Strengthening Citizen Engagement in Education

and Community Development: The

Philippine Experience

Atty. Alberto T. MuyotUndersecretary

Department of EducationPhilippines

Outline

I. Philippine ContextII. Modes of Citizen EngagementIII.Insights from the Philippines

87,00%

13,00%

Enrolment

Public Schools Private Schools

Philippine population:100,981,437 as of 01 August 2015

Number of Schools:46,739 public schoolsas of 2015

Number of Students:24.4 M public school studentsas of 2015

Philippine Context

The Secretary’s Vision and Agenda

K to 12 as a quality education intervention

• Kindergarten is a critical phase in a child's psycho-social development to better prepare him or her for effective learning in the elementary grades.

• The Enhanced Basic Education Act is about developing an enhanced basic education curriculum to ensure every learner's readiness for higher education or for work anywhere, equipped with 21st century skills.

• K to 12 aligns Philippine basic education withinternationalstandards for years of schooling.

K to 12 requires massive inputs

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• School buildings and facilities

• Learning materials and equipment such as textbooks, libraries, and ICT

• Hiring and professional development of teachers

Modes of Citizen Engagement

Basic Framework for Citizen Engagement

Partnership Building and Management

Resource Generation

and Mobilization

Policy Formulation

Database Management

Capacity Building and

Technical Assistance

Partnership Goals

SUSTAINABILITY

ALIGNMENT

GROWTH

Why Partnership is Important

MORE RESOURCES, ABLE TO DO

MORE

EDUCATIONAL VALUE FOR OUR

LEARNERS

CONSTITUENCY, COMMUNITY OF SUPPORTERS

NO NEED TO DO EVERYTHING

OURSELVES, ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON

WHAT WE DO BEST

Adopt-A-School Program

Allows Private Entities to assist public schools, whether elementary, secondary, or tertiary, preferably located in any of the twenty (20) poorest provinces

Adopt-A-School Program: Adopting Entity

Individual engaged in trade or business or in practice of his/her profession or other business organizations such as Partnership, Corporation or Cooperative, either resident or non-resident, who/which teams up with DepEd, CHED or TESDA towards providing much needed assistance and service to public schools.

Areas of Interventions

School Infrastructure Technology and Multi-Media Support

Furniture and Appliances

Wellness, Health and Nutrition

Financial Support/Subsidy

Schools Supplies and Uniform

Teaching Learning Aids and Devices

Training and Skills Development

Last Mile Efforts

Last Mile Efforts

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The Pedals and Paddles Project

LightEd PH and One Child, One Lamp Campaign

Adopt-A-School Program

Through Partnerships, DepEd generated additional resources for education

PROGRAM SUPPORT 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016School Facilities Improvement and ICT Support Package $ 87,922,851.57 $ 61,043,544.89 $ 55,388,709.15 $ 73,023,586.71 $ 44,143,432.74 Learners' and Teachers' Support Package $ 3,448,529.50 $ 5,824,291.69 $ 2,630,074.65 $ 5,792,891.95 $ 6,977,028.33 Last Mile Learners' Support Package         $ 521,210.99 Senior High School Support Package         $ 809,244.70 Total Adopt-a-School Program Support $ 91,371,381.07 $ 66,867,836.58 $ 58,018,783.81 $ 78,816,478.66 $ 52,450,916.76

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Total Adopt-a-School Program Support

Tax Incentives

Adopting Private Entity With credible record Existing at least one

year SEC/CDA registered

Legally sound

Public School

150% tax deduction from gross income

Exemption from Payment of Donors Tax

Emblazoned Name

Duty/tax free importation (For foreign donations)

*Subject to IRR, BIR RR 10-2003 and other policies and issuances

How do we encourage partners?

Brigada Eskwela

A nationwide school maintenance activity, based on the Filipino practice Bayanihan, which brings together teachers, parents, community members, and other public and private entities as volunteers to do minor repair in public schools and bring donations-in-kind for the week long activity set every third week of May, in preparation for the opening of classes in June

Partners

International

Organizations Non-

Government/ Civil Society

Organizations

Communities

National Government Agencies/

GOCCs

Local Governmen

t Units

Private Sector

Brigada Eskwela

Generated Resources for Schools Repair, Maintenance and other donations-in-kind:

BRIGADA ESKWELA GENERATED RESOURCES

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

$ 30,605,753.42 $ 40,577,220.31

$ 64,436,595.91

$ 82,089,440.23

$ 146,303,112.50

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BRIGADA ESKWELA GENERATED RESOURCES

Brigada Eskwela 2016 Accomplishments

2121

11,625,476 volunteers

43,960,951 Hours rendered for labor

$ 146,303,112.50 Generated resources

Insights

1. Partnership should not be donor-driven, but should be based on integrated program

2. Engaging the communitya. Industry Summitb. Stakeholders Forumc. Partnership Appreciation Day

Education is the responsibility of all.