[Vantage Point] Sorry state of PH education blamed on outdated Teachers Professionalization Act

Amending the Teachers Professionalization Act could be the next best step, not only in empowering teachers, but also in providing much-needed and better support for Filipino learners to help them achieve their full potential

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The President can only atone for such a sin by addressing the crisis he helped create. Whether the appointment of lawyer and politician Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara as the country’s 39education secretary could do the job is too early to tell. Angara was appointed to the post when VP Sara gave up her DepEd portfolio on June 19 of 2024.

Central to this effort is the need for highly-skilled and well-supported teachers. As United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized, teachers are essential to nurturing every country’s greatest resource: the minds of its people. The teachers are the biggest inputs to learning, and if we want our students to perform better, we need better and more qualified teachers.

Under the proposed amendments, graduates of accredited programs may submit portfolios demonstrating professional standards, a practice also adopted in countries like Australia. However, this option may be limited to high-performing teacher education institutions to ensure rigorous monitoring and quality assurance.

Another objective of these bills is to improve the Board Licensure Examination for Teachers . The proposed measures will require the PRC to submit the licensure exam questions and answers to the TEC immediately after the exam, a move that most education experts and stakeholders call as the unveiling of the black box.

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