Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

functions and importance

of education in the society
Quarter 2, Module 8
 Learning objectives
• Define Education
• Trace and describe the educational system of the Philippines
• Give the functions and importance of education in the society;
• Evaluate how education functions and affects society.
Education is a form of socialization according
to sociologist

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Elementary education is a formal type of
education

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The education during the Spanish time was
open for all indios.

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Tertiary education is regulated by the
Department of Education

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The formal education follows indefinite
system of learning process.

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High School has a total of six years under the
new school curriculum

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SPED aims to develop the potentials of the
child with special needs

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 Elementary education in the country is
compulsary thus all Filipino children are
enrolled in elementary school

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Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

functions and importance

of education in the society
Quarter 2, Module 8
education
• is the social institution through which society
provides its members with important knowledge,
including basic facts, job skills, and cultural norms
and values (Macionis, 2012)
education
• is the acquisition of knowledge, habits, skills, and
abilities through instruction and training or through self-
activity.
• It is systematic training of the moral and intellectual
faculties of the mind.
• It is the process of transmitting to the young, the vital
cultural heritage of a group.
Educational system of Educational system of
Spain united states
• was inculcated moral and • focused on the development of
new social patterns that would
religious values.
prepare the nation for a self-
• It mainly served the upper
governing democracy
classes (social standing • give every person the education
and prestige) needed to participate in a self-
governing democracy.
education in the philippines
• managed and regulated by the Department of Education
(DepEd)
• It controls the Philippine educational system, including the
creation and implementation of the curriculum and the
utilization of funds allotted by the national government. It
also manages the construction of schools, acquisition of
books and other school materials, and the recruitment of
teachers and staff.
r.a. 10533
• Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013
• The state shall establish, maintain, and support a complete,
adequate, integrated system of education relevant to the
needs of the people, of the country and society-at-large.
• Every graduate of basic education shall be an empowered
individual who has learned through programs that is rooted
on sound educational principles towards excellence.
K-12 curriculum
• Covers Kindergarten and 12 years if basic education (six of
primary education, four years of Junior High School, and 2
years of Senior High School) to provide sufficient mastery
of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and
prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills
development, employment, and entrepreneurship.
education in the philippines
• With the adaptation of the K to 12 programs, it is
hoped that Philippine Educational System is now
responding to the demands of the economy for
national development.
 types of education

Formal non-formal informal

education education education
a. Elementary
a. Vocational a. Special Education
Education
Education
b. Secondary
Education
c. Tertiary Education
1. formal education
• refers to the hierarchically structured,
chronologically graded educational system from
primary school to the university, including programs
and institutions for full time technical and vocational
training.
• At the end of each level, the learners must obtain
certification in order to enter or advance to the next
level.
A. ELEMENTARY education
• involves compulsory, formal education primarily
concerned with providing basic education, and
usually corresponds to a traditional six grades or
seven grades, and in addition, to preschool programs.
• DepEd sets overall educational standards and
mandates standardized tests for the K to 12 basic
education system.
b. SECONDARY education
• public schools and private schools, is concerned
primarily with continuing basic education of the
elementary level and expanding it to include the
learning of employable, gainful skills, usually
corresponding to four years of junior high school and
two years of senior high school.
C. TERTIARY education
• also called post-secondary education refers to
specialized education in a specific field, taken
on after finishing high school. Tertiary
education is non-compulsory and provided in
a specialist institutions.
C. TERTIARY education
• Colleges typically offer 1 or more
specialized programs while universities must
offer at least 8 or more different
undergraduate degree programs in a wide
array of subjects and at least 2 or more
graduate programs.
C. TERTIARY education
• Most institutions of higher learning are
regulated by the Commission of Higher
Education (CHED)
C. TERTIARY education
. Bulacan State University
• ₱ 12,000-₱ 16,000 per year (Bachelor's Degree)
• ₱ 5,400-₱ 11,500 per year (Master's Degree)
• 4 Satellite Campuses (Meneses, Sarmiento,
Bustos, and Hagonoy Campus.)
• Included in Free Tuition Law of 2017.
Bulacan polytechnic college
• sole Technical -Vocational Local College in the
City of Malolos, Bulacan and is owned and
operated by the Provincial Government of
Bulacan (PGB)
• It has 7 other campuses around Bulacan (San
Miguel, Obando, SJDM City, Bocaue, Angat,
San Rafael, and Pandi)
• Included in Free Tuition Law of 2017.
Bulacan polytechnic college
• It offers several courses like Bachelor of
Science in Information Systems (BSIS),
Bachelor of Science in Office Management
(BSOM), Bachelor of Science in Accounting
System (BSAIS), Bachelor of Technical-
Vocational teacher Education (BTVTed), and
Associate in Computer Technology (ACT) also
ladderized to BSIS
La consolacion university philippines
• The La Consolacion University Philippines, formerly
University of Regina Carmeli, and Colegio de Nuestra
Señora del Carmen, is a co-educational Catholic school
established in 1937.
• They cater Basic Education (Elementary to Senior High
School), Tertiary Education and the Alternative Education.
• They offer allied medical related courses like Radiologic
Technology, Medical Technology, and Cargiving (NC II)
2. non-formal education
• refers to any organized educational activity
outside the established formal system to provide
selected types of learning to a segment of the
population.
• emerged in response to the world crisis in
education identified by Philip H. Coombs in
1967.
non-formal education
• this type of education enables a student to
learn skills and knowledge through structured
learning experiences. A student learns his/her
values, principles, and beliefs and undergoes
lifelong learning.
non-formal education
• An example of this is the Vocational Education.
TESDA
• The Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority was established through the enactment of R.A.
No. 7796 otherwise known as the "Technical Education
and Skills Development Act of 1994".
• aims to encourage the full participation of and mobilize
the industry, labor, local government units and technical-
vocational institutions in the skills development of the
country's human resources.
TESDA
• It promotes non-degree programs to out-of-
school youths and unemployed adults.
• Students from TESDA will receive certificates
after graduating in which they can use to apply
for employment.
Offered Trainings and Programs:
• 2D and 3D Animation (NCII)
• Animal Production (NCII)
• Automotive Servicing (NCII)
• Bartending (NCII)
• Beauty Care (NCII)
• Carpentry (NCII)
• Cookery (NCII)
• Dressmaking (NCII)
• Housekeeping (NCII)
• Electrical Installation and Maintenance (NCIII)
Informal education
• Its primary objective is to provide literacy
programs to eradicate illiteracy.
• It offers alternative learning opportunities for
the out of school youth and adults specifically
those who are 15 years old and above and
unable to avail themselves of the educational
services and programs of formal education.
Informal education
• It is a lifelong process whereby every
individual acquires from daily experiences,
attitudes, values, facts, skills, and
knowledge or motor skill from resources in
his or her higher environment.
Alternative learning system
• It is a parallel learning system in the Philippines
that provides a practical option to the existing
formal instruction.
• ALS includes both the non-formal and informal
sources of knowledge and skills.
• When one does not have or cannot access formal
education in schools, ALS is an alternate or
substitute.
Alternative learning system
• There are two major programs on ALS that are
being implemented by the Department of
Education, through the Bureau of Alternative
Learning System (BALS). One is the Basic
Literacy Program and the other is the
Continuing Education Program
Alternative learning system
• ALS Non-formal Education happens outside the
classroom, community-based, usually conducted at
community learning centers, barangay multi-purpose
hall, libraries or at home, managed by ALS learning
facilitators, such as mobile teachers, district ALS
Coordinators, instructional managers at an agreed
schedule and venue between the learners and
facilitators.
special/inclusive education
• Special Education refers to the education of
persons who are physically, mentally, emotionally,
socially, or culturally different from so-called
“normal” individuals, such that they require
modification of school practices to develop their
potential.
special/Inclusive education
• It provides distinct services, curricula, and
instructional materials geared to pupils or students
who are significantly higher or lower than the
average or norm.
• SPED aims to develop the maximum potential of
the child with the special needs to enable him/her
to become self-reliant and take advantage of the
opportunities for a full and happy life.
madrasah education in k-12
• provide Muslim learners with appropriate and
relevant educational opportunities while
recognizing their cultural context and unique
purposes for participating in the Program
offerings; and integrate content and competencies
which are relevant and of interest to Muslim
learners. (DO 41 s. 2017)
 functions of education in
the society

productive self-
citizenry actualization
Productive citizenry
• Education systems enable citizens to be productive
members of a society, as they are equipped with
knowledge and skills that could contribute to the
development of their society’s systems and
institutions.
• It is crucial for educational systems to adapt to the
changing demands of the environment to
efficiently capacitate individuals.
self-actualization
• According to Abraham Maslow, it is the highest
form of human need.
• defined as “to become more and more what one is,
to become everything that one is capable of
becoming.”
• The concept of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is
once that level is fulfilled the next level up is what
motivates us, and so on.
physiological needs
• these are biological requirements for human
survival. It just be met for the human body to
remain homeostatis.
• If these needs are not satisfied the human body
cannot function optimally.
• e.g. air, food, drink, shelter, clothing, warmth, sex,
sleep.
safety needs
• protection from elements, security, order, law,
stability, freedom from fear.
• If a person does not feel safe in an environment,
they will seek safety before attempting to meet
any higher level of survival.
• Safety needs include Health, Personal Security,
Emotional Security, Financial Security.
love and belongingness needs
• According to Maslow, humans possess an effective need
for a sense of belonging and acceptance among social
groups, regardless of whether these groups are large or
small
• The need for interpersonal relationships motivates
behaviour . Examples include friendship, intimacy, trust,
and acceptance, receiving and giving affection and love.
Affiliating, being part of a group (family, friends, work).
esteem needs
• which Maslow classified into two categories: (i)
esteem for oneself (dignity, achievement, mastery,
and independence) and (ii) the desire for reputation
or respect from others (e.g., status, prestige).
• Maslow indicated that the need for respect or
reputation is most important for children and
adolescents and precedes real self-esteem or dignity.
self-actualization needs
• realizing personal potential, self-fulfillment, seeking
personal growth and peak experiences.
• it is a process by which we achieve our full potential.
• "What a man can be, he must be."
 Functions of education
• primary function of education is the socialization of the new
members of the society.
• The late president Ramon Magsaysay aptly observed that
“education is the greatest equalizer of opportunities” for
everybody.
 objectives of education
1) Teaching basic skills, such as reading, writing, and arithmetic.
2) Helping children develop skills in abstracting thinking and
problem solving.
3) Transmitting the cultural heritage, from which individual may
develop an appreciation of their society.
4) Communicating to children the basic value of the society.
 objectives of education
5) Teaching the special aspects of the culture, such as art, music,
literature, drama, science, technology, and sports.
6) Teaching vocational skills that help individuals enter the job
market.
7) Training citizens for life within the political system of their
society.
8) Preparing children to live long and form meaningful
relationship with ther human beings.
 education as a human right
• The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) declare that education is a
fundamental human right and essential for the exercise of all
other human rights. It promotes individual freedom and
empowerment and yields important development benefits.
• Yet millions of children and adults remain deprived of
educational opportunities, many as a result of poverty.
 education as a human right
• Normative instruments of the United Nations and UNESCO
lay down international legal obligations for the right to
education. These instruments promote and develop the right
of every person to enjoy access to education of good quality,
without discrimination or exclusion.
• It is for government to fulfil their obligations both legal and
political in regard to providing education for all of good
quality and to implement and monitor more effectively
strategies.
 Education is a powerful tool by which economically
and socially marginalized adults and children can lift
themselves out of poverty and participate fully as
citizens.

Although the UN is such powerful global actor that can

mandate its member to follow its structure, education
deprivation still persists in most societies. This exclusion
is socially constructed in unequal settings.
 The issue on education taps economical aspect
of the society, as social class stands as a barrier to
the social development of humans. This also digs
on the impact of social inequality, as a systematic
oppression lies especially on the lower class. They
experience discrepancies in educational
opportunities due to financial problems.