Prepared by: for:Victor Ordonez Hong Kong EducationalNovember 2000 Research Association

I. The Case Study:The Presidential Commission on Educational Reform in the Philippines

EDUCATION REFORM:

I. The Case Study:The Presidential Commission on Educational Reform in the Philippines

II. A Regional Overview- Reform efforts in Asia- Lessons from the collective experience

EDUCATION REFORM:

•PREMISES

•PROCESS

•PRODUCT

THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM

(Philippines)

PREMISES• Challenge of Emerging Demands

• Broad Definitions: Formal and Nonformal

• Role of State; Role of Private Sector

• Values Affecting Philippine Education

Document Research• EDCOM (1992)• Philippine Education Sec

tor Study• Report of UNESCO Delo

rs Commission• Medium Term Philippine

Development Plan

PROCESS

Consultation with Stakeholders• Teachers/Students• Staff from DECS, CHED, TESDA• Parents and Other Sectors• Public Officials• Experts and Consultants

PROCESS

Document Research

Consultation with Stakeholders

PROCESS

Finance

FIN

Sciences

ISTMEOT

Governance

GOV

Language

MOI

Teachers

TDAWQA

Quality

Recommendations not chosen:

Policy already exists

Not budget-feasible

Already proposed as legislation

Calls for further study

Safeguarding procedures

An Agenda for

ReformNine

Specific Proposals

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 1

Establishment of the National Coordinating Council for Education (NCCE)

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 2

Rationalization, within a Moratorium Period, of the Creation and Conversion of the State Universities and Colleges

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 3

Reorientation of the Premises of Financing Public Higher Education

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 4

Establishment of a One-year Pre-baccalaureate System

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 5

Faculty Development at the Tertiary Level

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 6

Strengthening of Teacher Competencies at the Basic Education Level

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 7

Expansion of the Options for Medium of Instruction in Grade 1 through the Use of the Regional Lingua Franca or the Vernacular

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 8

Establishment of a National Educational Evaluation and Testing System (NEETS)

PRODUCT PROPOSAL NO. 9

Establishment of Common Standards of Accreditation Per Discipline

I. The Case Study:The Presidential Commission on Educational Reform in the Philippines

II. A Regional Overview- Reform efforts in Asia- Lessons from the collective experience

EDUCATION REFORM:

Reform Efforts in Asia

* The imperatives of change

* Existing surveys of previous reforms

* Examples: Kazakstan, Jilin, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Rajastan,etc.

Lessons from the Collective Experience

* Generic reform vs.targeted reform

* Reorganization vs. reform* Intervention reform vs.

inevitable reform* Administrative reform vs.

pedagogical reform

* Generic reform vs.targeted reform

- by sub-sector: primary, secondary, university, etc.

- by geography: regions, provinces

- by positive discrimination: low performers, centers of excellence

- by functional area: textbook provision, curriculum, school supervision

Lessons from the Collective Experience

* Generic reform vs.targeted reform

* Reorganization vs. reform* Intervention reform vs.

inevitable reform* Administrative reform vs.

pedagogical reform

* Reorganization vs. reform

- The anatomy, physiology, and pathology of organizations

- Reorganization requirements; reform requirements

- Examples

Lessons from the Collective Experience

* Generic reform vs.targeted reform

* Reorganization vs. reform* Intervention reform vs.

inevitable reform* Administrative reform vs.

pedagogical reform

* Intervention reform vs. inevitable reform

- Timing; authorship

- Methodology: top-down or bottom-up; deductive vs. inductive

- Role of legislation, bureaucracy, stakeholders, civil society

Lessons from the Collective Experience

* Generic reform vs.targeted reform

* Reorganization vs. reform* Intervention reform vs.

inevitable reform* Administrative reform vs.

pedagogical reform

* Administrative reform vs.pedagogical reform

- Efficiency or effectiveness

- The bureaucracy or the classroom

- Content or delivery

- Today’s student: his/her new learning needs; his/her new way of thinking and learning

Lessons from the Collective Experience

* Generic reform vs.targeted reform

* Reorganization vs. reform* Intervention reform vs.

inevitable reform* Administrative reform vs.

pedagogical reform

Prepared by: for:Victor Ordonez Hong Kong EducationalNovember 2000 Research Association