the state of education in the philippines

begin rant.

these are some of the graduates of our pre-school in malabog district here in davao city.

notice that some of them are wearing their uniform, while the others are not. this is actually the spot where they change into their uniform. the place is 30 minutes away from their home.

the night before, it rained. the roads are like melted chocolate, and are quite slippery. so they kids walk barefoot, while carrying their slippers so as to keep it clean for class.

from this point, they have to walk another thirty minutes to get to their primary school. some of them have not had breakfast yet. it is possible that they won't have lunch either. some probably brought boiled rootcrops to tide over their hunger, until they get home.

at least they only have to do it thrice-a-week.

isn't class supposed to be mondays to fridays?

yeah, well. up in the mountains, teachers get to school on monday afternoons, start teaching on a tuesday and go home on thursday afternoons.

and the government insists on an additional year of high school or elementary?! these people hardly have anything between their ears, ano?

hey you people up there in your pedestals... before you do that, why don't you first have your teachers go to school regularly. then limit those monthly programs that take so much time from class just to practice. independence day, nutrition month, linggo ng wika, christmas, valentine's, araw ng sitio, fiesta ng sitio, intramurals... and maybe you could add more schools to farther areas, one that won't force the children to walk for hours just to be 'educated.' no budget? crap. cough up those kickback! our foundation has been able to build a decent enough structure for just P50,000.00. who are you kidding.

end rant.