Application – Let’s Apply

1. Based on the top global issues and the 17 SDGs, choose one global issue/SDG
and give suggestions on what schools must do to address the issue.
2. What moves has the Philippine government taken to ensure equitable access
to education for all its citizens?
3. Poverty is ranked #4 among the top issues cited by World Economic Forum’s
Global Shapers Survey in 2017. Education is supposed to liberate people
from poverty. The Philippines has a comparatively higher literacy rate. Based
on the Literacy Statistics, Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media
Survey (FLEMMS) of 2013, 96.5 percent of Filipinos were literate, an
improvement from 95.6 percent in 2008. How come the Philippines has one
of the highest number of educated people and yet we remain to be “islands
of affluence amidst a sea of poverty” meaning poverty abounds?Can this be
traced to poor quality of Philippine education? Why or why not?
4. Go over the K to 12 Curriculum Guide. Find out where these global issues and
SDGs are integrated. If you find one or more not integrated in the K to 12
Curriculum, identify points of integration in the curriculum.

Global Issues / SDG In what subject and topic can it be

integrated?
1. 1.

2. 2.

5. Some blame the Philippine’s corruption problem on the merging of Filipino

traditions with American institutions. One Filipino political scientist told
Smithsonian magazine, “Americans taught us the idea of honesty and
integrity in civil service but local culture conflicts with the democratic
model. With no tradition of civil service and the prevalence of strong family
and community ties, bribery and nepotism have seeped into the system.
(Source:http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Philippines/sub5_6f/entry-3906.html)

Do you agree?
 Assessment/ Evaluation
Answer the following questions.
1. List down at least 5 global issues most applicable to the Philippines. Research
the Philippine laws meant to address the problem.

Problem / Issue Philippine Law meant to Specific Provision/s of

address the problem the Law

Reflection

Do I contribute to any of the global issues? Am I part of the

problem? Can I be part of the solution?