The Impact and Prospects of the Local Government Units Through the Local School Boards in Improving the Delivery of Basic Public Education
University of the Philippines Cebu
Social Sciences Division
In partial fulfillment of the course
Political Science 150: Public Administration and Governance Classroom Discussion No. 1:
(The impact and prospects of the Local Government Units through the Local School Boards in improving the delivery of basic public education)
Prepared by:
Kristina Marie Rizon
John Lord Escatron
Christian Marc Lianza
Mark Jeeg Jamin
Chapter 1
Introduction
“The present situation of the public school in the Philippines is very much alarming and needs urgent action. The perennial problem of scarcity funds for school buildings, classrooms, desks and chairs has further deteriorated the quality of learning in public schools. This is one of the reasons why our public education system continues to lag behind our Southeast Asian neighbors.”(Ejercito,House Bill 669). This situation has always been the problem of the Philippine public education system regardless of the numerous bills and existing laws that have been in the corners and walls of our legislature. The worsening crisis of the education system aggravated the crisis we are into branching out several poverty-related problems such as the child labor.
It is a constitutional mandate for the government to provide free and quality basic education to its citizens. This mandate is manifested through the creation of the Department of Education that supervises both elementary and secondary education in the country. The Department of Education is the hands of national government in delivering effectively this basic social service. In the Philippine context, education is a devolved service. Local Government Units do provide supplementary support in meeting the goals of the government to the public basic education sector. This is because LGUs can legally chunk off a piece of its budget towards the basic education subsector through the Special Education Fund (SEF). The republic Act 7160 of 1991 or better known as the Local
Social Sciences Division
In partial fulfillment of the course
Political Science 150: Public Administration and Governance Classroom Discussion No. 1:
(The impact and prospects of the Local Government Units through the Local School Boards in improving the delivery of basic public education)
Prepared by:
Kristina Marie Rizon
John Lord Escatron
Christian Marc Lianza
Mark Jeeg Jamin
Chapter 1
Introduction
“The present situation of the public school in the Philippines is very much alarming and needs urgent action. The perennial problem of scarcity funds for school buildings, classrooms, desks and chairs has further deteriorated the quality of learning in public schools. This is one of the reasons why our public education system continues to lag behind our Southeast Asian neighbors.”(Ejercito,House Bill 669). This situation has always been the problem of the Philippine public education system regardless of the numerous bills and existing laws that have been in the corners and walls of our legislature. The worsening crisis of the education system aggravated the crisis we are into branching out several poverty-related problems such as the child labor.
It is a constitutional mandate for the government to provide free and quality basic education to its citizens. This mandate is manifested through the creation of the Department of Education that supervises both elementary and secondary education in the country. The Department of Education is the hands of national government in delivering effectively this basic social service. In the Philippine context, education is a devolved service. Local Government Units do provide supplementary support in meeting the goals of the government to the public basic education sector. This is because LGUs can legally chunk off a piece of its budget towards the basic education subsector through the Special Education Fund (SEF). The republic Act 7160 of 1991 or better known as the Local
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