Is Philippine education really deteriorating?

The Department of Education adopted the new curriculum eight years ago. May 29, 2013, it was the time when the program was signed by the former President Benigno Aquino III, which shows that the Philippine government is trying to make a progress in the educational system in the country. In fact, there is a budget for the implementation of the Basic Educational Facilities Program; the creation of teaching and non-teaching positions; the provision of educational assistance for Deped. For CHED, they prioritize the Grant of scholarships and financial assistance; implementation of the Free Higher Education Program. For TESDA, Provision of skills-based courses and training to help Filipinos, especially out-of-school youths. Therefore, I don’t think that Philippine education is deteriorating. 

Issues and surveys are circulating that our Philippine teachers opted to work abroad due to a lack of support from the government and/or for any other personal reasons. However, that doesn’t affect the progress of the educational system that the government is trying to work on. Of course, they cannot provide everything, for education, in just a day. There is a process to follow. Besides, the new curriculum, new school buildings, educational resources: computers, laptops, flat-screen, books, and other educational resources for both teachers and students were seen and appreciated by the people.  

I, for one, can tell how much progress do schools and education as a whole have now. Back when I was in grade 7, I didn’t know how to use a computer, and also I don’t have social media, because we were not exposed to anything that involves media and technology, which is the opposite in today's grade 7 learners who already knew how to manipulate computers at an early age. At that time I was persistent to at least encode and be aware of the usage of computers, but unfortunately, there was no computer/s set in the school where I attended, not until I was in the 9th grade. After two years of waiting, our school opened the computer laboratory, and that was when I started to learn. With the new curriculum, the school was able to open ICT classes and integrate technology in the teaching-learning process. I was able to encode and make PowerPoint presentations and animations. 

The government is working on achieving better quality education for the students, not to mention the teachers are having lots of seminars and training to be fully equipped with the right strategies and knowledge about the subject/s and in the field of the teaching-learning process.