Far Forgotten Vision

MORE THAN ANYTHING else, the country’s worsening education system can be traced back to the lack of a competent national government in the education sector. While the sector consumes the biggest chunk of the national budget every year, it is relatively alarming how it is almost always subjected to politics and never-ending corruption.

It was in September 2022 when the Department of Education, under Vice President Sara Duterte Carpio, proposed a 150 million worth of confidential funds, saying that it will be used for “surveillance and intelligence”. For whatever reason the budget was made to surface, one thing remains clear— it is not the type of allotment that the department should focus on.

The inefficiency of government projects and ineffective allocation of the budget dismays the unaddressed problems among the sector, affecting how schools deal on how to address them. Due to this, unfunded institutions often result on requiring their students to shoulder contributions to improve school facilities and other development needs.

Evidently, Bicol Regional Science High School (BRSHS) has always been deemed as a respectable institution and even after the setbacks that the pandemic has brought the school, the privilege has always remained equivocal in terms of the financial capabilities of the students. This can be reflected in terms of how school contributions are made by the Brisayanos.