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Call to
Order Pres.
Richard Dy Invocation
& Four Way Test Edgar Biteng National
Anthem Anson Sia Luncheon Welcome
and Greetings Romy Chan Birthday Celebrator: PP Albert Dy - April 15 Pepita Bolong - April 19 Romy Chan - April 20 Friendship Session PP Ben Ang President’s
Time Pres. Richard Dy Introduction of the Guest Guest of Honor
& Speaker Response Auditor Ruel Tana Adjournment Pres.
Richard Dy Day Chairman & Master of Ceremonies PDG Ces Mendoza |
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Centerstage |
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APRIL is Rotary Magazine Month |
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JUANITA L. ELIGIO Elementary
Principal, Christ the King College Date &
Place of Birth: June 12, 1947; Las-ud, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur Husband:
Mr. Ciriaco Eligio (former member of RCSFU) EUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: MA, Ed. -
St. Louis College, 1983 San
Fernando City PROFESSIONAL ELIGIBILITY: Teacher
Examination in 1969 Professional
Teacher with License No. 0048006 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Classroom
Teacher Christ the King College Academic
Coordinator Christ the King College Principal
(Kindergarten Grade School) Christ the King College Part-Time
College Instructor Christ the King College Part-Time
College Instructor St. Louis College Summer
College Instructor Divine Word College, Bangued, Abra AWARD RECEIVED: Outstanding
Ilawan Teodora Alonso Educator’s Award as Region 1’s Most Outstanding Female
Private Elementary School Principal in 2001 |
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REGGIE…set...go! Dir. Reggie Chan Asst. Ed. Dindo Astom |
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Editor Edward Gaerlan |
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vol. 1 (35) * April 16, 2002 |
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Education’s Challenges |
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“Education is true gold”, sadly, not in
the kind of classroom education that we have for the past decades. Problems
like dearth of quality teachers or proliferation of mediocre ones, over
crowded classrooms, inadequate standard books, and scarcity of other
facilities for learning bequeath us with ill prepared students to the
cutthroat world. Parents send their children to school
wishing that “diploma” would give them a better future, or to elevate the
family from a seemingly hopeless condition of poverty. However, consider
these facts: For every 100 Filipinos who enter grade 1, only 60 percent make
it to grade 6, and drop out statistics become bigger in secondary school.
About 33 out of every 100 will drop out due to poverty. Between grades 5 and
6, most students learn little. One out of every four (24.9%) among graduates
from schools that cater to masses is unemployed; as against only one out of
every 10 (9.1%) graduates of affluent schools lack a job. The quality of our education has
deteriorated over the years, and this can’t be ignored. We have swelling
ranks of jobless who never passed functional literacy, or professionals who
have been shoddily equipped with the needed skills to be competitive in the
global workplace. Blame it to the “automatic progression” system, which is
prevalent in public elementary schools, which are supposed to be breeding
grounds for brainworkers. Impugn it to the proliferation of so called
“diploma mills”, or to the fly-by-night schools whose graduates show low
percentage of passing the boards. There are very few private schools, hardly
affordable though, and even fewer state-run institutions which can keep up
with international standards. Attribute it to our lawmakers for failing to
create educational amendments, and how to compensate the teach |
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ers better. Teaching as a
profession now fails to attract the brightest and best due to the enormous
demands of the job, and its meager pay. As classes will start soon, these
problems must be tackled seriously by the legislators, by the Secretary of
Education, heads of schools, and by all concerned. Reforms must transcend our
system of education. As a club with a mission we can look on how to better
lure, and produce excellent mentors, as this is the simplest change we can
offer to do. Let us help elevate their sense of self-worth and social
prestige by honoring them accordingly. We can also sponsor deserving and
competent teachers to further academic honing, or initiate worthy workshops
and teacher-training programs to improve their skills and ability to impart.
Hopefully, we can jolt educators out of complacency to give our children,
grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren the value of education. |