Country: Philippines
Title: Philippines-Australian Science and Mathematics
Education Project (PASMEP).
Institution: Department of Education, Culture and
Sports-Educational Development Project
Implementing Task Force-Secondary Education
Development project, Project Management Unit
(DECS-EDPITAF, SEDP-PMU).
Address: Rizal Bldg., University of Life, Pasig MM.
Country: Philippines.
Objectives: To upgrade the quality and effectiveness of
science and mathematics education at the
secondary level. - enhance the impact of
secondary curriculum development in science and
mathematics education. - improve science and
mathematics education management and curriculum
support services. - improve experimentation
skills and attitudes through effective laboratory
work.
Methodology: Philippine Government implementation of its SEDP
would be strengthened by assistance with teacher
in-service training programs concerned with the
higher content level of work (year 3 and 4) of
the secondary science and mathematics education.
The approach would involve in Australia training
inputs to national and regional workshops in the
Philippines. The implementation process and the
sustainability of developments would be enhanced
by a series of workshops for regional officers in
position to support, guide, encourage and promote
resources for the teachers in schools as they
teach the new material. One program would focus
on improving curriculum support services while
the other would focus on improving management
support services. In addition, attention would
be paid to development of new management systems
at the Central Office in-order to encourage
sustainability and better use of scarce
resources. The assistance would involve
short-term advisers and support for participants
in national workshops. The implementation
process would be further assisted by the
provision of basic sets of science equipment for
year 3 and 4 science (primarily to schools in the
3 designated regions). This equipment would
compliment similar equipment and laboratories to
be provided under the ADB loan and the Economic
Support Fund (USAID), but which is sufficient to
cover only little over 50 percent of minimal
requirements. The provision of equipment will
increase the accessibility of practical science
teaching. It will help the teaching of
experimentation skills and approaches under the
new curricula and increase the practical content
of teaching.
Background: The Australian Mission which visited the
Philippines in 1986 identified the field of
science and mathematics as a priority sub-sector
for Australia assistance. This priority
coincides with the Philippine government's Medium
Term Development for the period 1988-1992 which
emphasizes science and technology in education
and the achievement of functional literacy as a
basis for economic development.
Expected Outcomes: Improved and strengthened science and mathematics
education in the Philippines.
Results to Date: With a grant of a 9-month non-degree training,
the Project sent for Australia 31 Mathematics 3
and 31 Chemistry fellows. They completed their
training and were awarded a Post-Graduate
Certificate of Advance Teaching in either
Mathematics or Secondary Science.
Citations: Project Development and Evaluation Division,
Planning Service, DECS. Index of DECS On-Going
Programs and Projects, CY 1989, Manila: 1990;
___________., Status Report on DECS On-Going
Programs and Projects, CY 1989, Vol. XIII.
Manila, January 31, 1990. ____________.
Inventory of DECS On-going Projects, CY 1988-89,
Vol. II, Manila, June 1989.
Commencement Date: January 1989. Duration: CY 1989 - CY
1992.
Completion Date: 1992.
Descriptors: Secondary school curriculum; Secondary school
science; Secondary school mathematics
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