September 14, 2005 · Posted in: General
1M quit school this year; many distrust
pre-need firms — Pulse Asia
HARD times have forced more than half a million high school students and 336,000 post-secondary students to quit school this year, according to Pulse Asia’s July 2005 nationwide survey.
In addition, 168,000 elementary students did not enroll this year, the poll showed.
Lack of money for school expenses (40 percent) and tuition (35 percent) were the chief reasons given for leaving school. Twenty-nine percent cited the student’s refusal to study as reason as well.
PCIJ earlier reported that the dropout problem in high school was especially alarming among boys.
Pulse Asia, which polled 1,200 adults, also found that the controversy surrounding educational plans has resulted in the public’s mistrust of pre-need firms.
About 70 percent of families that still don’t own a plan say they won’t buy one even if they had the money. Of this group, 41 percent say pre-need companies can’t be depended on to honor the provisions.
Big pre-need companies like the College Assurance Plan and Pacific Plans have failed to pay many planholders, especially those owning traditional plans, their full benefits.
Pulse Asia said only a tenth of households have at least one family member who has or had an education plan.
Read Pulse Asia’s full report.
5 Responses to 1M quit school this year; many distrust
pre-need firms — Pulse Asia
KaBlog
September 14th, 2005 at 6:16 pm
Wow naman talaga! Kawawa na ang mga kabataan, pati ang pag-asa na magkaroon ng magandang edukasyon ay kay hirap ng abutin.
Ngayon sabihin ng gobyerno na ang ekonomiya ng isinumpang Perlas ng silangan ay maayos. Ngayon nila sabihin na pangunahin sa gobyernong ito ang edukasyon. Ngayon nila gamitin ang mga istatistika upang ipagyabang na kahit merong ingay sa pulitika ay maayos pa rin ang buhay ng nakararami.
Saludo, Salceda, Gloria, Ermita, ang masasabi ko lang sa inyo ay NUKNUKAN KAYO NG KAHAMBUGAN AT KASINUNGALINGAN. Wag nyo nang gamiting ang mga numero upang gawing dahilan na ang ekonomiya ng bansang PIlipinas ay naiaayos pa rin.
Maawa na kayo sa kabataan. Sila ang nagmamay-ari ng kinabukasan. LUMAYAS NA KAYO at ng makagsimula ng muli ang mga Pilipino. WALA NA KAYONG MAGANDANG GINAGAWA. Layas na mga makakapal ang apog!
peacelabenpinay
September 15th, 2005 at 8:58 am
Very depressing…. there is no one to blame in this sad news but the present government inhabited by corrupt politicians. Since her assumption to power in 2001, GMA has focused all her energies to the imaginary fight against terror and to her political survival- she has channelled all government resources to the military and pampered her supporters. Providing basic services like education has been completely forgotten and ignored.
The right to education is guaranteed by our Constitution. But this government does not recognize this right. When the youth has no chance to obtain free education, they obviously become bums or juvinile delinquents. Afterwhich they become hardened criminals. What do we therefore expect in the future?
indio_lawless
September 15th, 2005 at 11:40 am
Tag-hirap na nga po talaga sa Pinas at alam po ito ni gloria.
Meron ngang libreng edukasyon sa elementarya at hi-skul, pero di pa rin maka-avail ang ibang kabataan dahil may babayaranin na ang tawag ay “miscellaneous fees” ang mga kawawang magulang.
May ka-akibat pang problema sa pabaon, pamasahe,uniporme at di pa kasama dito kung ang bata ay ay may pang-almusal, pang-tanghalian o panghapunan.
Ang suma total ay kung may kakayahan ang magulang na magbigay ng “additional support”. eh, kung s’ya mismo ay walang matinong trabaho or may trabaho nga pero di naman binabayaran ng tamang pa-sweldo.
gloria, nasaan na ang barkong papel? nasaan na ang isang milyong trabaho? nasaan ang magandang ekonomiya? nasaan si garci?
Nasaan ka, gloria? Ika’y nasa Estados Unidos, nagpapasarap at nagpapakaligaya.
edward
September 15th, 2005 at 11:56 am
Yes, very depressing. Well, asan o ano ba talaga ang problema?
Halos boung sistema may problema yata. DepEd mismo meron. Look, until now there has no secretary.
At kung ikaw ay nasa loob mismo ng deped, malalaman mo na buong bureauracracy ng edukasyon dito ay may malalang sakit.
DepEd bosses and Personnel – Relationship, Wages, Accountability, Corruption within
School Administration and Faculty-Teachers and Union – Relationship, Wages, Accountability, Corruption within
Teachers and Students – Competetiveness, Relationship (abuses), Academic Freedom
School Administration and Student Council – Magna Carta for Students, Tuition Fees
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Real Problem: Access to Education, Quality Education, Corruption within the institution, Palakasan
Impact: Drop-outs, low education attainment, poor performance of students (youth), low literacy rate, decreasing number of competent teachers
Kawawang Pilipinas! Trabaho na tayo! Tama na ang away sa pulitika. Tigilin na rin natin ang nakawan! Maawa naman kayo.
Ilan lang siguro
mongster
September 16th, 2005 at 11:09 am
i have yet to read the complete pulse asia report, but the government is also to be blamed because of its tuition policy favoring the school owners. PGMA asked Congress to pass a pre-need code but what is more essential is that we stop runaway fees – tuition and miscellaneous fees – and funding for public higher education must be increased.
maybe students also opted not to enroll because they don’t see the relevance of studying hard for a diploma when they can see many graduates without employment or leaving the country for better opportunities.