Teacher Education in the Philippines: Are We Meeting the Demand for Quality?

The Philippines’ dismal performance in recent international assessments (e.g., PISA in 2018; TIMSS and SEA-PLM in 2019) evince that a learning crisis persists and remains a formidable challenge for the country. This is despite the many educational reforms undertaken in recent years, such as resolving the decades-long backlog in school infrastructure, expanding access to early childhood education, upgrading teacher salaries, and enhancing the basic education curriculum. Although there is a myriad of factors that contribute to poor learner outcomes, there is a consensus in literature regarding the central role played by the teacher in these dynamics. This has motivated the researchers’ study of teacher education programs in higher education institutions (HEIs), particularly in their capacity to effectively prepare pre-service teachers for the profession. To fully understand this phenomenon, the researchers explored the profile of teacher education programs in the country in the past decade, and used multiple regression analysis to examine the relationship between performance in the Licensure Exam for Teachers (LET) and the characteristics of the HEI attended (e.g., student-to-faculty ratio, HEI type, location, size, year established). It was found that between 2010 to 2016, an outsized proportion of poor quality were in Mindanao, particularly in BARMM and Region 12. Not coincidentally, these are the same regions where not a single institution has been able to hurdle CHED requirements to become a Center of Excellence (COE) in Teacher Education. Further analysis shows that attending programs in small HEIs is associated with a 14 to 17 percentage point disadvantage in the LET, relative to large institutions. Meanwhile, SUCs are seen to perform better in LET Elementary, whereas private HEIs and LUCs perform slightly better in LET Secondary. The proponents of this study put forward policy recommendations aimed at curbing the prevalence of non-performing HEIs, providing incentives for quality among TEIs, and strengthening oversight and coordination of the space.

THE ROLE OF INFAQ IN BASIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE ACEH COMMUNITY

After the tsunami disaster and Aceh political reconciliation, awareness of education’s importance began spreading to the villages. The awareness creation process is preferable because the prominent supporters of this effort are the people only. At the same time, the Indonesian government’s role is also active in gaining a positive image in the province. Therefore, this paper investigated the level of community awareness in setting aside a portion of the members’ income to build elementary schools, pay teacher salaries, and meet other educational needs. The result showed that the community movements were not positively correlated with management and awareness-raising and the general donation movement in Aceh. Besides, community education empowerment has been fast considering various possible future challenges to be encountered. Nevertheless, the targeted awareness has not been accompanied by public attention towards building higher-quality educational facilities and infrastructure

MODEL-MODEL PEMBIAYAAN PENDIDIKAN (ANALISIS EFEKTIVITAS DAN EFISIENSI DALAM INSTITUSI PENDIDIKAN)

This study aims to describe the basic concepts of education financing and education financing models. The research methodology used is the library research method with analytic descriptive data analysis techniques. The results show that an effective and efficient financing model that can be developed is the Power Equalizing model and the Foundation Plan model because the Power Equalizing model is imposed on very rich districts to pay part of the school taxes they collect back into the state's pocket. The factors that influence the financing of school education are influenced by: 1) rising prices; 2) relative changes in teacher salaries (teacher's sallaries); 3) changes in population and an increase in the percentage of children in public schools; 4) increasing educational standards; 5) increasing age of children leaving school; and 6) increasing demands for higher education (higher education).

KEBIJAKAN STANDAR PEMBIAYAAN DALAM DUNIA PENDIDIKAN

Policies are always associated with the public. Public Policy is a binding decision for the public at a strategic level or broadly the nature made by public authorities. Then education financing. Education financing can be interpreted simply as the cost that must be available and needed in organizing education in order to achieve its vision, mission, objectives, objectives, and strategic. Education financing required for the procurement of buildings, facilities and infrastructure, tutoring, teacher salaries, employee salaries and so on. Nowadays, the management of education, especially primary and secondary education, is the responsibility of the local government. With the granting of large authority, it is expected that the government can maximize the ability or capacity of existing regions in terms of education financing. This research is intended to determine the policy of education financing budget, the source of education budget and allocation of education financing. With this research, of course, it is expected to provide benefits both academically and practically. The research method used is a qualitative descriptive approach. Data collection both primary and secondary data using literature riview techniques of online observation and documentation. The results of the study also provide some suggestions including the need for a clear financing mechanism, in the form of standard education costs that must be paid to enter the school.

Teacher Salary Differentials and Student Performance: Are They Connected?

We examine the relationship between district level student achievement and teacher average salary in Ohio from academic year 2013-14 to academic year 2018-19. Utilizing panel data, the following district level characteristics were controlled for: average teacher experience, average teacher degree-level, student socioeconomic status, race, student attendance rate, pupil support expenditure per equivalent pupil and administration expenditure per equivalent pupil. Using a random effects regression our findings suggest that higher pay can impact student growth. When we partition our sample quintiles by poverty level, we find that teacher salary is only significant for the top quintiles. Our results suggest that for some districts (i.e., wealthy districts) teacher salaries’ impact on student performance is something that can be controlled, for other districts (i.e., poorer districts), teacher salary is another variable that shows no relationship to student performance.

Filantropi Pembiayaan Lembaga Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini

This research on Philanthropy for The Financing of Educational Institutions in KB Al Hikmah Purworejo was conducted to find out about how philanthropy financing is carried out in kb AL Hikmah Purworejo. The method used in this article is a type of qualitative descriptive research. Data collection techniques are carried out with observations, interviews and documentation. The analysis techniques carried out are the presentation of data, and draw conclusions. The results of this study show that philanthropy financing is still needed in kb Al Hikmah institutions considering the needs of institutions that have not been able to be fully independent. With the philanthropy by the community also supports learning activities so that kb Al Hikmah institutions remained until now even in pandemic situations. Philanthropic activities financing by the community there are carried out routinely every month such as the addition of teacher salaries, payment of electricity and water accounts. So with the philanthropy financing of this institution is very helpful in the process of learning and improving the quality of early childhood education

Pendidikan dalam Perspektif Hadis (Suatu Kajian Tematik dalam Bulûgh Al-Marâm)

The hadiths about education in the book Bulûgh Al-Marâm are entirely found and can fulfill the themes of education today, even though this book is characterized by the law of Fiqh (Fiqhul Hadith). There are 17 hadiths or 1.06% of the total 1596 hadiths with the essential word education (ta'lîm). Educational themes that can be fulfilled are; science components, educators, students, educational materials, learning strategies, and teacher salaries. The hadiths found to discuss the importance of useful knowledge. The prophet in Hadith as in the Quran QS. Thaha / 20: 114 only ordered to pray for more knowledge, not ordered to ask for another. The role of educators as servants of students, namely mediators and facilitators. Educators must always learn and have a democratic attitude. Successful students are those who need knowledge and can develop their talents. Teaching material prioritizes ethics or manners and prayer as the practice of knowledge. Teachers may receive honoraria and even have the right to receive an honorarium if the student's condition is worthy of being charged.