2. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM AGENDA 7 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM AGENDA NAPOLEON B. IMPERIAL Deputy Executive Director Commission on Higher Education 7 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM AGENDA NAPOLEON B. IMPERIAL Deputy Executive Director Commission on Higher Education 7 41st Annual National PAFTE Convention October 17-19, 2012 City Sports Club, Cebu City

3. The HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM AGENDA (HERA)  Log-rolling agenda of ACCOUNTABILITY of outcomes and impact  Twin strategic roles of higher education  Instrument for poverty alleviation  Vehicle for technologically-driven national development and global competitiveness

4. Why HERA? The Reform Package seeks to address Lack of overall vision, framework and plan for higher education Deteriorating quality of higher education Limited access to quality higher education by those who need it most and have potentials to maximize its benefits

5. HERA’s Two-fold Thrusts 1.expanded and enhanced students career and life chances and choices of students; 2.higher education and its institutions placed in the full service of national development.

6. Policy Backgrounds HERA puts together, continues and harmonizes reforms put forward by Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM); Philippine Education Sector Study and the Presidential Commission on Education Reforms (PESS/PCER); and Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA) and the K-12 Program CHED’s Strategic Plan

7. Investing in the Partnership in Basic Education HERA’s public investment in three entry-points of partnership with the Department of Education (ODA Matrix)  Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA)  K-12 Program  CHED’s proposed ODA-assisted projects in teacher education  development of learning assessment competencies among teachers, quality assurance staff and educational managers  development and institutionalization of a re-engineered National Exit Assessment  3NS (National Network of Normal Schools)

8. The Master Plan for TED  the official document of CHED’s commitment to K-12 to lay down the national vision, direction, strategies and programs for the future of the most important input to basic education, e.g. the classroom teacher, in both the pre-service and in-service levels;  intended to serve as the roadmap for the education/ training of the professional teacher taking into account the current and anticipated supply-demands situations and the structural constraints and opportunities including political realities.

9. The Master Plan for TED Guideposts provided by the Phil. Development Plan 2011-2012  Determined pursuit of EFA and MDG on improving level of access and participation with special attention to the strengthening of Madrasah, IP education and education for vulnerable groups;  Increased delivery of basic education services by way of expanded public-private partnership (PPP) that include instructional and other management services through their outsourcing from qualified (accredited) private providers to improve level of access, efficiency and student achievement and promote education fiscal reform

10. The Master Plan for TED  Enhanced learning efficiency in the early grades underpinned by the implementation of the mother tongue as the language of learning, with strong community and civil society support to improve student retention and achievement particularly in higher- order thinking skills (HOTS) and in the learning of other languages like Filipino and English;  Well-maintained health, nutritional and physical well-being foundation of education performance adequately addressed especially through the education component of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Programs (4Ps);  Improved and expanded provision of basic educational inputs especially in traditionally lagging areas through selective but focused utilization of the tried and tested alternative delivery modes (ADMs) in formal education and alternative learning system (ALS) for out of school youths and adults.

11. The Master Plan for TED BESRA-TED Action Agenda Items that can be consolidated 6 - Medium-Term Development Plan for Capacity Building for Teacher Education Institutions; 7- Identifying COEs Mandated to Assist in Capacity Building of TEIs; 8- Library and Resource Development Program for TEIs; and 9 - Rationalization and Stronger Monitoring Teacher of Education Institutions -

12. The Master Plan for TED Further curricular adjustments in InSET and Pre-service arising from 1.NCBTS for TEIs 2.Anticipated New Teachers Licensure Law 3.K+12 Curriculum Framework/MTB-MLE Policy 4.Education for Sustainable Development of UNESCO; 5.Learning Resources Policy Framework – diversified learning resources; new textbook policy, greater access to and utilization of ICT-based materials; 6. Strengthening learning assessment  Classroom-based assessment  System-wide assessment  Assessment for accreditation and equivalency of

13. The end Thank you very much!!! Best wishes to PAFTE