Education in the Philippines - The truth

Economy and Government of The Philippines

Economy

The economy of the Philippines is the fortieth largest in the world, according to 2012 international monetary fund statistics, and is also one of the emerging markets in the world.

The economy of the Philippines, whose GDP is close to US$95 Billions, based mainly in agriculture, a sector that continues to be uncompetitive due to lack of infrastructure.

The Industry has grown meaningly since 1945.The service sector represent more than half of PIB and benefits of moving the relocation of western companies.

The mining industry is a important part of the Philippine economy. The sector employs 16% of workforce and contributes a third of GDP. Among the major minerals extracted are: gold, silver, copper, nickel, salt and coal. The industrial production grew strongly since 1950. Food products, textiles, electronics, petroleum, chemicals and furniture industry are the most important.

Agriculture employs 32% of the Filipino workforce as of 2013, according to World Bank statistics and accounts for 12% of Filipino GDP as of 2013, according to the World Bank.

Government

The President of the Philippines is the Benigno Aquino III. The Philippines government  is a republic with a presidential form of government, wherein power is equally divided among its three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.  

The legislative branch is vested in the Philippine Congress. It is permitted to make and create laws and alter. This institution is structured in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The executive branch headed the government. It is composed of the President and the Vice President who are elected by direct popular vote and serve a term of six years.

(Benigno Aquino III)

The Judicial branch holds the power to settle controversies involving rights that are legally demandable and enforceable. It is made up of a Supreme Court and lower courts.

Society and Education in The Philippines

SOCIETY 

The Society of the Philippines has always been described as a democracy with a dynamic and active civil society.

In the Philippines, the role of women is explained based on the context of Filipino culture, mindsets and standards. The Philippines is characterized to be a nation of women, who directly and indirectly are the family unit, haciendas, government agencies and businesses.

Generally they define themselves in the middle of a post-colonial male-dominated Christian society, Filipino women live in a culture that is focused on the community, with the family as the main unit of society. Compared to other parts of Southeast Asia, women in Philippine society have always enjoyed a greater share of legal equality. And in this framework of Philippine hierarchical structure, religious justifications, class differences, and living in a globally developing nation wherein Filipino women struggle for respect.

EDUCATION

The beginning of the second decade of this century has seen a great improvement in the education system of the Philippines. Education in the Philippines where was modeled by education systems, there were major changes DEPED administers all educational system along with equipment, recruitment of teachers. In this system was implemented by the program for K-12 education, which became mandatory if basing in four phases:

• 1-Creating the bases, deploy kindergarten 
• 2 Full-migration, promote the enactment of basic education by established series 1 to 4 and 7 to 10.
• 3- Migration complete, aims to implement the high school 11:12. 
• 4-Completing the Reform, conclude the implementation k-12. 

Admission in colleges may slow due to low entry years for the new system.