Cause and Effect Essay Education

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Cause and Efect Essay - Cause o Low Standard o Education in the PhilippinesEducation is a privilege that most Filipinos have. Being ale to attend a prestigiousschool can e ene!cial or our uture. "t can have many diferent implications in ourlives# especially when we are loo$ing or a %o. &ost o the time# companies loo$ orgraduate students who have degrees in speci!c areas to wor$ or them. But there aretimes wherein some Filipinos cannot !nd a good %o ecause they do not have collegedegrees. Bearing this in mind# this essay will e'plain urther the causes o low standardo education in the Philippines# which are due to child laor# lac$ o teachers# and the

poor allocation o the government to educational unds.

(he !rst reason why the standard o education in the Philippines is low is ecause ochild laor. "t was ound in previous studies that around si'teen percent o children ages!ve to seventeen are already wor$ing )*Child Laor in the Philippines+,. Children areorced y their parents to wor$ at a very young age without thin$ing twice i this mayafect the uture o their children. (hey tend to orce their children to wor$ %ust to earnmoney and to e ale to uy their necessities. ccording to the article *Child Laor in thePhilippines+# most children are wor$ing in various sectors and occupations. (his includeswor$ing in plantations or wor$ing as a domestic servant. s a result# children spend mosto their time earning a living instead o learning in classrooms.

(he second reason why the standard o education in the Philippines is low is ecause othe lac$ o proessional teachers. ccording to amota )/001, there is an employmentcrisis in our country in terms o low salary and unrealistic proessional regulation policiesthat afects the education proession. (he salaries o the teachers remain the same romthe year /002 to the year /001. (he salary o the teacher is not enough to sustainhim3her and it does not correspond with the service that he3she provides. (eachers havean average o one thousand one hundred seventy-si' hours o wor$ per year and theyteach over !ty students per class. (hereore# teachers preer to migrate to othercountries where their services will e appreciated and given the proper salary. t times#teachers remain in the country ut end up wor$ing as a housemaid. s a result# thedecline in education is more imminent.(he last reason why the standard o education in the Philippines is low is ecause o thepoor allocation o the government to educational unds. "nstead o prioriti4ing theeducation o the Filipino youth# they allot more unds to the travels that the presidentmade. ccording to *round the 5orld in Eight 6ays+# the report that shows the travele'pense o President 7loria &acapagal rroyo amounted to si' hundred ninety-threemillion# which is higher than the udgetary allocation or education. " this continues#more and more Filipinos will lose the chance to attain the education they deserveespecially sine we are going through an economic crisis. (he government should haveocused more on the implications o the economic crisis and allotted the unds to etterprograms that will help the country recover orm di8cult times. s Chi4 Escudero said*(he times call or %udicious use o the government9s dwindling resources.+ s ourresources are dwindling away# we should use it wisely and ma$e sure that it will eene!cial to all.Child laor# lac$ o teachers and poor allocation o the government to educational undsare some o the causes o the low standard o education in the Philippines. (hereore# weshould learn to value our education since it is one o the things that will help us have aetter uture. 7etting a :uality education entails us a etter %o.

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