2024-2028
5 POINT
REFORM
AGENDA
BASIC EDUCATION FACES A
LEARNING CRISIS
High rates of Inadequate
stunting among learning
students environments
Declining learning
outcomes
strengthen service
STUNTED CHILDREN FACE MORE
LEARNING CHALLENGES
5th Highest stunting prevalence in East Asia and the Pacific
Among the top ten countries globally with
10 the highest number of stunted children.
Stunting-related learning and productivity
4.4 losses equate to $4.4 billion
strengthen service
OVERWHELMED EDUCATION
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYTEMS
165,000 classroom deficit
that’s still widening
4% of DepEd positions
remain unfilled
70% of classrooms are not
in good condition
Teachers are overloaded
with non-academic tasks
1,400 last-mile-schools lack
adequate electricity access
strengthen service
LEARNING OUTCOMES HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINED
COVID-19 cut learning years
by 8%, costing $30.7B in
lifetime earnings
91% of 10-year-olds can’t
understand simple text
Only 1 in 5 learners are
proficient in math and reading
Ranked 77th out of 81 in the
2022 PISA assessment
MANY PERENNIAL ISSUES IN
THE LAST DECADE
TEACHERS NEED RE-TRAINING
AND DE-LOADING WEAK ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
FOCUSED ON LEARNING
OUTCOMES
CLASSROOM CONSTRUCTION
LAGS BEHIND DEMAND
DELAYS LACK PROCUREMENT -
TRAINS NEED TO RUN
ON TIME!
MANPOWER SHORTAGES
WORSEN TEACHER
OVERLOADING
EDUCATION SYSTEMS FACE SEVERAL
CONSTRAINTS
INADEQUATE
ACCOUNTABILITY
MECHANISMS
SLOW TO RESOURCE-
INNOVATE & STRAPPED
RESPOND
EDUCATION
SYSTEMS
POORLY DATA- OVERLY
INFORMED CENTRALIZED
Key Outcomes of 5-Point Reform Agenda
STRATEGIC LEVERS FOR REFORM
DECENTRALIZATION towards bringing governance closer to schools
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS to strengthen service delivery
DIGITALIZATION for transparency, accountability, and empowerment
DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZED
Pillars of Decentralized Basic Education: Overcoming
the Culture of “Memocracy” FINANCING
Additional support mechanisms:
Capacity to Invest
• Delivery unit to support regions
• School-level Innovation Funds
• Regional Performance Grants
• DepEd Research Fund
M&E CONDITIONS FOR
TRANSPARENT
FINANCING ACCESS AND M&E
SCHOOL-LEVEL
REPOSITORY ON “WHAT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
WORKS”
Accountability on Results Ideation and Innovation
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Rebalance public and private roles in basic education to increase innovation and
access to resources and expertise
School Vouchers for PPPs for School Assets for Education
Children Infrastructure Project Initiative
DIGITALIZATION
Empower education stakeholders and managers toward
Data-driven Decisions and Transformative Reforms
Better Education Transparency in Basic Improved Education
Infrastructure Education Data Technology
FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES
EVIDENCE FOR EDUCATION
REVIVE PPP FOR CLASSROOMS
COALITION
ASSETS FOR EDUCATION
RAMP UP ODA FOR EDUCATION
INITIATIVE
MARAMING
SALAMAT!