Education and Typical Public School

Another trouble pestering the quality of Philippine genteelness is the quality and proficiency of the teachers. According to a recent article (Gerochi, 2002), Filipino teachers lack proficiency in English, Science and Mathematics. Many said that these areas should have been learn comprehensively since as teachers, they should be able to teach the students with a more quality for future growth. But with what I see, the teachers have problems of their own. One example, and the most obvious, is the lower-ranking salary and terrible subject fielding condition.Many public inform teachers opt to have sidelines during class that sometimes the teacher simply forgets to teach. But who brush off condemn them if their salaries of around 8000-10,000 pesos, plus deductible, who can a teacher provide for his/her family? And with the rising cost of living, these figures are not enough. Others cannot teach well in class because of the balance of students to a teacher. In a typical public sc hool, in every one teacher there are 50-60 students in a class The school facilities can also be a factor of the problem.The Philippines, both in private and public, lacks sophisticated laboratories and facilities to cater the needs of the students. For example, many public schools are pacify lacking the basic computer laboratories and it is so ironic that computer nowadays, computer program line is crucial for future Computer Studies student. Without proper training in computer, how can a student be competitive and computer literate? Jose Rizal reminds us how modern and latest technologies are important in a students development in his novel El Filibusterismo.Like in the novel, the laboratory equipment are stored shut in a cabinet and never to be utilise in class because of the insufficient number of equipment. And when it is shown in class, it is presented like a monstrance of a priest And prophetic as it seems, Rizals time is incident wholly over again in our contemporary ti mes. Lastly, a common problem of our Philippine education is the rising cost of sending a kidskin to school. Private schools charges skyrocketing tuition and miscellaneous fees to a student that parents are having a hard time to cope with the rising cost of education.Even sending a child in a public school doesnt fare better since even the poorest of the poor cannot afford to send a child in school. I remember vividly a story of a public school teacher with a pupil of him. He said that this student was so poor that teachers pay for everything so she can go to school. The teachers dont mind this sacrifice because the student is so bright and intelligent. She never went to college after senior high school since she cannot re completelyy afford it anymore. What saddened the teachers is that this student passed UP scarcely with no scholarship.Right now, many see education not as necessity but a luxury they cannot afford (Reyes, 2002). The state of Philippine education is indeed sad a nd disheartening. We probably are all asking whos to send for all this mess. But we cannot simply point finger since we all have responsibilities to solve these problem. The government tries its best to give the country and it seemed not enough. But we should not blame the government entirely since it is just not the governments problems. It is the problem of each and every one of us. If we want the highest quality of education in the country, we should work together to solve this problem.As a teacher, these problems will be a big cross to bear. But if I can help solve this problem in my own little way, the cross can be lighter and easier to bear. This is the bitter cup of a teacher to bear. But we must remember that the teacher and every one of us will determine the course of our countrys development through education. Even Rizal said that for a country to progress, education is the key to that success. Solving the problems of Philippine education is a long way to go but if we wor k for the better, we can attain that quality education we all hope for the best.