Walking Together Through the Main Education Highway
Walking together through the main education highway
The First Biennial National Congress on Education was held early this year on January 31 to February 1, participated by approximately 400 representatives from the academe, local government units and the industries, with “the strong desire to address prevailing issues and concerns that hinder the Stakeholders from providing the future generation with the appropriate education to maximize their potential. It is in this context that the MAIN EDUCATION HIGHWAY was created.”
Who are the Education Stakeholders? The teachers, students, parents, school board, school superintendents and principals.
What do you mean by the Highway? We see it as a main thoroughfare, well-paved, accident free, durable and lasting to withstand heavy traffic, overloaded vehicles, and even earthquakes. The Highway actually pertains to the harmonization of DepEd, TESDA and CHED with the local government to provide lifelong learning for sustainable development to meet the UNMDG.
The 6 areas of education concerns
The main speakers of the Congress were President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Education chairmen of the Senate and Congress – Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano and Marikina Congressman Del de Guzman – with DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus, TESDA Chair Augusto Syjuco, and CHED Commissioner Nona Ricafort.
The participants broke up into six workshop groups highlighting the six areas of concern with the Philippine Education:
1. Achieve high quality Basic Education, “dramatically increase student achievement and retention rate”, while implementing innovative programs towards a “zero drop-out rate;
2. Improve basic and tertiary education teachers competencies;
3. Harmonize technical vocational and higher education system;
4. Tighten linkages between higher education and the Professional Regulation Commission to meet the needs of the industry;
5. Harmonize management, regulatory and coordination issues of DepEd, TESDA and CHED;
6. Financial
The First Biennial National Congress on Education was held early this year on January 31 to February 1, participated by approximately 400 representatives from the academe, local government units and the industries, with “the strong desire to address prevailing issues and concerns that hinder the Stakeholders from providing the future generation with the appropriate education to maximize their potential. It is in this context that the MAIN EDUCATION HIGHWAY was created.”
Who are the Education Stakeholders? The teachers, students, parents, school board, school superintendents and principals.
What do you mean by the Highway? We see it as a main thoroughfare, well-paved, accident free, durable and lasting to withstand heavy traffic, overloaded vehicles, and even earthquakes. The Highway actually pertains to the harmonization of DepEd, TESDA and CHED with the local government to provide lifelong learning for sustainable development to meet the UNMDG.
The 6 areas of education concerns
The main speakers of the Congress were President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Education chairmen of the Senate and Congress – Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano and Marikina Congressman Del de Guzman – with DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus, TESDA Chair Augusto Syjuco, and CHED Commissioner Nona Ricafort.
The participants broke up into six workshop groups highlighting the six areas of concern with the Philippine Education:
1. Achieve high quality Basic Education, “dramatically increase student achievement and retention rate”, while implementing innovative programs towards a “zero drop-out rate;
2. Improve basic and tertiary education teachers competencies;
3. Harmonize technical vocational and higher education system;
4. Tighten linkages between higher education and the Professional Regulation Commission to meet the needs of the industry;
5. Harmonize management, regulatory and coordination issues of DepEd, TESDA and CHED;
6. Financial