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Thursday, February 05, 2004
Majority of Benguet students can't read
BAGUIO CITY -- The Benguet Provincial Government will hold an education summit this year following "alarming" reports that the reading and comprehension skills of grades I and III from various public schools are way below standards.
In Wednesday's State of the Province address, Gov. Raul Molintas described as "disturbing" the result of the study initiated by the Department of Education (DepEd)-Benguet Division with funding from Synergeia Foundation.
The reading test conducted last November in the 13 towns of the province showed that out of 8,863 Grade I pupils, 320 or only 3.61 percent fall under the "independent level" wherein a pupil reads with ease, rhythm, conversational tone and interprets punctuations correctly.
A big 87.37 percent of the student population or around 7,655 Grade I pupils, however, fall under the "frustration level" or those who commit errors in reading such as repetition, reversal, substitution, insertion, mispronunciation and inability to interpret punctuation.
Results of the survey conducted among Grade III pupils, on the other hand, revealed that out of 8,515 pupils, only 465 or eight percent, fall under the independent level, and 6,027 or 71 percent are under the frustration level.
Molintas said the lack of education of some parents and the involvement of some pupils in fieldwork are some of the contributing factors to the education problem.
The education summit, the governor said, aims to analyze and somehow provide solution to the reading and comprehension problems among the elementary pupils in Benguet.
The one-day summit aims to develop an agenda for action through meaningful participation and community involvement; develop coalition and partnership; express views on important issues such as how to spend public funds and; be aware on how children perform in school.
The Bureau of Elementary Education is the branch of DepEd, which is mandated to provide access, progress and quality in elementary education.
It formulates and implements key programs and projects to enable every citizen to acquire basic preparation that will make him an enlightened, disciplined, nationalistic, self-reliant, God loving, creative, versatile and productive member of the national community.
The bureau is implementing programs purposely to improve the education level of public school students.
Among the programs is the Sped Personnel Enhancement Program. These are short term summer/semester courses, seminar or training workshops and national conferences done year round primarily aimed to hone the capabilities of regular and Sped teachers, administrators, supervisors and other service providers in addressing the educational needs of gifted and children with disabilities and in managing programs appropriate for them. Jane Cadalig
(February 5, 2004 issue)
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