Republic of the Philippines

Laguna State Polytechnic University

San Pablo City Campus

GRADUATE STUDIES AND APPLIED RESEARCH

COURSE CODE : EM 204
COURSE DESCRIPTION : Management of Philippine Schools, Colleges and
Universities
PROFESSOR : TERESA M. YAMBAO, Ed. D.
STUDENT : EDUARDO M. TALAMAN
COURSE : Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational
Management
TOPIC : PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL REFORMS
Congressional Education of 1991 (EDCOM)

In accordance with the recommendations of the Congressional Commission

on Education (EDCOM) to restructure DepED, two separate bodies to oversee
tertiary education and technical and vocational education were created, allowing
DepED to concentrate on basic education. The Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority were created
through RA 7722 and RA 7796, respectively, have become independent entities
from DECS.
According to EDCOM Report (Making Education Work, 1992), the quality of
the Philippine education is continuously declining in terms of basic education failure
to (i) teach the competence the average citizens need to become responsible,
productive and self-fulfilling; (ii) colleges and technical and vocational schools are
not producing the manpower we need to develop our economy; and (iii) graduate
education is mediocre and failed to generate the research-based knowledge we
need to create more job and raise value of production. This decline has been
attributed to a number of causes, namely: (i) low budget, high enrollment; (ii)
shortage of teachers; (iii) shortage of classrooms; and (iv) shortage of textbook.
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EDCOM enable the following recommendation for : Elementary Level,
Administration of the National Elementary Achievement Test (NEAT) to all Grade 6
pupils in all private schools in English, Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Secondary Level, Administration of National Secondary Achievement Test (NSAT)
to measure achievement in English, Science and Mathematics. Teacher
Development, Professionalization of teachers and teaching through the creation of
the National Teachers Board under the Regulatory Commission (PRC) which is
tasked with giving periodic tests as prerequisite for licensing and certification of
teaching competencies.