factors affecting our education system

Factors Affecting the Deterioration of EducationalSystem in the Philippines

         Philippines is the midst of struggle in combating variousissues such as the economic problems, political and even ineducational system. This essay tackles on the factors affectingthe deterioration of educational system in our country. To theFilipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although theygenerally agree that education can be obtained inside andoutside school, they believe that the primary sources ofknowledge are the schools. Thus, the higher a person goes up theformal educational ladder, the more knowledge ho or she acquiresand expectedly, the more wealth he or she generates or produced.Being wealthy means having power, influence and social prestige.Thus, earning a college diploma means acquiring the key toeconomic ands social opportunities. The supreme ambition ofevery Filipino family, therefore, is to send every child tocollege regardless of the sacrifices it might entail on the partof at least one of the children, preferably the oldest child,should get a college degree so that he or she can take care ofa younger siblings education. The study of Filipino perceptionsof schooling revealed that Filipinos have a clear idea of thepurpose of formal education. They even viewed education as aprocess of human capital formation. This just shows howFilipinos value the importance of education.

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