AMIE P. ABANTE EM 502 DR.

LARRY OJALES

Education For All

Kafoumba Doumbia
Why is Education So Important i
Our Life?

When I started thinking about why

education is so important, I
remembered my high school years
when I used to spend almost five
hours a month on math homework,
wake up at 6:00 AM and get ready
for my PSAL soccer game after
school. I remembered my teachers,
school subjects, the study and the
fun! I never really hated school.
But I have seen many of my peers
who hated going to school; I have
had some friends who did not like
the idea of studying. Some needed In 2015 the Education for All (EFA) initiative included provisions to ensure all Filipinos were
to be up in summer school for able to achieve what UNESCO calls “functional literacy”, the ability to read, write and do
recovery. I personally was alwayscalculations at a level that is sufficient for the country in which a particular person lives.
focused because I wanted toFurther supporting the K-12 reform, the government set four key objectives for the EFA
become a software engineer. I initiative: providing education options for all out-of-school adults and young people;
know it will be hard and very eliminating drop-outs and repetition during the first three years of school; encouraging the
challenging. However I believe Icompletion of a full cycle of basic schooling to a satisfactory level at every grade by all
can handle the challenge.The first Filipino children; and committing to the attainment of basic education competencies for
thing that strikes me about
everyone.
education is knowledge gain.
Education gives us a knowledge of In fact, recognition of the need to move towards K-12 was evident much earlier. In 2005 the
the world around us and changes it government promised, under the Basic Education Reform Agenda, to remove all hurdles
into something better. It develops limiting access to and delivery of basic education, whether regulatory, structural, financial or
in us a perspective of looking atinstitutional. The policy involved five key thrusts: school-based management; the
life. It helps us build opinions and development of teacher education; national learning strategies; quality assurance and
have points of view on things inaccountability; and changes to the administration of DepEd, using the latest technology to
life. People debate over the subject ensure more effective use of resources, whether staff or funds.
of whether education is the only
thing that gives knowledge. Some PH robotics team wins big
say education is the process of
gaining information about the at FIRST Lego League World
surrounding world
knowledge is something very
while
Championship
different. They are right. But then
MANILA, Philippines – Young Filipino students reaped prizes at the recent For WINNERS. DYCI Blue Ocean's 10 with
again, information cannot be Mylene Abiva (left) of FELTA Multi-Media
Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League World
converted into knowledge withoutChampionship in Houston, Texas in the US. at the FIRST Lego League World
Championship in Houston, Texas, USA.
education. Education makes us Photo courtesy of FELTA
The team members are:
capable of interpreting things,The Philippine Robotics National Team earned two coveted awards in the  Jocas Arabella Cruz
among other things. It is not justcompetition.  Abigail Silva
 Denise Carpio
about lessons in textbooks. It is  Naiah Nicole Mendoza
about the lessons of life. One thing The Philippine delegation is comprised of two teams: DYCI Blue Ocean’s 10 from Dr  Raingel Vryse Mendoza,
Rodel Christian Alcantara
I wish I can do is, to provideYanga’s College Incorporated (12-17 age bracket), and Team CYLLO from De La  Ma Anne Geline Doneth Dela
education for all: no child left Salle Zobel (6-12). Rama
 Paul Jaren Perez
behind and change the world .for  Lara Monique Narciso
DYCI Blue Ocean’s 10 emerged as Champion’s Award Finalist for its work, “Project The e team's head coach is Beryl Jhan Cruz,
good!! while the assistant coach is Lemuel Francisco.
Fuse," besting 109 teams from 74 countries. Team CYLLO won the Explore and Discover
Award with its project that aims to solve the
problem of supplying enough food and oxygen
Their winning piece is a virtual reality game that connects astronauts in space to for astronauts on the moon. The team created
a robot that can sustain the life of the oxygen-
their families on earth through live virtual reality video chat with physical interaction
producing cyanobacteria.
through a robot. This year’s challenge, INTO ORBIT, tasked students to explore how
to solve the physical and social problems associated with long-duration space flight.