Public-Private Partnership in Education
March 29, 2011, 10:35pm
MANILA, Philippines – Public-private partnership, a core program of the Aquino government, is alive and well in the education sector. For over two decades now, the government has been subsidizing the education of some high school students in private institutions, by partly defraying the cost of tuition and other fees. Many urban areas have large secondary student populations but have few public schools. As a result, students in these areas have to enroll in the nearest or affordable private schools.
The government assists poor but talented high school students who are not absorbed into the public school system, through a four-year funding commitment under the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) program, being implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd), assisted by the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE).
The program, created by Republic Act 6728 in June 10, 1989, decongests public high schools by subsidizing the transfer of qualified public secondary students to private schools. It is a cost-effective way of providing free education up to the secondary level and alleviates the need to construct more school buildings and hire additional teachers.
Government support to private education started in the ‘70s when enrollment in public schools soared, resulting in classroom and teacher shortages, especially in rural areas. A more viable alternative was to institute public-private education partnership, through the Educational Service Contracting (ESC) under the 1987-1992 Philippine Development Plan. The ESC project, pilot tested in Regions VIII and XII in school year 1982-1983, became the basis for the enactment of the GASTPE law. In 2010-2011, 3,178 private secondary schools participated in the program. Qualified elementary pupils are given subsidies under a voucher system to enable them to enroll in private schools. Another GASTPE project subsidizes the salary of teachers in private schools to encourage them to continue serving the private school system.
The Filipino’s access to quality education remains a top priority of the government and the continuing public-private partnership in education will allow many young people to complete their studies.
REFLECTION # 3
The situation of our country in education is very much disappointing because we have many out of school youth. The very reason is having less space in classrooms and shortage of teachers, we often encounter this kind of problem in rural area sometimes in urban area. The most common reason of the parent why they don’t send their children at school because of lack of money, but some parent are willing to send their children at school whatever it takes but in public school alone, because it is the schools which education is affordable. But most of the public schools are having a problem which are shortage of teachers and over crowding of students in classrooms, because not all parent afford to send their sons and daughters in private schools, the very reason why public schools are having a great number of students that causes a congested classrooms and also might lead to a unlearned students.
Our country is really concern to the quality of education because our government is aware about the poor quality of eduction of the Phillipines, Aquino gov’t come up with the idea of public-private partnership in education.This public-private partnership in education also known as GASTPE(Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education) really helps a lot those students. This program, created by Republic Act 6728 in June 10, 1989,this program was designed to help decongest the public schools by subsidizing the transfer of qualified high school students from public to private schools. It is a cost-effective way of providing free education up to the secondary level and alleviates the need to construct more school buildings and hire additional teachers. This program was designed to help students to continue their studies in a affordable manner. The government support to private education started when the enrollment in public schools get soared resulting in classrooms and teachers shortage.
Those qualified elementary students are given subsidies under a voucher system to enable them to enroll in private schools. Also teachers of private schools are given salary subsidies by GASTPE to encourage them to continue their service in private schools system. Truly that this program can a make a changes in our education system now a days all willing youth will be given a chance to pursue their dreams what ever it cost. Parent will give a reason no more for not sending their child in school because of lack of money , by the help of this program even in private they child can pursue their studies without bothering about the high fees. This public-private partnership in education will certainly increase the quality of education because the over crowded rooms in public schools will be lessen and the shortage of teachers in private will also be lessen because of the subsidies
REFLECTION # 3
The situation of our country in education is very much disappointing because we have many out of school youth. The very reason is having less space in classrooms and shortage of teachers, we often encounter this kind of problem in rural area sometimes in urban area. The most common reason of the parent why they don’t send their children at school because of lack of money, but some parent are willing to send their children at school whatever it takes but in public school alone, because it is the schools which education is affordable. But most of the public schools are having a problem which are shortage of teachers and over crowding of students in classrooms, because not all parent afford to send their sons and daughters in private schools, the very reason why public schools are having a great number of students that causes a congested classrooms and also might lead to a unlearned students.
Our country is really concern to the quality of education because our government is aware about the poor quality of eduction of the Phillipines, Aquino gov’t come up with the idea of public-private partnership in education.This public-private partnership in education also known as GASTPE(Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education) really helps a lot those students. This program, created by Republic Act 6728 in June 10, 1989,this program was designed to help decongest the public schools by subsidizing the transfer of qualified high school students from public to private schools. It is a cost-effective way of providing free education up to the secondary level and alleviates the need to construct more school buildings and hire additional teachers. This program was designed to help students to continue their studies in a affordable manner. The government support to private education started when the enrollment in public schools get soared resulting in classrooms and teachers shortage.
Those qualified elementary students are given subsidies under a voucher system to enable them to enroll in private schools. Also teachers of private schools are given salary subsidies by GASTPE to encourage them to continue their service in private schools system. Truly that this program can a make a changes in our education system now a days all willing youth will be given a chance to pursue their dreams what ever it cost. Parent will give a reason no more for not sending their child in school because of lack of money , by the help of this program even in private they child can pursue their studies without bothering about the high fees. This public-private partnership in education will certainly increase the quality of education because the over crowded rooms in public schools will be lessen and the shortage of teachers in private will also be lessen because of the subsidies
Public-Private Partnership in Education
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Our country is really concern to the quality of education because our government is aware about the poor quality of eduction of the Phillipines, Aquino gov’t come up with the idea of public-private partnership in education.This public-private partnership in education also known as GASTPE(Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education) really helps a lot those students. This program, created by Republic Act 6728 in June 10, 1989,this program was designed to help decongest the public schools by subsidizing the transfer of qualified high school students from public to private schools. It is a cost-effective way of providing free education up to the secondary level and alleviates the need to construct more school buildings and hire additional teachers. This program was designed to help students to continue their studies in a affordable manner. The government support to private education started when the enrollment in public schools get soared resulting in classrooms and teachers shortage.
Those qualified elementary students are given subsidies under a voucher system to enable them to enroll in private schools. Also teachers of private schools are given salary subsidies by GASTPE to encourage them to continue their service in private schools system. Truly that this program can a make a changes in our education system now a days all willing youth will be given a chance to pursue their dreams what ever it cost. Parent will give a reason no more for not sending their child in school because of lack of money , by the help of this program even in private they child can pursue their studies without bothering about the high fees. This public-private partnership in education will certainly increase the quality of education because the over crowded rooms in public schools will be lessen and the shortage of teachers in private will also be lessen because of the subsidies.
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