EDUCATION(Documentaries)

EDUCATION
The Philippine Agenda
(by: Roy Consulta)


Host
Jessica Soho


Cast
Maricel Padera
Student of Palanas National High School

Sheila Padera
Sister of Maricel and Student of Palanas National High School

Madeline Valencia
Techer of Palanas National High School

Nalin
Student of Palanas National High School

Jovelyn Almanzar
Teacher of Teofilo National High School

Merlina Arabis
Student of Teofilo National High School




SYNOPSIS


Its 3 o’clock in the early morning. The youngsters are about to hike. They have their important mission and they are still a bit far from their destination. It took almost 3 hours of walking. And at last they finally reached their destination. The school. Maricel Padera is one of the students of Palanas, Masbate walking everyday for more than 7km to go to school.

Not all schools are far compared with Maricel’s school. Though it cant be denied that there were still many young students who still walk for 6 to 7 km away from the school everyday. Maricels older sister Sheila is even one of her classmates. Inspite of their experiences going to school they are still determined to pursue their education. Even though there are no teachers available, a fellow student thought them. They also lack of teachers to teach. They even write their lectures in torned blackboards because they have only one book.

Despite of unavailability of books, there is also classroom shortage. They wish to go to college but they might not reach these goal. Their dream to reach college seems to be like far as their school.

The Teofilo Elementary High School in Miyabas, Masbate maybe just only one flick and it will be totally ruined. Masbate thye 2nd poorest province in the country, Aside from being scarce in resources, they also suffer from lots of problems in education. On the other hand there are determined individuals. Merlina is one of them. She’s 52 y/o but she just started her high school. She is even older than her teacher and her classmates are just like her childrens. Masbate High Schoos are really having a lack of teachers, unavailability of books, have a weak foundation of rooms and having a torned blackboards.

The life of students in Masbate is not easy; they suffer a lot before they will arrive in their schools. There are also students who are older than her teacher and her classmates are just like her children. And she did not mind on it instead they pursue studying until they will finished high school.

As of now there are many children who are not capable to enter in school because of poverty. So if I will compare it to present situation it is better to go in school with torned blackboards, and have a weak foundation of rooms than to never.

It is difficult for ordinary people like us to improve this kind of difficulties without the help of the government. And I can say that we cannot surpass all of these problems if the government officials are corrupting our wealth. So all we need to do is to fight the corrupt government officials and bring all these things unto God.



COMMENT

Since our country is facing an economic problem, it is possible that education problem will be happen to all of us if we don’t know how to manage things well. In this case many students are sufferings in order to study and finish schooling. They walk kilometers a day in order to reach their school. It is not easy to walk a long distance and arrive in the school with no teacher, with a torned blackboard and with a weak foundation of classrooms. But I can say that the students who suffer from these difficulties must not mind all of this, all they going to do is to focus and study their lectures well to have more knowledge and learn how to give importance to the things they have.