EGYPT AND PHILIPPINES: Countries of Resiliency

            Serious traditional methods…. Unprecedented learning philosophies…. Adapting societies’ changes….

            The aforementioned phrases are generally talking on how education system of both Egypt and Philippines were experiencing before and even today. I was assigned to choose a country under the African continent, when I was scanning and surfing the internet, I discovered Egypt. Without any biases, I really like Egypt of some historical glory and grandeur that were brought by their country. Since then, I love hearing the contributions of the Egyptians in today’s development like in mathematical formulas, architectural systems, medicine and many more.

            But, all of those facts that I have read and heard are not so visible in my presence nowadays. A country which before were contributing a numerous or creating archives of inventions and solution to problems that many are affected is included to the queue of tangled societies.  Instead, while I was surfing, I discovered that their country is suffering from a wider span of poverty and unequal education. Aside from that, I also discovered maltreatment of educational authorities to the learners. Which in the Philippines, I also found some of the dark similarities. I realized that Philippines also suffered to unequal education on the part of the citizens. Further, some learners also are maltreated by some teaching personnel. I also consider as a similarity the existence of less opportunity learners spreading throughout the national and local areas of both countries. Too much with the psychological or behavioural aspect of the learners, I would like to venture on the system itself of both Philippines and Egypt.

The educational system of the Philippines today is on the verge of experimentation equalling to uncertainties. I say that because it’s our first time to adapt and apply the K+12 educational patterns in our country.

Aside from the patterns of education, technological orientation is also important in both Philippines and Egypt. It adjusts the difficulties of the learners in achieving the requirements of todays’ jobs- technological and computer trainings and learning. In Egypt, one of the schools particularly in a university was very happy because of the computers donated by a wealthy program or corporation from America. They were blessed to have them because they helped them greatly in reaching the gap and debarring low literacies to less fortunate people in Egypt. Same with Philippines, a lot of countries and concerned wealthy citizens are working together corroborated by Philippines’ Department of Education to create new forms of pedagogical instruments and discuss their impacts on the advancement in learning. Like, computers with educational software, experimental resources and laboratories, and other up-to-date resources.

Albeit, in Philippines and Egypt, the mission of obliterating the unstructured and weak educational processes is never on someone’s wildest dreams, still, it’s that we’re oblivious that at least, those inconsequential traditional methods are slowly fading and a new educational system, technology-based, is resurrecting to edify, to bridge, to help everyone rise from undesirable phenomenon that we, specially the Filipinos and Egyptians, are currently experiencing. (Thank you.)

*God Bless Us Always*