THE Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) yesterday lined up several recommendations to address the “crisis” hounding the country’s education sector as it celebrates its first anniversary.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, EDCOM 2 co-chairperson, said the commission released its report “Miseducation: The Failed System of Philippine Education” presenting its findings in the past 12 months in a bid to find solutions and continuous reforms to improve the education sector.
The report’s initial recommendations include the streamlining of textbook procurement, the decongestion of public teachers’ workload, the prioritization of the poorest students in Tertiary Education Subsidy, and the creation of a coordinating body among the Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
To pursue the recommendations, Gatchalian said he filed Senate Bill No. 2017, or the National Education Council Act which seeks to institutionalize a system of national coordination, planning, monitoring, evaluation, and management between and among the country’s three education agencies.
RA 11899 created the EDCOM 2 which will conduct a comprehensive national assessment of the Philippine education sector’s performance. It is mandated to recommend transformative, concrete, and targeted reforms to make the Philippines globally competitive in the education and labor markets.
EDCOM 2 formally convened on January 23 last year and has three years to fulfill its mandate. It is composed of senators and congressmen, with Karol Mark Yee as its executive director.
The commission is also backing the measures filed by Gatchalian to improve the country’s education system. These include SB 1604 or the ARAL Program Act, SB 2200 or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act, and SB 2029 or the Basic Education and Early Childhood Education Alignment Act.
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