw sa bahay at school makipag communicate kaya madaling maintindihan yung tinuturo sa kanila.
The kids we know here, hate the online learning. And we fear many skills will be lost, including social
Thank you the information. My Asawa is a retired school head. She is very said to here this
You raised valid points and I agree. Sadly, because of social and moral decline in our society, more and more highly educated people lack basic common sense.
Jesus said they would ever be learning but not coming to the knowledge of the truth. We have many well educated people according to the world system that are totally lost spiritually as well as physically.
@@young749Au your a disgrace to your ancestors you don't deserve to say the word Proud to be pinoy
Thanks for sharing. I just retired as an administrator last January and it saddened me to know the plight of education in our country. With the pandemic going on I feel it might have gotten worse .I am now thinking as to how we can at least help our learners discern truth from lies by the examples we set in our homes, one good parent / guardian can make a difference
Sick man of Asia. - Correct!!
B/c many voters idolized blindly the sick president of Asia.
First and foremost, we have an inept, incapable, unfit and maybe senile secretary of education.
Having an uneducated society is unhealthy for the long term success of a country, but for politicians the uneducated can be led like sheep. They are easy to deceive, believe what is being fed to them by those in power and for the most part do not demand better from their leaders.
You mean utu-uto?🤣
I would say this, listening to your information and reflecting upon my experiences, i would say in addition to comparing the costs of education, i would agree that studies and responsible learning on part of the students in the Philippines would be superior.
Agree. Money is put in the wrong places. The yearly budget needs more on education the young kids are the future leaders. Also agree parents need to be helping their kids but with parents away overseas or like in the US work so many hours they have little time with their kids helping, teaching, discipline them the kids suffer. They are the future CEOS, President other leaders.
It's not just the Philippines, it's a global agenda. Charlotte Thomsom Iserbyt wrote a book called "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America". But it's deeper than that... It's globally!
Totally agree, they let the education system go for last decade. That's why I have hard time investing in real estate the PI.
The PI govt would rather double the pay of soldiers and the Police while teachers, nurses, doctors and other professionals get paid poverty wages. Why become a professional in the Philippines? Just join the military or Police and make more money. SMH.
Grandpa, thanks for the report. Very interesting
Know better the Philippines home boy 😂 the department of education is corrupt we need lessons on how to get money or survive here in the Philippines
It is sad reality that government refuses to accept ( Sec. Briones is so onion skinned and can’t take constructive criticism from established organizations like WB.
I salute u sir for being concern to the education of the Filipinos nowadays, I hope you know what was the reason why the system of education became abnormal not only here in our country but in the whole world, pls dig more So that u will know who did the system.
Oh, come on! Don't blame the pandemic. Education has been in decline. It did not happen overnight.
@@vloggergrandpa2707 I totally agree with you! This did not happen overnight.
This the sad state of today's society. Many reasons and the people there are letting this happen to a once proud country. The prior leaders and heroes of the Philippines would be crying if they saw what is the reality of today. Is there any hope or solution to these issues? The only true lesson the people there need is to elect better leaders and hold them accountable. In my humble opinion.
Today’s Philippine graduates, many lacks competitiveness, good decision making, leadership skills and becoming mere followers. They cannot articulate nor express themselves in a competitive business environment with English speakers (they just smile and nod without understanding). Similar to Duterte, he cannot complete a single sentence without using curse as an adjective. Primarily, Politics, Social media, land the impact of television are the main recipes in destroying the Philippine education and the younger generation. This is not a criticism but observation.
You are absolutely correct!!! They're lacking in social skills (no manners/etiquette, loud, etc...) even those that are already in the US. Knew a lot of them. Have poor reading comprehension, can't use proper vocabulary in conversation. Teachers have lost their passion and enthusiasm in teaching unlike in the 60s & 70s. It's shameful.....
You also forgot Manny Pacquiao as a perfect example🤣 All ignorant Filipinos think Manny can express himself perfectly in English when he faced Sen Franklin Drilon🤣 Look! He's here in the US again to make Money and aggrandize himself with another cooked title for next year's Presidential Election. He probably didn't care about the dismal state of the Philippine Educational system because he can afford to buy his own credentials from Recto🤣
Did you ever try to use the internet in the Philippines. Maybe the internet quality is the major problem with online learning there. In person might be better, but online is not impossible.
True and I agree. I guess it depends on the school you go to in the Philippines or for that matter in the United States. But it also true that one becomes more competitive in the job market in the Philippines with a U.S. diploma from an Ivy League School. Unfortunately. i heard that the Philippine educational system is in decline, marred by bureaucracy and corruption, I don’t know how true. I only know that a Philippine grad has a much better chance of a corporate executive career with a post grad diploma from the United States or elsewhere like England.
Good vlog again Grandpa. So many factors you just don’t have the time to go over. Why don’t I hear more about all the millions of province kids who don’t have access to internet or the money to pay for it, not to mention a computer or other device and sometimes even electricity? How are they supposed to get any schooling in these remote learning ‘module’ classes?
They don't need computers or the internet to learn the basics in school. Some of those kids can't even have anything to wear to protect their feet because of extreme poverty. What they need is a Government who gives a damn. Period!
Obbie1 Osias exactly! You just said a mouthful there!
Online in the Philippines is laughable only in the big cities and towns do they have it. Most of the children do modules which is just work packets picked up from school and taken home for the kids to do?
Seeing Critical Race Theory and LGBTQ+ being pushed as an agenda in the educational system in America. I am actually glad to be educated and have finished my bachelor's in the Philippines. Besides education were not only found in school. Life itself can educate us. However, I do appreciate the educational process in the province by good & smart teachers who have taught critical thinking to students that can help well in life.
There should also be emphasis on discipline and population explosion. The church in itself should open their eyes to reality and the politicians in office to start thinking of the well being and progress of their constituents instead of fattening their pockets. The remote learning scheme dictated by our current health situation. However, if the educators take the time to interact with students, and, with parental involvement have resulted in good and positive results. That is my honest opinion. I was educated in the Philippine public system with some private school training, and I agree with your observation. The younger Filipinos today are more concerned with looking like and living like the rich.
The church ruined the Philippines also Yankee
Many years ago the US Army used to send cadets to Philippine Military Academy. One of the most decorated Army officer who fought in Vietnam was a graduate of PMA. Some cadets also came from South Korea and other Asian countries. I wonder what happened that they no longer have foreign cadets at PMA. Is it because of the quality of teaching? A lot of Filipinos (officers) were sent to US, UK, Australia, Denmark, South Korea and other EURO countries to study and they did well.
Why some (or many) Filipino teachers work abroad as domestic workers? Obviously b/c of poor salaries or unemployment. Getting a college degree majoring in education is the cheapest causing an over supply, hence, the unemployment. The image of a teacher compare to a mere domestic helper in some cases makes many students unmotivated to learn. Some or many parents now would say "Ano ang matutuhan mo sa katulong?" (What would your child learn from a mere household helper?). On top of these scenarios, the number of kids go to school hungry or not even having a nutritious breakfast, is increasing.
Hello po, question lang po, if I will retire in the Philippines and I will take my lump sum money from my 401k , will I have to pay the federal tax of 20% ? I will be a non resident for more than 6 months . Pls advise po maraming salamat po.
Here's information on how your 401K is taxed: www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/061915/how-your-401k-taxed-when-you-retire.asp#taxes-on-a-traditional-401k
As I'm moving to Philippines in less than two years with my wife and son who will by then be three years old, I have given much thought to this topic. After watching your blog there are some things that need clarifying. Most of the reasons for the quality of education declining seems to be the students underachieving, not being able to learn. That seems to be due to the reasons you mentioned, such as malnourishment, lack of parental support etc. Those are factors that absolutely should be improved. However, even though my son will not face those problems, there are other factors that could affect his learning. That would be the quality of teaching. There wasn't much about that in your blog. Is there any research about the training of teachers? Are they less qualified than before? If so, the training of teachers should also be addressed so that they would be qualified. Improving the ability of students to learn doesn't help much if the teachers aren't qualified and motivated.
Sorry, I have no information on this.
The most important of subjects is to teach the child to personally know the Word of God found within the Bible and found within his or her own spirit as God speaks.
Any of man's educational systems that misses this most basic of training a child is of the world system. All those of this system will fail both God and man.
It is important for the child to be able to read so they can read the Bible for themselves. So they can know God's word for themselves without having to trust in anyone else, especially religious leaders that don't truly represent God.
This is the basic for a good education. Without that basic, all the rest will always fail. It is important for the child to be reading a lot of the Bible and for the younger Bible stories on their reading level.
Why of all the holy books the Bible should be the one required? The Philippines is a secular country; religious education should not be compulsory (except the basics.)
You also need skills and common sense lol or else you will be poor and complain also wanna know why the PH is stuck for being a third world country who gets bullied by other countries
I would never put my kid into a school that focuses more on religion than academics. Bible doesn't teach mathematics or science. On the contrary, believing strictly in the Bible would be denying science. And you can be a good person who tries to abide the ten commandments (except the first four) even though you don't believe in God.
@@veijoarosara9431 Welcome to Philippines the Moto is always still adjusting and complained why no progression proud to be pinoy be like
If you think upcoming election can fix all these issues, think again.
Election where and who's?
Can you suggest something instead of putting more fire.
With his daughter running for office, this nonsense will continue.
The Rule of Thumb in the Philippines
Paano natin pahihirapan ang Pilipino in all their undertakings. How to put hoops and more hoops to all their endeavors. Let alone their tongue twisting Acronyms. And if all these do not work, LOCKDOWN the SBes.
Most schools overseas from the US gave a better education to their youth. However you are right Danny it should of improved with better tech. Here in the US they don't teach Civics anymore. History is also watered down. The treatment of our Native Americans is not touched upon. Our daughter is in High Scholl in the Philippines now and is doing classes remote due to the Covid. We made sure she has a first rate computer and printer, but how many of the other families can support it. The education system has been going downhill before the pandemic , and even in your own words you never heard of OFW's when you were younger. Well the government does nothing for their people and it pretty much started with Marcos as he raped the country. In the Jewish religion we say it's not a sin to be born poor, but it's a sin to remain that way. Our daughter was raised Catholic as my wife is , but once she is finished with her education she will be moving to the USA as the opportunities and set of circumstances will make it possible to make her dreams of a better life possible. After all isn't that the reason you left? Think about it!
Interesting.
Traditional Latin Mass communities have a homeschooling co-op. I have found homeschooled kids to be smarter and more advanced than kids who go to public or private schools. Education always begins with the parents. I don't have a degree (I hated school) but got into a paralegal program that had a degree prerequisite. I graduated by the skin of my teeth (UCLA UNEX), yet can outdo degreed paralegals at work. Why are natural born Americans asking me for help in grammar and word usage? My son went to vo-tech high school, worked as a shampoo assistant after school when he was 16, was able to obtain financing for his car without any parental help when he was 19 with three solid years of experience, bought his house at 21 also became the youngest of the salon's technical trainers nationwide at 21, and the youngest Design Team member at 22 or 23. At 18 when he first got licensed, he went with his mentor to NYC just to learn, but ended up being pulled by Rodney Cutler into styling the hair of a number of the fifty-five top male models for the 2013 AmFar Inspirational Gala fashion show and auction. Education in the USA has become a cash cow for the elite, lining their pockets while producing a lot of worthless graduates who lose to graduates of other countries. My niece, a graduate of Philippine Science High School and U.P., should she choose to compete against grads of U.S. universities, might even beat them in skills and intelligence. (Btw, I also made it to Philippine Science in the 70's but refused to go because I was told I had to be very serious with my studies. I went to Maryknoll instead. 😂😂😂)
I guess you are an exception. For every rule, there are exceptions.
Coming as an immigrant from the Philippines and becoming a lecturer in Philadelphia immediately. Very impressive. But I thought you went to Canada first?
I did. But I was only in Canada for one year. I did not become a lecturer until I got my CPA License in the U.S., which I think was about 4 years after I arrive in the U.S. Thus, it was about five years after leaving the Philippines. I was about 25 or 26 years old then.
@@vloggergrandpa2707 Amazing. But why go to Canada first if you could also study in USA and you would actually prefer to go to the USA, as you said?
I had no intention of going to the US AFTER I decided to go to Canada. However, after I learned about the limited opportunity in Canada due to discrimination, I decided to move to the U.S.
@@vloggergrandpa2707 what discrimination did you notice?
They openly advertised that male or female are preferred, Canadian experience required, etc. I know that exist in the US as well...but it is not openly displayed. Personally, I have not experienced any discrimination in the US except once. When I applied for a position in a different department in the same company, I did not get the job and when I asked human resource why, they said the notation on my application stated that I have a communication problem. I asked them how they can say that when I was not even interviewed? Human Resource got concerned and called the company legal department to talk to me. I told them not to worry because I will not sue the company for that. I told them that if they do not respect my capabilities, then there is no reason for me to continue working in that company. I then left and joined an Oil Company organization, where I spent the balance of my career life. In this company, I moved up by moving from one department to another.
That experience in Canada was in the 70’s, but I don’t know if it has changed since.
WOW
This is my theory on why the Philippine education is going down. I hope I don’t offend anyone. I think they are making the population dumb so the population will not know when corruption is happening in front of their faces.
Hello po just wondering if you are a us citizen and looking to buy a ticket round trip seen iam planning to stay for a while .!!!
Whether it's declining or not becomes irrelevant in the years ahead. We are leaving the Information Age where computer literacy was crucial and entering the knowledge age where Artificial Intelligence literacy is the key factor. In this computational era, knowledge is accessible in real time and artificial intelligence will democratize being an expert at any given field of study. Yes there are mechanical skills that needs to be practiced over time such as painting, surgery or excelling in sports and these fields will remain as human pursuits. As far as education is concerned, the whole system is going to be overhauled to be more personalized to the student sector demography. Their experience of education is far different from the old experience, what is important to them is far different from what was important in even just a decade ago. If we want an upward trend, innovation is the only way. We need to forget our old assumptions and base our models on data we already have.
Granpa, every day life in a democracy is politics. If the people don't participate, don't contribute to the common weal, then why have democracy? Everyone has to do their part. If you don't vote, if you don't participate in local/national political life, civic life, community life, national life, then your democracy withers away and dies...in a way, we are all politicians, whether we like it or not. The fact that one makes choices every day in life is politics. Back in the 1970's when you had a choice to emigrate to Canada or go to school in the US, you made a (political) choice not to apply attend school in Russia or Latin America or East Germany..., perhaps because of the language limitations, but yet you could have tried Jamaica or the UK....it's all politics. Hindi bali, you and I are old Medicare-qualified Fil-Ams with our dual citizen, Pinoy senior cards for the long lines at Jolibee and Tapa King and Chow King, so Bahala Na!!! Still, I love and enjoy your UA-cam channel!!! Keep up the good work...I still need that Pinoy retirement inside scoop for the long view!!!
Philippine ranked lowest in the world when exam was taken by 15 yr. olds
Makes me sad.
So sad🥲
Not surprising cut ba Naman pondo at nilagay sa budget ni poon
That's true sir, when we got here ,my kids went to school ,they were surprised because they already knew lessons . My kids were highs school .
I’m an American and have sent my kids to school in the Philippine. And unless you can afford private school the education is years behind and very few can afford the Private school. And I’ve traveled all around the Philippine and have came to the conclusion. And that’s corruption and greed is the main problem. And the rich exploit the poor people in the Philippine. This also happens in other countries but in the Philippine it’s really bad.
I beg to disagree I am sitting besides my grandson here in America and he has an online grade I pupil lesson from the Philippines, good in reading and comprehension and their Mathematics more advance in the Philippines than my grandson here and the teachers are very good.
Perhaps they studying in pvt schools, which allow them to excel and learn advanced subjects in a good environment, as opposed to public schools, where they are only taught what they need to know in order to be prepared for college, so the majority of them are studying in disturbing areas.
Respectfully, your son is an exception, not the rule.
I mean Deped is Very corrupt 😂 about those ₱60k Intel laptops per unit they said it's for the teachers lol 😂😂😂😂 they could have bought a better laptop with better specs not an old Intel processor lol.
Hello grandpa
Although not observed in this video, look at the comments on other videos. The writing skills are deplorable, be it in English or Tagalog coupled with lazy shortcuts for words derived from the texting culture. People could barely write a sentence properly. Apparently, in this particular video, I don't see any of those, or haven't scrolled down far enough, which means most people who watched this are well educated or take time to post correctly.
"Although not observed in this video, look at the comments on other videos. The writing skills are deplorable"
In what way?
"be it in English or Tagalog coupled with lazy shortcuts for words derived from the texting culture."
whats wrong with Taglish? whats wrong with texting culture? you a boomer? cant take abbrieviations?
"People could barely write a sentence properly. "
Its called "short cuts" , its culture , internet culture , or as you put it , texting culture.
"Apparently, in this particular video, I don't see any of those, or haven't scrolled down far enough, which means most people who watched this are well educated or take time to post correctly."
are you dumb?
the world school system is obsolete
I'm not Duterte supporter but his not willing to allow resumption of face-to-face classes could have reason, and it's because of the pandemic.
Excuse me the whole world is in pandemic so why are the other countries are in face to face education.
you mean ScamDemic?