Promise 12: Increase health, education expenditure
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:12 AM | Updated as of 11/02/2010 4:56 PM
(UPDATE: October 18, 2010) We will focus investment expenditure in the very urgent need to invest in education (especially in early childhood education) and in health.
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Promise 13: Promote technical and vocational education
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:13 AM | Updated as of 07/26/2010 10:53 AM
We will promote technical/vocational schools to strengthen the labor supply and better match the needs of enterprises.
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Promise 21: A 12-year basic education cycle
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:21 AM | Updated as of 06/02/2011 10:57 AM
(UPDATE) We need to add two years to our basic education. Thus, their children are getting into the best universities and the best jobs after graduation. I want at least 12 years for our public school children to give them an even chance at succeeding.
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Promise 22: Universal pre-schooling for all
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:22 AM | Updated as of 10/11/2010 1:43 PM
(UPDATE: October 11, 2010) We need to build a proper pre-school system and make this available to all children regardless of income.
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Promise 23: Establish the Madaris education as a sub-system in the current education system
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:23 AM | Updated as of 08/17/2010 8:43 PM
Our Muslim brothers and sisters ask for an education system that respects their culture while providing a technically sound curriculum in English, Filipino, science and math.
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Promise 24: Reintroduce technical and vocational education in public high schools
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:24 AM | Updated as of 07/26/2010 11:20 AM
Half our high school graduates want to work upon graduation but do not have enough technical education. We need to provide an education alternative to better prepare students for the world of work.
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Promise 25: “Every child a reader” by Grade 1
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:25 AM | Updated as of 07/26/2010 11:21 AM
At the core of our children’s non-learning problems is the inability to read properly. By the end of the Aquino administration (SY 2015-16), every child passing pre-school must be a reader by Grade 1.
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Promise 26: Improve science and mathematics education
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:26 AM | Updated as of 07/26/2010 11:34 AM
We need a strong science and math curriculum that starts as early as Grade 1 with instructional materials and properly trained elementary teachers. To build a culture for science and math, I will bring back the science and math clubs movement with elementary and high school science/math fairs.
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Promise 27: Expand government assistance to private education
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:27 AM | Updated as of 07/26/2010 11:30 AM
Private education must be a partner in producing quality education in the country. I intend to expand GASTPE (Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education) to a target of 1 million private HS students every year through education service contracting (ESC).
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Promise 28: Use of mother-language instruction
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:28 AM | Updated as of 07/26/2010 11:29 AM
UNESCO has proven that young children learn best in their mother tongue before moving on to English in higher grades. From pre-school to Grade 3, we will use the mother tongue as the medium of instruction while teaching English and Filipino as subjects.
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