EDCOM REPORTOF1991 Pupils on average learn only 55% or

even less of what must be learned. On

WHAT IS EDCOM?
EDCOM the other hand, rich and high income
stands for families got higher achievement
Congressional Commission on records.
Education to Reviewand Assess High Drop-out Rate in Less
Philippine Education. Developed Communities
It was created by a Joint Resolution of Drop-out rates in elementary and
the Eight Philippine Congress on the secondary schools are highest in rural
17th of June in 1990. and less developed communities and
among poor students.
➤This is considered as a Special Needs Neglected
contemporary assessment that also
studied the future directions of the Muslim and cultural communities as
educational set-up in the country, well as special learners suffer from
thus, marking the Fifth Republic as benign neglect.
one of the milestones of the Philippine Limited ECE & NFE Services
education. (Villenas, 2013)
Only rich families acquired early
➤The report assessed the scenario of childhood education and
education in the Philippines. development. Nonformal education
➤The aim was to elicit common services are inadequate and found
only in developed communities.
concerns and issues about the current
educational set-up, participants' Schooling Length & Class
assessment of the school's Interruptions, Less Quality
performance, quality of educational
Disruptions in regular class schedules
programs & services, and their
and length of school year correlate
suggestions to revolutionize the
with less learning and less quality.
system.
Inadequate science and technology
EDCOM FINDINGS
Science and technology including
Too Little Investment in Education
modern innovations are inadequate, or
The government is not spending if not, unsuited to classroom
enough for education as compared instruction.
with ASEAN countries. Only 1.3% of
Ineffective Values Education
the GDP is allotted to the education
sector. Values education in schools is lacking
and ineffective. COM REPORT PDF
Disparities in Access in Education
< Edcom Report Atriu Forteza 50%
The rich and high income families (6)
were favored by the educational
Bilingual Education affects learning
institutions, whether formal and non-
formal. There is a high percentage of The use of Filipino and English as
incomplete primary and elementary mode of instruction distresses the
schools in depressed regions. quality of learning.
Low Achievement Manpower Mismatched
Incompatibility in the supply and ➤The strengthening of pre-service
demand for educated and trained teacher education and provision of
manpower is seen. incentives to make the rewards of
teaching commensurate to its
Irrelevance of Education
importance as a career;
Education is found to be insignificant
➤Professionalization of teachers and
to the individual and social needs.
teaching with licensure exams and
Incompetent Training & increase in the basic minimum wage
Instruction salary; Support for both public and
Inadequacy of trained and effective private education;
teachers was shown. Graduate studies ➤ The facilitation of planning,
are mediocre, limited and delivery, and education financing and
underdeveloped. training by industry, workers,
Ineffective and Inefficient teachers, parents and local
Organization governments;

Organizational structure of the ➤Greater access of poor children to

educational system is "ineffective and all levels of education;
inefficient". ➤More cost-effective public college
➤The report also showed that same and university education with
problems were reported since the curricular programs that are relevant
Monroe Survey in 1925 up to to the communities they serve;
EDCOM Report of 1991. ➤ The search for new sources of
➤No significant improvement in funds (including taxes) to finance
Philippine education is seen for over basic education;
65 years. ➤Strengthening graduate education
EDCOM RECOMMENDATIONS and research;

Based on the findings, EDCOM ➤Creation of Commission on Higher

recommended the following reforms: Education (CHED) to be the main
body responsible for colleges and
➤ The prioritization of basic universities, both private and public.
education by to ensure the then
Department of Education, Culture and ➤The restructuring of the Department
Sports' (DECS) undivided attention to of Education, Culture and Sports'
this sector; (DECS), now Department of
Education (DepEd), to ensure clearer
➤ The development of alternative program focus, rational resource
learning modes especially for literacy allocation and realistic planning;
acquisition;
"With the proposed restructuring of
➤The use of the mother tongue as the Philippine Education, this will
language of learning from Grades 1 to ensure that program focus is clear and
3, with Filipino gradually becoming resources are allocated rationally and
the medium of instruction in basic plans are realistic and attainable. For
education and English a subsidiary the final point, the EDCOM
medium of instruction in later years; commended also that the government
➤The expansion and enrichment of should put all our money in basic
technical/vocational education; education because it is 'all the formal
 schooling the masses of our people involvement in skills development
get'. However, the government must and presents policy recommendations
ensure more efficiency and to address them
productivity from our education System failure
establishment." The report highlights the need to face
the problems head on and take
concrete steps to reform the
The Second Congressional education system
Commission on Education (EDCOM
2) in the Philippines has released a EDCOM 2 was created by Republic
number of reports, including a year Act 11899, which was passed into law
one report titled Miseducation: The in July 2022. The commission's
failed system of Philippine mandate is to conduct a national
education. The report highlights the review of the education sector and
need for reform in the country's recommend reforms.
education system and includes
recommendations for addressing ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION
barriers to industry involvement in ACT OF 2013 (REPUBLIC ACT
skills development. 10533)
Here are some of the report's findings  this law was signed on the 15th
and recommendations: day of may 2013, and that is
wednesday in malacañang
 Early Childhood Care and
palace, manila, philippines.
Development (ECCD)
 it is an act enhancing the
The report assesses the quality and philippine basic education
accessibility of ECCD services for system by strengthening its
children in the Philippines. It curriculum and increasing the
identifies areas for improvement, number of years for basic
including: education, appropriating funds
therefor and for other purposes
 Nutrition: Improving the financing and
delivery of nutrition programs ENHANCED BASIC
 Daycare centers: Assessing the EDUCATION PROGRAM
accessibility and quality of daycare
centers and child development centers  Kindergarten education shall
mean one (1) year of
 Parent perception: Addressing the preparatory education for
perception that children are too young to children at least five (5)
study before age five years old as a prerequisite
 Governance: Reviewing the structure for Grade I.
and composition of the ECCD Council  Elementary education refers
 Industry involvement to the second stage of
compulsory basic education
The report identifies barriers and
which is composed of six (6)
disincentives that discourage industry
years. The entrant age to

this level is typically six (6) four (4) years of junior high
years old. school education and two (2)
years of senior high school
 Secondary education refers to education. The entrant age to
the third stage of compulsory the two high school levels is
basic education. It consists of typically twelve (12) and
 sixteen (16) years old, reflective, collaborative and
respectively. integrative;
6. The curriculum shall adhere to
Section 5. Curriculum the principles and framework of
Development. — The DepEd shall Mother Tongue-Based
formulate the design and details of the Multilingual Education (MTB-
enhanced basic education curriculum. MLE) which starts from where
It shall work with the Commission on the learners are and from what
Higher Education (CHED) to craft they already knew proceeding
harmonized basic and tertiary from the known to the
curricula for the global unknown; instructional
competitiveness of Filipino graduates. materials and capable teachers
To ensure college readiness and to to implement the MTB-MLE
avoid remedial and duplication of curriculum shall be available;
basic education subjects, the DepEd 7. The curriculum shall use the
shall coordinate with the CHED and spiral progression approach to
the Technical Education and Skills ensure mastery of knowledge
Development Authority (TESDA). and skills after each level; and
8. The curriculum shall be flexible
To achieve an effective enhanced enough to enable and allow
basic education curriculum, the schools to localize, indigenize
DepEd shall undertake consultations and enhance the same based on
with other national government their respective educational and
agencies and other stakeholders social contexts. The production
including, but not limited to, the and development of locally
Department of Labor and produced teaching materials
Employment (DOLE), the shall be encouraged and
Professional Regulation Commission approval of these materials
(PRC), the private and public schools shall devolve to the regional
associations, the national student and division education units.
organizations, the national teacher
organizations, the parents-teachers Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual
associations and the chambers of Education (MTB-MLE) is a
commerce on matters affecting the language policy in the Philippines that
concerned stakeholders. uses local languages as the primary
language of instruction for the first
The DepEd shall adhere to the three years of school. After grade
following standards and principles in three, Filipino and English are
developing the enhanced basic introduced as official languages.
education curriculum:
The goal of MTB-MLE is to produce
1. The curriculum shall be students who are multilingual,
learner-centered, inclusive and multicultural, and multi-literate. The
developmentally appropriate; program is based on the idea of
2. The curriculum shall be starting with what students already
relevant, responsive and know and their first language.
research-based;
3. The curriculum shall be
culture-sensitive;
4. The curriculum shall be
contextualized and global;
5. The curriculum shall use
pedagogical approaches that are
constructivist, inquiry-based,
Some say that MTB-MLE is an
effective educational policy
program. Others suggest that for more
effective implementation, the
program's goals and strategies should
be aligned with the community's
linguistic, economic, and cultural
conditions.
Some challenges that teachers face in
implementing MTB-MLE
include: Vagueness of topics and
lessons, Difficulty achieving lesson
objectives, Improper sequencing of
topics, Unfamiliarity with terms used,
and Coverage of too many topics in a
lesson.