Presentation Access To Education

Access to Education
and School Admission

Making Limitations
Education School The Bridge
on the Free
Accessible Admission Program
Education
A. Making Education Accessible
• Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
All Filipinos citizens have the right to quality education.
The state is mandated to protect and promote this right to all levels and shall
take appropriate measures to make this quality education accessible to all.
The 1987 Constitutions
Article XIV Section 2
The state shall:

1. Establish, maintain and support a
complete, adequate and integrated
system of education relevant to the
needs of the people and society.
The state shall:

-2. Establish and maintain system of free
public
Education in the elementary and high school
levels. Without limiting the natural rights of
parents to rear their children, elementary
education is compulsory foe all children of
school age.
The state shall:

-3. Establish and maintain a system of
scholarship grants, student loan programs,
subsidies and other incentives which shall be
available to deserving students in both public
and private schools, especially to the
underprivileged.
The state shall:

4. Encourage non-formal, informal and
indigenous learning system, as well as self-
learning independent and out-of-school study
programs particularly those that respond to
community needs.
The state shall:

5. Provide adult citizens, the disabled and out-
of-school youth with training civics,
vocational efficiency and skills.
Philippine
Constitution
RA No. 6655
Other Means of Access to Education
• RA No. 6014 - Laws on Loans to Students
This law created the Student Loan Fund Authority to which qualified graduates from
duly recognizes high school may apply for educational loans and scholarship grants-
in-aid.
Section 14 of this law provides that any loan granted under it shall be paid by the
student-debtor after he has finished the course after a period of one year from the
time he has acquired an employment at an interest rate of 6% per annum which shall
accrue upon employment on the total amount, or the balance thereof, borrowed by
the student debtor.
RA No. 6728 Sec. 11 (GASTPE) Government Assistance to
Students and Teachers in Private Education
• This law was approved on June 10, 1989. It provides for a Study Now Pay
Later Plan, this law under Sec. 11 thereof, has created a special fund to be
known as the Students Loan Fund to be administered by CHED.
B. Limitations
On The Right To
Free Education
DECS Order No. 30,
series 1993
May 20, 1993
•- All grade 6 elementary

school students in the
Philippines are made to take
the National Elementary
Achievement Test (NEAT)
C. School
Admission
Enrollment in Grade 1 in the elementary grades in the
Philippines, the child must be at least six years old by
the beginning of every school year.
DECS Order No.

65,
Series of 1994 Under this order, a National School Enrolment
Day is held on the last Monday of January
every year. Under P.D. 651, the submission of
the birth certificate of the child is made a
requirement for admission in Grade 1
State universities and colleges have their own respective admission
requirements. Among these requirements are the entrance examinations, grades
interview and ratings. In medicine, the rating obtained in the National Medical
Admission Test or (NMAT) is an important basis in screening of applicants for
enrollment in the College of Medicine. Only those who pass the NMAT are
allowed to enroll in medical schools.
Government recognized private schools set their own policies on admission
requirements in different programs, such as in law, medicine, and other
courses. These are in addition to those requirements imposed by the
government.
Schools make decisions about who is offered a place based on their admissions
criteria, which are drawn up by the Board of Governors and published in the
school website. Criteria vary from school to school but they must be fair, clear
and based on facts.
The governing body of a public school must determine the admission policy of
that school.
For both state and private school, no one can be refused admission on the basis
of race or religion.
D. Bridge Program
March 18, 2004 DepEd Memo 147, s. 2004-

Implementation of the Bridge Program in
English, Science and Mathematics
The Bridge Program has for its purpose the enhancement of the capacity
of public high school entrants to derive maximum benefits from the First
Year curriculum. Likewise, this Memorandum provides for the training of
the teachers on the implementation of the program at the regional/division
levels between April and May, following the trainers’ training which was
conducted by the Bureau of Secondary Education on April 16-20, 2004.
PROGRAM CONCEPT – Enclosure No. 1 to DepEd Memorandum No.
147, s. 2004, emphasizes that the Bridge Program addresses the learning
gaps of high school entrants as evidenced by their low performance in the
National Diagnostic Test. The results of these tests reveal the need for
mastery of basic concepts and fundamental skills in English, Science and
Mathematics.
Factual basis of the program – As reported, a National Diagnostic Test for
incoming first year high school students was conducted by the Department of
Education (DepEd) in July of 2002 and 2003 to determine their level of
preparedness for study in the high school. In July 2003, 1.3 million students
aged 12-13 on average took the said National Diagnostic Test. At a passing
mark of 50% of questions answered correctly as basis, only 18% of the
incoming first year high school students who took that test passed the
competency level for English 8% passed math, and 10% passed science.
Policy Direction – To address this problem, the DepEd set the following twin
policy directions:
1. To reflect the true levels of learning – This means that there is no
transmutation of grades. Thus, DepEd Order No. 79 on the revised Grading
System was issued. Under this new rating system, perfect scores = 100%, 0
= 0%. The transmutation table that uses 70% as baseline is not followed .
The passing grade is 75%. Any grade lower than 65% shall be reflected as
65 on the individual report card.
2. To help those that need help the most through the Bridge Program.
The Bridge Program focuses on English, Mathematics and Science subjects. It
is intended to correct the child’s low level of learning early, rather that late in
his/her career. It is also intended to get all students up to the competency
levels required of incoming first year high school students in these subjects.

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and School Admission

The state shall:

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•- All grade 6 elementary

DECS Order No.

March 18, 2004 DepEd Memo 147, s. 2004-

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