Strengthening Citizen Engagement in Education and...
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Strengthening Citizen Engagement in Education
and Community Development: The
Philippine Experience
Atty. Alberto T. MuyotUndersecretary
Department of EducationPhilippines
Outline
I. Philippine ContextII. Modes of Citizen EngagementIII.Insights from the Philippines
87,00%
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Enrolment
Public Schools Private Schools
Philippine population:100,981,437 as of 01 August 2015
Number of Schools:46,739 public schoolsas of 2015
Number of Students:24.4 M public school studentsas of 2015
Philippine Context
The Secretary’s Vision and Agenda
K to 12 as a quality education intervention
• Kindergarten is a critical phase in a child's psycho-social development to better prepare him or her for effective learning in the elementary grades.
• The Enhanced Basic Education Act is about developing an enhanced basic education curriculum to ensure every learner's readiness for higher education or for work anywhere, equipped with 21st century skills.
• K to 12 aligns Philippine basic education withinternationalstandards for years of schooling.
K to 12 requires massive inputs
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• School buildings and facilities
• Learning materials and equipment such as textbooks, libraries, and ICT
• Hiring and professional development of teachers
Modes of Citizen Engagement
Basic Framework for Citizen Engagement
Partnership Building and Management
Resource Generation
and Mobilization
Policy Formulation
Database Management
Capacity Building and
Technical Assistance
Partnership Goals
SUSTAINABILITY
ALIGNMENT
GROWTH
Why Partnership is Important
MORE RESOURCES, ABLE TO DO
MORE
EDUCATIONAL VALUE FOR OUR
LEARNERS
CONSTITUENCY, COMMUNITY OF SUPPORTERS
NO NEED TO DO EVERYTHING
OURSELVES, ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON
WHAT WE DO BEST
Adopt-A-School Program
Allows Private Entities to assist public schools, whether elementary, secondary, or tertiary, preferably located in any of the twenty (20) poorest provinces
Adopt-A-School Program: Adopting Entity
Individual engaged in trade or business or in practice of his/her profession or other business organizations such as Partnership, Corporation or Cooperative, either resident or non-resident, who/which teams up with DepEd, CHED or TESDA towards providing much needed assistance and service to public schools.
Areas of Interventions
School Infrastructure Technology and Multi-Media Support
Furniture and Appliances
Wellness, Health and Nutrition
Financial Support/Subsidy
Schools Supplies and Uniform
Teaching Learning Aids and Devices
Training and Skills Development
Last Mile Efforts
Last Mile Efforts
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The Pedals and Paddles Project
LightEd PH and One Child, One Lamp Campaign
Adopt-A-School Program
Through Partnerships, DepEd generated additional resources for education
PROGRAM SUPPORT 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016School Facilities Improvement and ICT Support Package $ 87,922,851.57 $ 61,043,544.89 $ 55,388,709.15 $ 73,023,586.71 $ 44,143,432.74 Learners' and Teachers' Support Package $ 3,448,529.50 $ 5,824,291.69 $ 2,630,074.65 $ 5,792,891.95 $ 6,977,028.33 Last Mile Learners' Support Package $ 521,210.99 Senior High School Support Package $ 809,244.70 Total Adopt-a-School Program Support $ 91,371,381.07 $ 66,867,836.58 $ 58,018,783.81 $ 78,816,478.66 $ 52,450,916.76
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Tax Incentives
Adopting Private Entity With credible record Existing at least one
year SEC/CDA registered
Legally sound
Public School
150% tax deduction from gross income
Exemption from Payment of Donors Tax
Emblazoned Name
Duty/tax free importation (For foreign donations)
*Subject to IRR, BIR RR 10-2003 and other policies and issuances
How do we encourage partners?
Brigada Eskwela
A nationwide school maintenance activity, based on the Filipino practice Bayanihan, which brings together teachers, parents, community members, and other public and private entities as volunteers to do minor repair in public schools and bring donations-in-kind for the week long activity set every third week of May, in preparation for the opening of classes in June
Partners
International
Organizations Non-
Government/ Civil Society
Organizations
Communities
National Government Agencies/
GOCCs
Local Governmen
t Units
Private Sector
Brigada Eskwela
Generated Resources for Schools Repair, Maintenance and other donations-in-kind:
BRIGADA ESKWELA GENERATED RESOURCES
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
$ 30,605,753.42 $ 40,577,220.31
$ 64,436,595.91
$ 82,089,440.23
$ 146,303,112.50
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BRIGADA ESKWELA GENERATED RESOURCES
Brigada Eskwela 2016 Accomplishments
2121
11,625,476 volunteers
43,960,951 Hours rendered for labor
$ 146,303,112.50 Generated resources
Insights
1. Partnership should not be donor-driven, but should be based on integrated program
2. Engaging the communitya. Industry Summitb. Stakeholders Forumc. Partnership Appreciation Day
Education is the responsibility of all.