A term paper presented to the faculty of high School Department at Sta. Teresa College
In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Basic Education Curriculum Presented by:
De Torres, Marianne Grace
San Andres, Princess Nelbhe
Ogabang Ariel
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which the knowledge, skills and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next. Through teaching, training, or research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of others, but may also be autodidactic. Education began in the earliest prehistory, as adults trained the young if their society in the knowledge and skills they would need to master and eventually pass on. In the pre-literate societies this was achieved orally and through imitation. Story-telling continued from one generation to the next. As cultures began to extend their knowledge beyond skills that could be readily learned through imitation, formal education developed. Systems schooling involve institutionalized teaching and learning in relation to a curriculum, which itself is established according to a predetermined purpose of the schools in the system. School systems are sometimes also based on the religions, giving them different curricula. Preschool provide education up to the age between 4 and 8 when children enter the preschool education. Also known as nursery schools and kindergarten, except in the USA, where kindergarten is a term used for primary education. Primary (or elementary) education consists of the first 5-7 years of formal, structured education. In general, primary education consists of six or eight years of schooling starting at the age of five or six. Although this varies between, and sometimes within countries. Globally, around 89% of primary age children are enrolled in primary