Gatchalian: Quality training means quality teachers

While in-service training can help teachers with their professional development, Senator Win Gatchalian maintained on Monday that aspiring teachers should start receiving quality education and training from teacher education institutions (TEIs) during their pre-service training.

The chair of the Senate basic education committee said reforming the teacher education system was necessary in addressing the “crisis in the education sector.”

Gatchalian added that while recognizing and declaring a crisis was the easy part following Filipino learners’ poor performance in international large-scale assessments, the most important thing to do is to pursue and implement reforms immediately to lift the sector out of the crisis.

He pointed out that most of the graduates of TEIs in the country have been performing poorly in the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). From 2010 to 2019, only 35 percent passed the LET for the secondary level, while only 28 percent passed for the elementary level.

Readiness to teach the K to 12 curriculum is another challenge, Gatchalian pointed out.

A 2016 report by the World Bank and Australian Aid showed that except for English elementary teachers, the average elementary or high school teacher could correctly answer fewer than half of questions on subject content tests.

“Sa pagreporma natin sa sistema ng edukasyon, hindi na tayo pwedeng bumalik sa nakasanayan na nating gawin, at isa sa mga dapat nating tutukan ay ang pag-angat ng kalidad ng edukasyon ng ating mga guro,” Gatchalian said.

“Kung magagawa natin ito, mapapaigting natin ang kanilang kakayahan at kahandaang maghatid ng dekalidad na edukasyon sa ating mga mag-aaral,” he said.

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