Functional Literacy for All:

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FY 2008 Budget
Functional Literacy for All Making Schools
Continuously Improve
Secretary Jesli A. Lapus October 04, 2007
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Presentation Outline

• Background
• Scope/Coverage of Basic Education
• The Basic Education Curriculum
• Thrusts and Directions, 2008-2010
• 3-Year Budget Simulation
• Financing Proposals
• Proposed Legislative Agenda
• Initiatives Under BESRA
• Items for Possible Augmentation

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Vision Functionally Literate Filipinos

ICT in Education

ICT in Education

Partnerships with Private

Partnerships with Private
Sector/Industry
Sector/Industry

Increase spending

Increase spending
Teacher Development
for Basic Education
for Basic Education

RBEC
and Supply

Tech Voc

Food for

Hiring and

English,
school
deployment
Science, Math

SBM

Every Child a
Curriculum
Students
Schools

NAT

Training
Teachers
Reader

Critical

NCAE

Certification
learning
CHED

Multi
-
Grade
Program

A E
resources

Distance and

Teachers
Special Education
alternative
benefits and

Pre
-
school
College/
learning
Welfare

Feeding
University
?
B A S I C E D U C A T I O N
Elementary
High School
Technical
Grade 1
Public Schools
Vocational
ECE
NCAE
Readiness
Private Schools
Counselling
Test
TESDA
Drop
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outs
DSWD DOH LGUs
GASTPE
Labor Force
Accreditation Equivalency
Alternative Learning
INDUS
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TRY
Basic Education Framework
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Basic Education Pyramid Core Competencies Being
Developed

• Sec.
• (12-15 y/o)
• Readiness,
• passion for
• lifelong learning
• and work

• Elem. (6-11 y/o)
• Foundation skills for
• learning how to learn

Preschool (5 yrs old) - Readiness for learning
ECCD (0-4 y/o), c/o DSWD
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Core Values Being Developed
Preschool
Elementary
Secondary

• Self-respect,
• self-esteem
• Obedience to elders
• Honesty
• Loyalty
• Sharing, cooperation
• Love of God country
• Thrift/frugality

• Truthfulness
• Respect for life
• Responsibility
• Independence
• Equality
• Love of God country
• Environment consciousness
• Sharing, thrift, frugality
• Love of work

• Respect for others and rule of law
• Fortitude integrity
• Humility love of work
• Social responsibility
• Economic responsibility
• Temperance
• Spirituality
• Peace
• Sharing, thrift, frugality

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Equal Access toQualityEducation
Challenges in Basic Education
ProgramsPreschoolElementarySecondaryAlternativ
e Learning
Learning Outcomes
where some 20 million learners housed in 43,000
schools and 3,000 community learning centers
nationwide must benefit at the shortest time
possible
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policies software staff hardware budget management
teaching- learning process
Students possessing basic competencies for
lifelong learning and for work
always inadequate
low proficiency
poor, variable quality
Scale up proven educational innovations and
implement out-of-the box interventions to
improve content, pedagogy, training governance
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II. Main Thrusts, 2008-2010

1. Leap frog the quality of basic education into
   global standards (Basic Education Sector Reform
   Agenda or BESRA)
2. Increase spending for basic education from all
   possible sources (public national local,
   private sources, ODA)
3. Tighten system governance to enhance school-based
   management

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Leap-frogging basic education quality

1. Investing more in preschool education
2. Improving the quality of teaching and learning
   (teacher retooling)
3. Improving classroom conditions (addressing
   resource shortages)
4. Making basic education accessible and relevant to
   the Filipino learners (e.g., tech-voc, GASTPE)
5. Promoting equity in the delivery of basic
   education services (e.g., Madrasah, Special
   Education, Alternative Learning)
6. Promoting centers of excellence in public
   schools, particularly in English, science, math,
   arts, sports

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Increase Basic Education spending

• Regular financing (GAA)
• Alternative financing strategies
• Adopt-a-School (Private Sector)
• Utilization of a portion of the LGUs Internal
  Revenue Allotment
• Securitization of a portion of the LGUs Special
  Education Fund
• Issuance of Patriot Bonds by NG

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Tightening system governance

• Performance-based budgeting
• System-wide quality assurance
• Accountability-focused
• Transparency in operations

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Sector Performance, Public Private
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Resource Gaps (costs in billion)
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Resource Gaps (costs in billion)
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III. 3-year Financial Simulation (2008-2010)
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Underlying Assumptions

• Preschool Education
• Scenario 1 DepED will continue to be a provider
  of preschool education lead role will be assumed
  by National Council on ECCD
• Scenario 2 Preschool is part of the basic
  education ladder i.e., from K to 10 a
  pre-requisite to Grade 1 (proposed bill)
• Elementary Education
• Scenario 1 Class size is pegged at 45 on
  double-shift system.
• Scenario 2 Class size improves from 45 in 2008,
  to 40 in 2009 to 35 in 2010, all on double-shift
  system
• Secondary Education same as elementary
• All prices used are held constant until 2010
  expressed in PhP millions.

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Budget Scenarios
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Simulation Costs In million pesos
Desired Scenario Inclusion of preschool to the
basic education ladder beginning 2009, and class
sizes improve from 45 in 2008 to 40 in 2009 to 35
in 2010, all on double shift basis.
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Comparative Budgets, 2006-2008 (P000s)
FY 2008 NEP is 16 lower than the Original
Proposal
Share Against National Budget 11.9
Notes 1. 3-year ave. share of GDP is 2.53.
International standard is 6 of GDP, per UNESCO
report.2. Ave. share of educ. budget in
developing countries is 20, per WB report.3.
Historical Ave. Share of Education Budget per
EDCOM Report 1960s 29 1970s 11 1980s
13 1990s 13
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Allocations by Expense Class
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DepED Budgets, by Major Final Outputs
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IV. Financing Proposals

• 1. Utilize 10 of the LGUs Internal Revenue
  Allotment
• Total IRA, 2007 P183.9B
• 10 of IRA, except for bgys.
• estimated at 5 P16.6B
• P16.6B / P550,000/classroom 30,216 cls
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  per year

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IV. Financing Proposals

• 2. Securitizing 50 of the LGUs Special
  Education Fund (SEF)

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IV. Financing Proposals

• 3. Issuance of patriot bonds by the National
  Government via the National Development Company

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V. Proposed Legislative Agenda Supportive of
DepED Thrusts/Directions

1. Institutionalization of Preschool in the Basic
   Education Cycle
2. RA 4670 (Magna Carta for Teachers)
3. RA 7160 (Local Government Code)
4. National Career Assessment Examination
5. RA 7880 (Roxas Law)
6. PD 1146 as Amended (on GSIS)

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VI. Initiatives Under BESRA
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Preschool Education

• Legal Bases
• Early Childhood Care and Development Act (RA
  8980)
• Executive Order 349 s. 2004
• RA 9155. Governance of Basic Education Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 232. The Education Act of
  1982
• MTPDP 2004-2010
• BESRA Strategy Document
• Rationale
• Education For All 2015 Expand targeted
  coverage of quality-assured ECCD programs
• MTPDP 2004-2010 Universal coverage of 5 y/o
  and standardized quality of preschool education
• Budgets
• 2008 NEP Budget P2 Billion
• 2007 GAA P 500 Million
• 2006 GAA P 250 Million

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SBM Installation and Support

• Legal Bases
• RA 9155 Governance of Basic Education Act
• Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA)
• Rationale
• Schools are the community-based social
  institutions that provide the most widely
  available formally organized instruction, which
  is expected to enable students to learn, and
  thereby attain their desired educational
  outcomes. If schools are to deliver better
  outcomes in a sustainable manner, the key
  stakeholders, within the school and the
  community, must be enabled and empowered to
  manage their school-level affairs so that they
  continuously improve the link between their own
  efforts and their collectively desired
  educational outcomes. The central insight of this
  reform thrust is that people most actively and
  directly involved in and affected by the school
  operations are the best people to improve the
  quality of these schools.
• Budgets
• 2008 NEP Budget P500M
• 2007 GAA P500M
• 2006 GAA P250M

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Science and Math

• Legal Bases
• 1987 Constitution
• Republic Act 9155. Governance of Basic Education
  Act
• MTPDP 2004-2010
• Batas Pambansa 232
• BESRA Strategy Document
• Rationale
• Chapter 19, MTPDP 2004-2010, Need to improve the
  competitiveness of the countrys knowledge and
  Science and Technology workers.
• Budget
• 2008 NEP Budget
  P918.6M 1. Science and Math Equipment
  P698.0M
• 2. Regional Science High Schools
  39.1M
• 3. Support to Special Elem. Science Schools (53
  ES) 26.5M
• 4. Support to ESEP High Schools (110 schools)
  55.0M
• 5. Cert. Program for Non-Specialists in S M
  100.0M
• 2007 GAA
  P 239.1M
• Science and Math Equipment
  P50.0M
• Regional Science High Schools
  39.1M
• Cert. Program for Non-Specialists in S M
  150.0M

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Tech-Voc Education

• Legal Bases
• Republic Act 6655. Free Public Secondary
  Education Act.
• Philippine Constitution of 1987
• Batas Pambansa 232. Education Act of 1982
• Republic Act 9155. Governance of Basic Education
  Act
• DepED Order No. 37, s. 2004 DepED Order No. 48,
  s. 2007
• MTPDP 2004-2010
• Rationale
• Revive and strengthen the existing 261 tech-voc
  high schools to provide students with
  opportunities to acquire TESDA certifiable
  technical, vocational, industrial and other
  relevant skills
• Provide relevant foundation skills for higher
  learning, world of work or entrepreneurship
  opportunities
• The result of the National Career Assessment
  Examination 2007 showed that 711,526 or 54.51 of
  the graduating high school students are with high
  aptitude for tech-voc programs.
• Budgets
• 2008 NEP Budget P528 Million
• 2007 GAA P207 Million

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GASTPE
(Government Assistance to Students and Teachers
in Private Education)

• Legal Bases
• 1987 Constitution
• Republic Act 6728 of 1989
• Republic Act 8545 of 1998
• DepED Memo No. 144, s. 2007
• DepED Order No. 37, s. 2007
• Rationale
• Secondary education is free, and must be
  provided to all learners in the public schools.
  However, there is limited capacity in the public
  schools to accommodate all prospective enrollees.
  The program is thus implemented to provide
  opportunity for public school excess students to
  continue their secondary education in
  participating private schools by providing
  financial assistance to poor but deserving
  elementary school graduates. It also helps
  private schools maximize use of their idle
  capacity, thereby helping promote their continued
  financial viability.
• Budgets
• 2008 NEP Budget P2.90B
• 2007 GAA P3.14B
• 2006 GAA P2.46B
• 2005 GAA P1.83B
• 2004 GAA P1.57B
• 2003 GAA P1.58B

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Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

• Legal Basis
• MTPDP 2004-2010
• Rationale
• Chapter 19, MTPDP 2004-2010. ICT will be
  harnessed as a powerful enabler of capacity
  development. It will therefore be targeted
  directly towards specific development goals like
  ensuring basic education for all and lifelong
  learning, among others.
• BESRA Strategy Document on ICT Integration for
  Basic Education
• Budgets
• 2008 NEP Budget P 264.6M
• DepEd Computerization Program 260.0M
• Distance Ed. for Elem. Students
  4.1M
• Effective Alternative Secondary Education
  0.5M
• 2007 GAA P 299.1M
• DepEd Computerization Program 280.0M
• Distance Ed. for Elem. Students
  4.1M
• Strong Republic Schools-Distance Learning
  15.0M

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Madrasah Education

• Legal Bases
• MTPDP, 2004-2010
• DepEd Order No. 51, s. 2004. Standard Curriculum
  for Elementary Public Schools and Private Madaris
  (Muslim schools)
• Rationale
• To upgrade the Muslim basic education and
  mainstream it as a component of the basic
  education in the country
• Budgets
• 2008 NEP Budget P200 Million
• 2007 GAA P 100 Million
• 2006 GAA P 150 Million

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Alternative Learning System

• Legal Basis
• Republic Act 9155. Governance of Basic Education
  Act
• BESRA Strategy Document
• Rationale
• 2003 FLEMMS (Functional Literacy, Education and
  Mass Media Survey) cited that 10.5 million
  Filipinos aged 16-77 years old never attended
  schools
• To provide opportunity to learners outside of the
  formal school system to acquire basic education
  competencies
• Targets 312,400 learners in FY 2008
• Budgets
• 2008 NEP Budget P 310.68M
• 2007 GAA P230.14M
• 2006 GAA P 75.55M

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Arts and Sports

• Legal Bases
• Philippine Constitution of 1987
• Republic Act 9155. Governance of Basic Education
  Act
• Executive Order No. 433 (Sports)
• Rationale
• To provide a nationwide program for students who
  have demonstrated talents or potential in the
  arts and sports
• The components are teacher and student training
  and all other operating expenses
• Includes 17 schools with Special Program for the
  Arts and 17 schools with Special program for
  Sports
• Budget
• 2008 NEP Budget P17 Million (_at_ P500K each for
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  regional schools)

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VII. Items for Possible Augmentation