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    The document discusses privilege and inequality in the Philippine education system. It notes that the Philippines has high learning poverty and students perform poorly on international tests. Children from poorer households are less likely to be enrolled in and complete schooling. They are thus less likely to attain tertiary education, limiting their earnings potential and upward mobility. While the government provides scholarships and subsidies, student behavior and responsibility also impact performance. Overall, the education system needs reforms to raise standards and ensure equal, quality education for all students regardless of privilege or income.

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    Adrian Regalia Mora
    The document discusses privilege and inequality in the Philippine education system. It notes that the Philippines has high learning poverty and students perform poorly on international tests. Children from poorer households are less likely to be enrolled in and complete schooling. They are thus less likely to attain tertiary education, limiting their earnings potential and upward mobility. While the government provides scholarships and subsidies, student behavior and responsibility also impact performance. Overall, the education system needs reforms to raise standards and ensure equal, quality education for all students regardless of privilege or income.

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    Privilege and Inequality

    Internationally, Philippines has been viewed to have poor quality of education. Data showing that the
    Philippines has the highest learning poverty in the Indo-Pacific region and that 15-year-old Filipino
    students perform poorly on international achievement tests in reading comprehension, mathematics
    literacy, and scientific knowhow and reasoning have been repeatedly presented to the public. In
    comparison to other ASEAN nations, the Philippine government spends the least amount of its GDP on
    education

    All these negative reports regarding Philippine education can cause for concern. There is no way we will
    be able to meet the Ambisyon Natin 2040 goals set forth by our government economic agencies if we do
    not enhance the reading comprehension, mathematics literacy, and scientific knowhow that the youth
    of today are learning in our educational system. The children of today will grow up to be the new
    generation and they will have to deal with the future. If we are unable to raise the standard of basic
    education, the best we can hope for is to fall victim to the so-called Middle Income Trap, which is what
    happened to several Latin American nations in the past few years

    While schooling is widely accessible, its quality and attainment vary by income group. Children from
    poorer households are less likely to be enrolled and, if they are, to reach age-appropriate grade levels.
    That means they are less likely to reach tertiary education, which severely constrains their earning
    potential and their prospects for upward mobility. With the relatively low share of workers with tertiary
    education, the premium for college education has remained high. Additionally, tertiary education tends
    to deliver much higher returns for rich than poor households, possibly due to differences in school
    quality or fields of study and employment.

    The Philippine Government is doing their best to help these families, by giving scholarships, free
    housings, and subsidy to those who in need in Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that most
    poorer households are utilizing. Scholarships can help someone finish up to tertiary education. But it
    always boils down to their persistence and eagerness to learn that leads to these students success in the
    future.

    Furthermore, the behavior of a student can greatly affect the performance that they can put out. And
    most Filipino students are irresponsible, careless, and reckless this can lead to worse performances that
    affect our learning poverty that needs to be altered as soon as possible.

    Hence, our country needs a solution that changes the system that meets the standards of education not
    just for the ones who has the ability, but to those who is unprivileged and the poor. The Philippine
    Government should enforce this so that everyone can have the same quality of education with equal
    care and nurturing from them.

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