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Poverty in Philippine Education

Abrahan, Chester Patrick

Albaniel, Samantha

Jalandoni, Bea PatriciaMercado, Mae Katherine

Sia, Melanie


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Poverty in the Philippines


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Poverty in Education


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What is poverty?

"Refers to the condition, in which the basic

needs of human beings are not being met and

people lack the necessary food, clothing, or

shelter to survive, can be distinguished from

relative poverty, which has been defined as

the inability of a citizen to participate fully in

economic terms in the society in which he orshe lives."


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What is poverty?

Most often times, high level of poverty in such

areas leads to the deteriorating competencies

in education. Normally, families would tend to

choose buying food and other necessities

instead of bringing their children to school.


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Effects of Poverty to Education

Deterioration of competitive advantage by

students

Decrease of budget

Quality of education is still below standard (below

the passing rate of 75%)

Shortages in classrooms, seats, textbooks, and

teachers

Overcrowded classrooms (over 60 students per

class)


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Effects of Poverty to Education

Increase in illiteracy rate

Miseducation

Decrease in educational standards of thecountry


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Facts/Statistics

From a rate of 1.98 percent from 1995-2002, the

growth in enrolment slowed down to an average

of 0.97 percent.

In 2003, 66 out of 100 Grade 1 students graduatefrom elementary. In 2006, only 56 are able to

complete elementary school. In 2001, 70 out of

every 100 first year high school students completetheir four years in high school. In 2006, this

dropped to 54 out of every 100.


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Facts/Statistics

The shortage of 8,443 classrooms in SY 2001-2002 while 57,930 during SY 2005-2006.

The lack in 2,108,173 seats in SY 2001-

2002 while 3.48 million during SY 2005-2006. The shortage of 24.22 million textbooks in SY

2003-2004 while 34.7 million the next school

year. The 37,932 shortage in teachers in SY 2001-

2002 while 49,699 during SY 2005-2006.


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Use of Social Media

Problems are addressed to local/international

helping bodies (e.g. Black Pencil Project)

Influences the way people think, interact with

other people and perceive the world

Raises awareness


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Conclusion

Social media is one of the main key elements

that allowed the issue of poverty to be raised

worldwide. Through this, people have become

more aware of what is really happening in our

surroundings today.


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Conclusion

Furthermore, organizations, partnerships, and

groups are being formed in order to enable

effective collaboration amongst individuals

and provide continuous effort in answering

the issue of poverty.


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Conclusion

Concerns of people about poverty have also

been raised. Therefore, social media does not

only build relationships amongst peers, but

also allow continuous effort of individuals inreaching certain goals such that they can be

able to benefit the society.


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References

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Shah, A. (2010, September 20). Poverty Facts and Stats GlobalIssues. Global Issues : social, political, economic and environmentalissues that affect us all Global Issues. Retrieved June 27, 2011,from http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats

ONE | ONE harnesses social media to push voters global poverty

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