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Noynoy Aquino at the DLSU Youth Forum
From: Ingga Bianca Sobreikerri of St. Scholastica College:
Question: Senator, kayo po ba ay sang-ayon sa Reproductive Health Bill at paano po ninyo ilulunsad at ipaliliwanag sa ating mga kababayan ang ganitong batas gayong ang inyong pamilya ay kilala bilang maka-Diyos?
Senator Noynoy Aquino:
Ang posisyon po namin ay tinatawag na responsible parenthood, ang statistics po namin ay ganito, ang sabi po kanina ng isa nating katunggali wala po tayong population problem. I think we will all agree that if you at one parameter for instance education, there is a problem in classrooms anywhere from 20 to 40 thousand, we are not already able to meet the needs of the people who are already here and that responsible parenthood basically says each parent should be reminded, ipaalala natin sa bawat magulang may dinala kayong anak sa mundong ito, mayroon kayong obligasyon na paaralin, pakainin, may tirahan na maayos, damitan at iba pa.
Hindi po puwdeng bahala na kung ano ang mangyari dun sa anak, yun lang po ang minumungkahi namin. Ngayon po, ano ang solusyon po diyan? Mayroon po tayong educational campaign na ipapaalala po itong mga responsibilidad na ito, yung paghuhubog ng konsensiya at yung values po, iniimbitahan po natin ang bawat isang simbahan na maki-lahok at ibahagi yung kanilang mga pagtu-turo para maliwanagan yung paghuhubog ng konsensiya, nasa atin pong Saligang Batas na mayroon pong separation of Church and State, tayo ay isang demokratikong bansa, hindi po marapat na ang gobyerno po natin ay magdi-dikta sa sinoman kung ilan ang anak na dapat nilang dalhin sa mundo, kung paano nila pa-planuhin ang kanilang pamilya, pero mayroon pong obligasyon nandiyan pos a Saligang Batas na ang gobyerno, ipaalala sa bawat isa na mayroon po tayong tungkulin sa pamilya na nagiging “nuclear family” o susi sa lahat ng pagre-resolba sa lahat ng ating problema.
Huling paalala lang po, noong EDSA po, mayroon tayong humigit kumulang 50 milyon katao,ngayon po ay nasa 93 hanggang 97 ang tinatayang mga mamamayang Pilipino. Geometric ang progression sa population at kung tayo ay parang walang nakikita, walang sasabihin at walang naririnig, siguro po yung mga bata na hindi na nagkakaroon pagkakatong matunghayan ay lalong hindi magkakaroon ng pagkakataon kung tayo’y patuloy na mananahimik.
PANEL NG MGA LA SALLE STUDENTS:
Question: Sa pagpasa ng batas ukol sa contractual employment sa mga kumpanya, paano po ninyo ire-resolba ang mga issue ng security of tenure o employment sa ating bansa?
Senator Noynoy Aquino:
Yun nga po ang problema, contractualization does not have security of tenure that there will be mutually exclusive, ang tanong nga po dito, mayroong kontrang isyu po dun yung comparative advantage natin versus other countries, labor lang po for the most part ang ating dear value added, tapos we’re pricing ourselves out of the market, yung aming plataporma, stresses education and education enhances the skills, the skills and job potentials that will open up because of an enhance and more skill full labor force hopefully will ensure the tenure and potentials for having meaning full and dignified jobs here in the country and as well as abroad.
Gusto kong sugpuin ang “contractualization” at the same time ayoko namang patayin yung mga negosyo na kakaunti na lamang nandiyan na ang dami na nga pong lumikas sa ating bansa, wala naman ho talagang makikita sa solution sa extreme positions, saan ba yung happy compromise dito? Natutugunan yung kapakanan ng mga manggagawa, natutugunan din naman yung pangangailangan ng mga negosyo para maka-compete sa global market, huwag po nating kalimutan malapit na po tayong ma-obliga under various treaties na magbukas ng ating mga pinto sa dayuhang mga kalakal at mga produkto, so kailangan na po tayong maka-laban sa ating domestic market at mangyayari po yan, kung talagang naka-focus, yung isa po saking mga panukalang batas yung kung paano ibalik yung konspeto ng bawat kompanya na ang pananawa dapat ay hindi kayo o kami kapag nagtutugunan at nag-uusap ang management at labor pero bumalik tayo dun sa tayo, kompanya natin ito, paano natin palalaguin ito? Ang mga minungkahi natn dito ay yung productivity incentive.
Question: Sinabi po ninyo sa inyong palatastas na hindi po kayo magnanakaw, pero paano naman po ang ibang opisyal? Ang taong ko po, mayroon na po kayong nagawang kongkretong mga paraan bilang isang mambabatas para siguraduhing mahuli at mapanagutan ng mga ahensiya o mga opisyal na napatunayang nagnakaw sa kaban ng bayan o naging kasama sa katiwalian?
Senator Noynoy Aquino:
Salamat sa tanong mo, palagay ko naman hindi ka absent nung nandoon tayo sa mga ZTE hearing, nandoon tayo kasama sa impeachment, nagtatanong tama ba yung paratang dun sa hello Garci, among other things, kasama ako sa impeachment for that matter, sinubukan narin nating iwasto yung sistema, doon sa AFP, DND budget, pagka-tagal tagal, 1974 pa po, hindi po subject to public bidding yung kanilang paggugol ng budget na yun, isang taon po ay umabot ng P1.8 billion ang tinatayang savings is between 5 to 10 percent, we could have save a hundred and 80 million and devoted it to something else. Pero ang dulo po nun, I think I have proposed an amendment accepted to GAA for something like 9 or 10 budget seasons already kaya lang pinapalusutan at ginagawaan ng paraan para magkaroon ng failure of bidding, ang dami pa po nating ginawa, na hindi lang tayo naging interesadong itaas yung sarili nating bangko dahil tumutugon lang po ako sa ipangako ko na paglilikungkuran ang taong bayan, hindi ko na kailangan pang ipagmalakihan pa kung ano iyong ating nagawa.
TED FAILON / QUESTION: Mayroon bang nagawa si Pangulong Arroyo na dapat niyang panagutan pagkatapos ng kanyang term?
Senator Noynoy Aquino0:
Sa akin po pananaw, YES. Ang problema po dito….
TED Failon: Kung YES sa paano pong paraan?
AQUINO:
Dapat po magkaroon tayo ng closure sa lahat ng issues, ang issue nga po dito yung kulang ng transparency, mayroon po tayo for instance yung fertilizer scam na kalian naimbestigahan, 4 years after the crime was committed, kailangang may katiyakan sa kaparusahan, kung tao po ay hindi mamamansin dito sa mga issues na walang closure, para narin nating sinabi na ituloy natin itong sistema na mali sa atin pong palagay. Paano natin hahabulin yan? Nandiyan po ang ating mga korte, nandiyan po yung ating mga investigative arms, pero may obligasyon din naman tayo na protektahan ang karapatan ng lahat, dahil sabi nga po ng aking ama, yung pagtatanggol sa karapatan lalo ng kalaban mo ang talagang batayan kung talagang may demokrasya o wala, yun po ang hahabulin natin.
Pangako ko po ay closure on all of the issues, kailangan pong magkaroon ng resolution kung sino ang may kasalanan ay kailangang may tiyak na kaparusahan.
Ted Failon: Ginoong Aquino, ano po kaya ang pinakamabigat na isyu na dapat nyang panagutan?
Sen. Noynoy Aquino: Napakahaba po ng listahan, baka kulangin po tayo.
Ted Failon: Isa lang po.
Sen. Noynoy Aquino:
I think she has destroyed a lot of institutions that we have replied upon to have a vibrant and functional democracy. Ang dami na hong nagkwestiyon. Pati simbahan kinukwestyon. Pati ang ating mga korte nakukwestiyon. Dulo po nito, may gagawing kasalanan, sasabihing sagot pulitika lamang at parati hong nabibinbin na malaman natin ang katotohanan. Tuloy yung dapat mali ay tila sa ating pananaw ay naging sistema na. Naging syang palakad at kalakal po sa ating bansa na talagang nagpapahirap sa ating mga kababayan.
Last words of Sen. Noynoy Aquino:
Magandang hapon ho sa lahat. Ako’y nagpapasalamat sa pagkakataong ito. Palagay ko po ang pinuno, klaro ang mga posisyon sa lahat po ng isyu. Mahirap po sundan kung pabago-bago o naliligaw paminsan-minsan at bumabaliktad ang kanyang mga desisyon. Sa katanungang mayroon bang kasalanan si G. Arroyo, dapat mayroon tayong paninindigan. Tama o mali ikaw ang mgadidikta sa buong gobyerno kung uusigin o hindi. Pag tayo po ay sasagot na nakakakaba ng konti, bakit ang unang papasok sa ating kaisipan ay hindi ko idedepensa ang sagot ng isang katunggali. Bakit ho depensa kaagad kung gayong nasa oposisyon sya? Kailangan ho suriin natin kung ano ang pinanggalingan natin, dahil sinasabi ng lahat, marami ang mali sa kasalukuyang sistema. Tayo ho ba ay nagpanatili sa sistemang yun o tinututulan natin yung mali? Pakitingnan po ang aming mga record. Maraming salamat sa lahat.
Question: Senator, kayo po ba ay sang-ayon sa Reproductive Health Bill at paano po ninyo ilulunsad at ipaliliwanag sa ating mga kababayan ang ganitong batas gayong ang inyong pamilya ay kilala bilang maka-Diyos?
Senator Noynoy Aquino:
Ang posisyon po namin ay tinatawag na responsible parenthood, ang statistics po namin ay ganito, ang sabi po kanina ng isa nating katunggali wala po tayong population problem. I think we will all agree that if you at one parameter for instance education, there is a problem in classrooms anywhere from 20 to 40 thousand, we are not already able to meet the needs of the people who are already here and that responsible parenthood basically says each parent should be reminded, ipaalala natin sa bawat magulang may dinala kayong anak sa mundong ito, mayroon kayong obligasyon na paaralin, pakainin, may tirahan na maayos, damitan at iba pa.
Hindi po puwdeng bahala na kung ano ang mangyari dun sa anak, yun lang po ang minumungkahi namin. Ngayon po, ano ang solusyon po diyan? Mayroon po tayong educational campaign na ipapaalala po itong mga responsibilidad na ito, yung paghuhubog ng konsensiya at yung values po, iniimbitahan po natin ang bawat isang simbahan na maki-lahok at ibahagi yung kanilang mga pagtu-turo para maliwanagan yung paghuhubog ng konsensiya, nasa atin pong Saligang Batas na mayroon pong separation of Church and State, tayo ay isang demokratikong bansa, hindi po marapat na ang gobyerno po natin ay magdi-dikta sa sinoman kung ilan ang anak na dapat nilang dalhin sa mundo, kung paano nila pa-planuhin ang kanilang pamilya, pero mayroon pong obligasyon nandiyan pos a Saligang Batas na ang gobyerno, ipaalala sa bawat isa na mayroon po tayong tungkulin sa pamilya na nagiging “nuclear family” o susi sa lahat ng pagre-resolba sa lahat ng ating problema.
Huling paalala lang po, noong EDSA po, mayroon tayong humigit kumulang 50 milyon katao,ngayon po ay nasa 93 hanggang 97 ang tinatayang mga mamamayang Pilipino. Geometric ang progression sa population at kung tayo ay parang walang nakikita, walang sasabihin at walang naririnig, siguro po yung mga bata na hindi na nagkakaroon pagkakatong matunghayan ay lalong hindi magkakaroon ng pagkakataon kung tayo’y patuloy na mananahimik.
PANEL NG MGA LA SALLE STUDENTS:
Question: Sa pagpasa ng batas ukol sa contractual employment sa mga kumpanya, paano po ninyo ire-resolba ang mga issue ng security of tenure o employment sa ating bansa?
Senator Noynoy Aquino:
Yun nga po ang problema, contractualization does not have security of tenure that there will be mutually exclusive, ang tanong nga po dito, mayroong kontrang isyu po dun yung comparative advantage natin versus other countries, labor lang po for the most part ang ating dear value added, tapos we’re pricing ourselves out of the market, yung aming plataporma, stresses education and education enhances the skills, the skills and job potentials that will open up because of an enhance and more skill full labor force hopefully will ensure the tenure and potentials for having meaning full and dignified jobs here in the country and as well as abroad.
Gusto kong sugpuin ang “contractualization” at the same time ayoko namang patayin yung mga negosyo na kakaunti na lamang nandiyan na ang dami na nga pong lumikas sa ating bansa, wala naman ho talagang makikita sa solution sa extreme positions, saan ba yung happy compromise dito? Natutugunan yung kapakanan ng mga manggagawa, natutugunan din naman yung pangangailangan ng mga negosyo para maka-compete sa global market, huwag po nating kalimutan malapit na po tayong ma-obliga under various treaties na magbukas ng ating mga pinto sa dayuhang mga kalakal at mga produkto, so kailangan na po tayong maka-laban sa ating domestic market at mangyayari po yan, kung talagang naka-focus, yung isa po saking mga panukalang batas yung kung paano ibalik yung konspeto ng bawat kompanya na ang pananawa dapat ay hindi kayo o kami kapag nagtutugunan at nag-uusap ang management at labor pero bumalik tayo dun sa tayo, kompanya natin ito, paano natin palalaguin ito? Ang mga minungkahi natn dito ay yung productivity incentive.
Question: Sinabi po ninyo sa inyong palatastas na hindi po kayo magnanakaw, pero paano naman po ang ibang opisyal? Ang taong ko po, mayroon na po kayong nagawang kongkretong mga paraan bilang isang mambabatas para siguraduhing mahuli at mapanagutan ng mga ahensiya o mga opisyal na napatunayang nagnakaw sa kaban ng bayan o naging kasama sa katiwalian?
Senator Noynoy Aquino:
Salamat sa tanong mo, palagay ko naman hindi ka absent nung nandoon tayo sa mga ZTE hearing, nandoon tayo kasama sa impeachment, nagtatanong tama ba yung paratang dun sa hello Garci, among other things, kasama ako sa impeachment for that matter, sinubukan narin nating iwasto yung sistema, doon sa AFP, DND budget, pagka-tagal tagal, 1974 pa po, hindi po subject to public bidding yung kanilang paggugol ng budget na yun, isang taon po ay umabot ng P1.8 billion ang tinatayang savings is between 5 to 10 percent, we could have save a hundred and 80 million and devoted it to something else. Pero ang dulo po nun, I think I have proposed an amendment accepted to GAA for something like 9 or 10 budget seasons already kaya lang pinapalusutan at ginagawaan ng paraan para magkaroon ng failure of bidding, ang dami pa po nating ginawa, na hindi lang tayo naging interesadong itaas yung sarili nating bangko dahil tumutugon lang po ako sa ipangako ko na paglilikungkuran ang taong bayan, hindi ko na kailangan pang ipagmalakihan pa kung ano iyong ating nagawa.
TED FAILON / QUESTION: Mayroon bang nagawa si Pangulong Arroyo na dapat niyang panagutan pagkatapos ng kanyang term?
Senator Noynoy Aquino0:
Sa akin po pananaw, YES. Ang problema po dito….
TED Failon: Kung YES sa paano pong paraan?
AQUINO:
Dapat po magkaroon tayo ng closure sa lahat ng issues, ang issue nga po dito yung kulang ng transparency, mayroon po tayo for instance yung fertilizer scam na kalian naimbestigahan, 4 years after the crime was committed, kailangang may katiyakan sa kaparusahan, kung tao po ay hindi mamamansin dito sa mga issues na walang closure, para narin nating sinabi na ituloy natin itong sistema na mali sa atin pong palagay. Paano natin hahabulin yan? Nandiyan po ang ating mga korte, nandiyan po yung ating mga investigative arms, pero may obligasyon din naman tayo na protektahan ang karapatan ng lahat, dahil sabi nga po ng aking ama, yung pagtatanggol sa karapatan lalo ng kalaban mo ang talagang batayan kung talagang may demokrasya o wala, yun po ang hahabulin natin.
Pangako ko po ay closure on all of the issues, kailangan pong magkaroon ng resolution kung sino ang may kasalanan ay kailangang may tiyak na kaparusahan.
Ted Failon: Ginoong Aquino, ano po kaya ang pinakamabigat na isyu na dapat nyang panagutan?
Sen. Noynoy Aquino: Napakahaba po ng listahan, baka kulangin po tayo.
Ted Failon: Isa lang po.
Sen. Noynoy Aquino:
I think she has destroyed a lot of institutions that we have replied upon to have a vibrant and functional democracy. Ang dami na hong nagkwestiyon. Pati simbahan kinukwestyon. Pati ang ating mga korte nakukwestiyon. Dulo po nito, may gagawing kasalanan, sasabihing sagot pulitika lamang at parati hong nabibinbin na malaman natin ang katotohanan. Tuloy yung dapat mali ay tila sa ating pananaw ay naging sistema na. Naging syang palakad at kalakal po sa ating bansa na talagang nagpapahirap sa ating mga kababayan.
Last words of Sen. Noynoy Aquino:
Magandang hapon ho sa lahat. Ako’y nagpapasalamat sa pagkakataong ito. Palagay ko po ang pinuno, klaro ang mga posisyon sa lahat po ng isyu. Mahirap po sundan kung pabago-bago o naliligaw paminsan-minsan at bumabaliktad ang kanyang mga desisyon. Sa katanungang mayroon bang kasalanan si G. Arroyo, dapat mayroon tayong paninindigan. Tama o mali ikaw ang mgadidikta sa buong gobyerno kung uusigin o hindi. Pag tayo po ay sasagot na nakakakaba ng konti, bakit ang unang papasok sa ating kaisipan ay hindi ko idedepensa ang sagot ng isang katunggali. Bakit ho depensa kaagad kung gayong nasa oposisyon sya? Kailangan ho suriin natin kung ano ang pinanggalingan natin, dahil sinasabi ng lahat, marami ang mali sa kasalukuyang sistema. Tayo ho ba ay nagpanatili sa sistemang yun o tinututulan natin yung mali? Pakitingnan po ang aming mga record. Maraming salamat sa lahat.
Noynoy to Add Years on Education
Reposted in its entirety from the original: “Mini Critique” Jan 28, 2010, on the Philippine Star.
Responding to my column of Jan. 7, the Liberal Party wrote me a long letter clarifying its stand on the addition of two years to our education cycle. Instead of reprinting the entire letter (which will take several columns), I will quote what I consider the most important parts of the letter and comment on them. If I misinterpret the LP stand, I am open to being corrected. Because what I wrote was meant to differentiate the presidential candidates from each other, I will refer to the LP stand as the stand of Noynoy Aquino.
Noynoy says: “The Philippines has the shortest education cycle preparatory to university. Ours is 10 years; the rest of the world is 12. In short, we have a curriculum that, on paper, covers the same subject matter as the rest of the world but which we cram into 10, instead of 12, years. This means that our teachers take all kinds of short cuts to try to cover the material or just simply do not attempt to cover the entire syllabus in a given year for lack of material time. This shortchanges our children’s education.”
I agree completely. In fact, the whole world agrees. Our engineers, for example, have been rejected again and again by the Washington Accord because of our short basic education cycle. Our high school students consistently fail international tests in math and science.
Noynoy clarifies that “our Liberal Party position (not just mine nor Senator Mar Roxas’, but our collective position) is to add two more years to basic education to bridge this glaring gap.”
I am glad that, finally, we have a party stand, not just one person’s stand. One problem I have with Villar is that his senatorial candidates represent diametrically opposed worldviews. (Bongbong and Satur as NP bedfellows? C’mon!) Is it safe to assume that, if the LP senatorial candidates get into the Senate, they will all advocate the extension of our basic education cycle? I certainly hope so.
Noynoy adds: “The manner by which we will add the two years is to do so incrementally and to have the entire cycle in place by the end of the next Administration (i.e. 2016).” Basically, his idea appears to be to add and eventually to rename the two missing years, while allowing some students to skip the added levels.
This strategy answers the main objection raised by private high schools and colleges, based on the dire possibility of their not having incoming students.
Remember that I mentioned in my Jan. 7 column the main problem brought about by adding years to the basic education cycle. If we added a Grade 7, there would be a year without First Year high school students. If we added a Fifth Year, there would be a year without freshman college students (and the next year without sophomores and so on). Noynoy’s plan neatly sidesteps that objection by allowing half the Grade 6 class graduating in March 2011 to go on to First Year high school. That half will continue through the 10-year cycle (as all students do now) and eventually form the batch of incoming college students in June 2015.
The objection can be raised that private colleges and universities will still see their freshman enrolment cut in half in 2015. In Noynoy’s plan, this objection is met by instituting a second educational reform.
Noynoy says: “Starting year 1 of the new Administration, we intend to start building up towards a universal pre-school in every public elementary school (to be called kindergarten). This will target all 6 year olds who are not enrolled in Grade 1 (about 60+% to date).”
He adds: “If DepEd were even moderately successful in terms of reducing dropouts at every grade level such that the per year/grade size (e.g. enrolment) were increased even by 10%, this would add about one million more students in the entire system as a function of retention in school.”
In other words, the idea is to increase the number of children starting and finishing basic education. This will mean, therefore, that the number of high school graduates going to college will still be roughly the same as the number now. (Although exact calculations are impossible in real life, the idea is sound.)
If you remember, I proposed a similar scheme in this column last October. I called it then a “modest proposal,” because it stood no chance of being accepted by the public. Not being in any position to make any change, I had no illusion that applying the expanded educational cycle to only part of a class (called a “cohort” in DepEd terms) would ever be seriously entertained by the powers-that-be. Since Noynoy (at least at this moment) is fairly sure to be elected and will be in a position to effect the change, it looks like the idea might actually be implemented.
There is another problem with the scheme, however, aside from the objection raised by private school owners. How can the government fund the teachers, schoolrooms, and textbooks for the added years, when it does not even have enough money for the grade levels now existing? Noynoy answers this in his letter. (To be continued)
Responding to my column of Jan. 7, the Liberal Party wrote me a long letter clarifying its stand on the addition of two years to our education cycle. Instead of reprinting the entire letter (which will take several columns), I will quote what I consider the most important parts of the letter and comment on them. If I misinterpret the LP stand, I am open to being corrected. Because what I wrote was meant to differentiate the presidential candidates from each other, I will refer to the LP stand as the stand of Noynoy Aquino.
Noynoy says: “The Philippines has the shortest education cycle preparatory to university. Ours is 10 years; the rest of the world is 12. In short, we have a curriculum that, on paper, covers the same subject matter as the rest of the world but which we cram into 10, instead of 12, years. This means that our teachers take all kinds of short cuts to try to cover the material or just simply do not attempt to cover the entire syllabus in a given year for lack of material time. This shortchanges our children’s education.”
I agree completely. In fact, the whole world agrees. Our engineers, for example, have been rejected again and again by the Washington Accord because of our short basic education cycle. Our high school students consistently fail international tests in math and science.
Noynoy clarifies that “our Liberal Party position (not just mine nor Senator Mar Roxas’, but our collective position) is to add two more years to basic education to bridge this glaring gap.”
I am glad that, finally, we have a party stand, not just one person’s stand. One problem I have with Villar is that his senatorial candidates represent diametrically opposed worldviews. (Bongbong and Satur as NP bedfellows? C’mon!) Is it safe to assume that, if the LP senatorial candidates get into the Senate, they will all advocate the extension of our basic education cycle? I certainly hope so.
Noynoy adds: “The manner by which we will add the two years is to do so incrementally and to have the entire cycle in place by the end of the next Administration (i.e. 2016).” Basically, his idea appears to be to add and eventually to rename the two missing years, while allowing some students to skip the added levels.
This strategy answers the main objection raised by private high schools and colleges, based on the dire possibility of their not having incoming students.
Remember that I mentioned in my Jan. 7 column the main problem brought about by adding years to the basic education cycle. If we added a Grade 7, there would be a year without First Year high school students. If we added a Fifth Year, there would be a year without freshman college students (and the next year without sophomores and so on). Noynoy’s plan neatly sidesteps that objection by allowing half the Grade 6 class graduating in March 2011 to go on to First Year high school. That half will continue through the 10-year cycle (as all students do now) and eventually form the batch of incoming college students in June 2015.
The objection can be raised that private colleges and universities will still see their freshman enrolment cut in half in 2015. In Noynoy’s plan, this objection is met by instituting a second educational reform.
Noynoy says: “Starting year 1 of the new Administration, we intend to start building up towards a universal pre-school in every public elementary school (to be called kindergarten). This will target all 6 year olds who are not enrolled in Grade 1 (about 60+% to date).”
He adds: “If DepEd were even moderately successful in terms of reducing dropouts at every grade level such that the per year/grade size (e.g. enrolment) were increased even by 10%, this would add about one million more students in the entire system as a function of retention in school.”
In other words, the idea is to increase the number of children starting and finishing basic education. This will mean, therefore, that the number of high school graduates going to college will still be roughly the same as the number now. (Although exact calculations are impossible in real life, the idea is sound.)
If you remember, I proposed a similar scheme in this column last October. I called it then a “modest proposal,” because it stood no chance of being accepted by the public. Not being in any position to make any change, I had no illusion that applying the expanded educational cycle to only part of a class (called a “cohort” in DepEd terms) would ever be seriously entertained by the powers-that-be. Since Noynoy (at least at this moment) is fairly sure to be elected and will be in a position to effect the change, it looks like the idea might actually be implemented.
There is another problem with the scheme, however, aside from the objection raised by private school owners. How can the government fund the teachers, schoolrooms, and textbooks for the added years, when it does not even have enough money for the grade levels now existing? Noynoy answers this in his letter. (To be continued)
Noynoy Aquino on Administration’s “Secret Candidate”
Transcript of Sen. Noynoy Aquino’s response in an interview at the Senate Plenary, Feb 2, 2010
Reporter/question: Senator, ano po ang masasabi at reaction ninyo tungkol po sa sinasabi kahapon ni Sen. Jamby Madrigal na si Senator Manny Villar daw po ay “secret candidate” ng administration?
Senator Noynoy Aquino: Marami tayong naririnig, pero hanggang walang pruweba siguro hindi naman tayo puwedeng mag-akusa, pero ang masasabi ko lang po. May isang okasyon, kung saan medyo nagulat ako ng kaunti matapos niyang banggitin na… Tinanong kasi siya kung ano ba ang gagawin niya (Sen. Manny Villar) kay Pangulong Arroyo pagkatapos ng pagbaba nito sa puwesto kung sakaling kayo ang palarin?
Ang naging sagot po niya ay hindi daw niya (Villar) ipagtatanggol si Gng. Arroyo, ngayon, nagulat lang ako dahil kasama ko siya sa ticket noon ng Genuine Opposition (GO) at inaasahan natin na pareho ang pananaw namin at iba doon sa pananaw ni Mrs. Arroyo at oppose tayo sa kanyang “style of governance” tapos ang kanyang bukang bibig ay “hindi ipagtatanggol”. I think he said it in English: “I will not lift a finger to defend her”, so I’m curious so why would that be the answer of somebody who is in the opposition?
Pero other than that, tignan po natin ang mga susunod na araw. Kami lang po sa LP ay tila ay pina-iinit po ang sitwasyon, number one: yung pong mga Chief of Police ng mga governor namin, mga mayor at mga provincial director ay may halos 20 ang pinagpapalitan, yung iba po doon ay halos 4 na buwan pa lamang nagsisilbi pero hindi pa mag-aapply yung 2-year rule pero tinanggal parin.
Seeming common denominator ay puro lahat kapartido namin other than anything, nasa Pasig at Marikina kami noong nakaraang linggo at nagre-reklamo yung aming mga local na kandidato na ayaw daw kaming bigyan ng venue, yung isang barangay captain suwerte kamag-anak ng kandidato namin, pinahiram yung jeep, pero other than that. Ang daming harassment, reminiscent of the period of martial law, yung freedom of speech is reserve for the allies of this government.
Reporter/question: Senator, ano po ang masasabi at reaction ninyo tungkol po sa sinasabi kahapon ni Sen. Jamby Madrigal na si Senator Manny Villar daw po ay “secret candidate” ng administration?
Senator Noynoy Aquino: Marami tayong naririnig, pero hanggang walang pruweba siguro hindi naman tayo puwedeng mag-akusa, pero ang masasabi ko lang po. May isang okasyon, kung saan medyo nagulat ako ng kaunti matapos niyang banggitin na… Tinanong kasi siya kung ano ba ang gagawin niya (Sen. Manny Villar) kay Pangulong Arroyo pagkatapos ng pagbaba nito sa puwesto kung sakaling kayo ang palarin?
Ang naging sagot po niya ay hindi daw niya (Villar) ipagtatanggol si Gng. Arroyo, ngayon, nagulat lang ako dahil kasama ko siya sa ticket noon ng Genuine Opposition (GO) at inaasahan natin na pareho ang pananaw namin at iba doon sa pananaw ni Mrs. Arroyo at oppose tayo sa kanyang “style of governance” tapos ang kanyang bukang bibig ay “hindi ipagtatanggol”. I think he said it in English: “I will not lift a finger to defend her”, so I’m curious so why would that be the answer of somebody who is in the opposition?
Pero other than that, tignan po natin ang mga susunod na araw. Kami lang po sa LP ay tila ay pina-iinit po ang sitwasyon, number one: yung pong mga Chief of Police ng mga governor namin, mga mayor at mga provincial director ay may halos 20 ang pinagpapalitan, yung iba po doon ay halos 4 na buwan pa lamang nagsisilbi pero hindi pa mag-aapply yung 2-year rule pero tinanggal parin.
Seeming common denominator ay puro lahat kapartido namin other than anything, nasa Pasig at Marikina kami noong nakaraang linggo at nagre-reklamo yung aming mga local na kandidato na ayaw daw kaming bigyan ng venue, yung isang barangay captain suwerte kamag-anak ng kandidato namin, pinahiram yung jeep, pero other than that. Ang daming harassment, reminiscent of the period of martial law, yung freedom of speech is reserve for the allies of this government.
Noynoy Aquino: GMA’s programs should be scrutinized
Liberal Party standard bearer Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino yesterday vowed to review virtually all programs of the Arroyo administration to determine which ones should be scrapped or streamlined so funds can be used in programs for job creation, education, and basic social services.
“Perhaps I’m being unchristian, but practically all her programs have to be scrutinized,” he said at a press conference at the start of the Lenten season.
The review of existing projects and programs under President Arroyo’s watch is part of the zero-budgeting policy he will implement as president, Aquino said.
The current leader of all national presidential surveys said many of Arroyo’s touted flagship programs have beautiful titles and good intentions–such as the so-called Super Regions—but their implementation have been spotty.
He also pointed to the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani farm inputs program which became the infamous P728-million fertilizer funds scam.
Another example, Aquino said, was the nautical highway, portions of which remain disconnected to the network.
“Ang daming magandang pakinggan, pero di nangyayari,” he said.
“Perhaps I’m being unchristian, but practically all her programs have to be scrutinized,” he said at a press conference at the start of the Lenten season.
The review of existing projects and programs under President Arroyo’s watch is part of the zero-budgeting policy he will implement as president, Aquino said.
The current leader of all national presidential surveys said many of Arroyo’s touted flagship programs have beautiful titles and good intentions–such as the so-called Super Regions—but their implementation have been spotty.
He also pointed to the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani farm inputs program which became the infamous P728-million fertilizer funds scam.
Another example, Aquino said, was the nautical highway, portions of which remain disconnected to the network.
“Ang daming magandang pakinggan, pero di nangyayari,” he said.
Noynoy: Respect the Rights of Detained Heath Workers
Sen. Benigno S. Aquino III: “Respect the Human Rights of Detained Health Workers”
“I find very alarming the reported violation of human rights of the 43 health workers presently detained in Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal, who were all arrested during a raid by the military. It is also alleged that the raid was conducted without a proper search warrant. We are closely monitoring the investigation that has been initiated by Commission on Human Rights (CHR) by its Chair Leila De Lima.
I do not wish to prejudge the action of the military, but I certainly expect the military authorities to respect the detainees’ human rights and to adhere strictly to law in the conduct of their mission and investigation, whether or not these workers are actually NPA members, as the military asserts.
On the basis of verified reports from CHR staff, Chair de Lima has deplored the maltreatment of the detainees in the following ways: continuous handcuffing and blindfolding, depriving these detainees of sleep, and denying them food as well as privacy while using the bathroom. I echo her observation that these are reminiscent of actions that were rampant during martial law. We must not allow this to happen again. The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution restored for us all the rights of a liberated and free people under a democracy. Sadly, these are now being eroded methodically under the present administration. We now have to stand up and ask our people again to choose between good and evil; freedom and repression; decency and abuse of authority.
I, together with other members of my family have witnessed and experienced first-hand the evils of repression and abuse of power. I will not allow this scourge to visit our country and people again. We must all unite and assert that this will not happen again!
Filipino Translation:
“Naaalarma po ako sa mga naiulat na paglabag sa mga karapatang-pantao ng 43 arestadong health workers na nakadetena sa Camp Capinpin sa Tanay pagkatapos ng isang operasyon ng militar noong nakaraang linggo. Naiulat din po na walang maayos na search warrant ang militar. Dahil po dito, sinusubaybayan ko po ang ginagawang pagsisiyasat ng Commission on Human Rights sa insidenteng ito.
Hindi po ako nararaoat na mabigay ng paghuhusga sa operasyon ng ating militar, ngunit inaasahan ko pong rerespetuhin ng ating mga sundalo ang karapatang-pantao ng mga naaresto, kung sila man ay tunay na miyembro ng NPA o hindi.
Yung sinasabing matagalang pagposas, pagpiring sa mata at hindi pagpapatulog sa mga arestado, dagdag pa ang hindi pagbigay ng pagkain na kinumpirma mismo ni CHR Chairman Leila De Lima ay nangyari na noong Martial law. Hindi natin dapat hayaang mangyari muli ito.
Ang demokrasyang tinatamasa natin dahil sa 1986 People Power ay unti-unting nawawalan ng katuturan sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang administrasyon. Kung ito’y magpapatuloy ay mapipilitan tayong muling ipagtanggol ang ating bayan laban sa mga masasamang adhikain; mapipilitan tayong muling ipaglaban ang ating kasarinlan laban sa mga naglalayong iisantabi ito.
Matagal na po nating nakikita ang kasamaan ng pangaapi at pangaabuso ng kapangyarihan. Hindi ako makapapayag na muling pagdaanan ng ating mga kababayan ang pagdurusang noo’y naranasan natin sa rehimeng Marcos.”
“I find very alarming the reported violation of human rights of the 43 health workers presently detained in Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal, who were all arrested during a raid by the military. It is also alleged that the raid was conducted without a proper search warrant. We are closely monitoring the investigation that has been initiated by Commission on Human Rights (CHR) by its Chair Leila De Lima.
I do not wish to prejudge the action of the military, but I certainly expect the military authorities to respect the detainees’ human rights and to adhere strictly to law in the conduct of their mission and investigation, whether or not these workers are actually NPA members, as the military asserts.
On the basis of verified reports from CHR staff, Chair de Lima has deplored the maltreatment of the detainees in the following ways: continuous handcuffing and blindfolding, depriving these detainees of sleep, and denying them food as well as privacy while using the bathroom. I echo her observation that these are reminiscent of actions that were rampant during martial law. We must not allow this to happen again. The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution restored for us all the rights of a liberated and free people under a democracy. Sadly, these are now being eroded methodically under the present administration. We now have to stand up and ask our people again to choose between good and evil; freedom and repression; decency and abuse of authority.
I, together with other members of my family have witnessed and experienced first-hand the evils of repression and abuse of power. I will not allow this scourge to visit our country and people again. We must all unite and assert that this will not happen again!
Filipino Translation:
“Naaalarma po ako sa mga naiulat na paglabag sa mga karapatang-pantao ng 43 arestadong health workers na nakadetena sa Camp Capinpin sa Tanay pagkatapos ng isang operasyon ng militar noong nakaraang linggo. Naiulat din po na walang maayos na search warrant ang militar. Dahil po dito, sinusubaybayan ko po ang ginagawang pagsisiyasat ng Commission on Human Rights sa insidenteng ito.
Hindi po ako nararaoat na mabigay ng paghuhusga sa operasyon ng ating militar, ngunit inaasahan ko pong rerespetuhin ng ating mga sundalo ang karapatang-pantao ng mga naaresto, kung sila man ay tunay na miyembro ng NPA o hindi.
Yung sinasabing matagalang pagposas, pagpiring sa mata at hindi pagpapatulog sa mga arestado, dagdag pa ang hindi pagbigay ng pagkain na kinumpirma mismo ni CHR Chairman Leila De Lima ay nangyari na noong Martial law. Hindi natin dapat hayaang mangyari muli ito.
Ang demokrasyang tinatamasa natin dahil sa 1986 People Power ay unti-unting nawawalan ng katuturan sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang administrasyon. Kung ito’y magpapatuloy ay mapipilitan tayong muling ipagtanggol ang ating bayan laban sa mga masasamang adhikain; mapipilitan tayong muling ipaglaban ang ating kasarinlan laban sa mga naglalayong iisantabi ito.
Matagal na po nating nakikita ang kasamaan ng pangaapi at pangaabuso ng kapangyarihan. Hindi ako makapapayag na muling pagdaanan ng ating mga kababayan ang pagdurusang noo’y naranasan natin sa rehimeng Marcos.”
Aquino, Inilatag Ang Planong Reporma sa Edukasyon
Inilatag na ni Liberal Party Standard-Bearer Sen. Noynoy Aquino ang kanyang 10-point agenda sa pagrereporma sa sistemang pang-edukasyon ng bansa.
Sa kanyang talumpati sa pagtitipon ng Coordinating Council of Private Education Institutions o COCOPEA kahapon, sinabi niyang nais niyang maging patas ang laban sa pagitan ng mga mag-aaral sa pribado at sa pampublikong mga paaralan.
Una sa kanyang plano ay gawing 12-year cycle ang basic education, mula sa kasalukuyang 10 taon, sang-ayon sa global standards.
Aniya, ang mga mag-aaral sa mga pribadong paaralan na may 12-14 taon ay mas nakakuha ng magandang trabaho, at nais niyang ganoon din ang maranasan ng mga batang nasa mga pampublikong paaralan dahil mula sila sa mahihirap na pamilya.
Bukod dito, ang iba pang repormang isinusulong ni Aquino sa sektor ng edukasyon ay:
* Unversal pre-school;
* Sistemang Madaris Education para sa mga kababayan nating Muslim;
* Technical-Vocational learning sa High School;
* “Every Child a Reader” na programa sa Grade 1;
* Pagpapalakas sa Science and Math curriculum;
* Isang milyong iskolar sa mga pribadong high school sa pamamagitan ng pagreporma at pagpapalawig sa sistemang GASTPE;
* Paggamit ng “mother tongue” o wikang kinalakhan sa pagtuturo sa mga bata mula pre-school hanggang grade 3;
* Paglupil sa mga palpak na textbook at mas mahigpit na pagseguro sa kaledad ng mga ito;
* Higit na pakikipag-partner sa mga local government units para dumami pa ang mga paaralan at matanggal ang classroom shortage.
Para kay Aquino, reporma sa edukasyon ang “long-term” na solusyon ng kanyang magiging administrasyon sa malawakang problema ng kahirapan at kawalan ng trabaho.
Sa kanyang talumpati sa pagtitipon ng Coordinating Council of Private Education Institutions o COCOPEA kahapon, sinabi niyang nais niyang maging patas ang laban sa pagitan ng mga mag-aaral sa pribado at sa pampublikong mga paaralan.
Una sa kanyang plano ay gawing 12-year cycle ang basic education, mula sa kasalukuyang 10 taon, sang-ayon sa global standards.
Aniya, ang mga mag-aaral sa mga pribadong paaralan na may 12-14 taon ay mas nakakuha ng magandang trabaho, at nais niyang ganoon din ang maranasan ng mga batang nasa mga pampublikong paaralan dahil mula sila sa mahihirap na pamilya.
Bukod dito, ang iba pang repormang isinusulong ni Aquino sa sektor ng edukasyon ay:
* Unversal pre-school;
* Sistemang Madaris Education para sa mga kababayan nating Muslim;
* Technical-Vocational learning sa High School;
* “Every Child a Reader” na programa sa Grade 1;
* Pagpapalakas sa Science and Math curriculum;
* Isang milyong iskolar sa mga pribadong high school sa pamamagitan ng pagreporma at pagpapalawig sa sistemang GASTPE;
* Paggamit ng “mother tongue” o wikang kinalakhan sa pagtuturo sa mga bata mula pre-school hanggang grade 3;
* Paglupil sa mga palpak na textbook at mas mahigpit na pagseguro sa kaledad ng mga ito;
* Higit na pakikipag-partner sa mga local government units para dumami pa ang mga paaralan at matanggal ang classroom shortage.
Para kay Aquino, reporma sa edukasyon ang “long-term” na solusyon ng kanyang magiging administrasyon sa malawakang problema ng kahirapan at kawalan ng trabaho.
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