The world is in constant evolution. Thus, every facet of human endeavors has to follow the natural order. In the discipline of education, previous theories and/or concepts may no longer be deemed pragmatic to the recent situations. For instance, gone were the days that the notion of teaching was considered as the imparting of knowledge by the teacher to the students. Nowadays, the idea of teaching is to make someone learn by letting students draw their own insights based on their hands-on experience. Teachers are now considered as the catalyst and facilitator of learning, not the source of knowledge.
Since the introduction of free education for the primary level, numerous programs and projects have been launched, by the government, to distribute education to the entire population. Unfortunately, as promising as these platforms were, some key factors were overlooked, thus resulting in an ironic deterioration of the educational system. Instead of reaping the products of these programs, the backfire only entrenched the rooting problem.
One of the key elements is that the government gave more priority to the quantity of admission, rather than to the quality of education. The government paid little attention to other factors such as facilities and teacher salaries, and
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2012-10-07
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