Quezon City to punish parents who dont send their kids to school

Yes i agree with this, parents should be responsible enough for the welfare of their children while it is still in their care and or it is still in their supervision, and not just making them and let them grow without not training them and give them education. If parents cannot send their children to school or cannot provide for the basic needs for their children, they rather don't make children at all...

I believe this is a best ordinance; and who ever made this ordinance should be given kudos. I support this; I hope the authorities will enforce it right away. You know how is it here in the Philippines - some of the lawmakers are good only in grand standing and our authorities are so lax in enforcing the laws. This is great for the would be parents to think first before having too many children. Gosh we're a small country, I mean our land area is very small and we're having population explosion.

during the wake of my wife's cousin... she also have a cousin who is a teacher. and that cousin asked my wife how old is our son and she said 5. the teacher cousin said that we have a new law that all 5 years old children needs to be at school already. so that would be from 5 to 12 should be in elementary already. of course the 5 years old will start as kindergarten. the problem is, is the local officials can monitor who goes to school and who are not? i guess they need to have their share with this as well. not only parents, educators and the government also needs to make sure that the kids are in school. specially the parents who can not afford. public schools are asking too much everytime... just heard from a friend who has kids who goes to public school. even the xerox copies for the exams they ask it from the children.... i mean the government pays for this right? i am not sure....

It's been that way here for a long time, and I think it is a good idea.

They should be, this could help solve child labor, unemployment and illiteracy in the country. But before implementing this the local government should also do it's part, make sure that there is enough public schools where kids would have a good studying condition and not crowding in one classroom if not under a tree or worst under the heat of the sun. Provide training to teachers so that they would be parting updated knowledge to their students and not old school stuff. We hope this is not merely a plan going to waste.

I guess that is the best ordinance I've ever heard. Parents should realize that having children is a big responsibility. Parents should raise good children for the future generation, in order for us to have a better future.

I think other than just placing a fine on the parents, the local government should exert efforts to educate the parents about the importance of education for their children and change their mindsets. A lot of families hardly have enough for 3 meals a day, they will definitely not consider putting their children to school because of the expenses that they will incur.

It's a good thing indeed, but i guess Ordinance such as that should have started long before, so that "education did not become a privilege rather than a right" of every child. I just read that line " " from a certain article. We could have raised more responsible parents and responsible soon-to-be parents if the local government or the national government itself had strongly imposed a law punishing even imprisoning parents who will not send their children to school. Having children does not stop from making them and bringing them out of this world. It is the right of every child to gain formal education, and it is a responsibility of their parents not to deprive them of such. There is no excuse, in fact, there are a lot government schools that can that can be of help to children to have formal education. But while the local government of QC is doing that, they should also see to it that they have a strong and sufficient support to schools so that the facilities and materials are adequate.

I definitely agree with this city ordinance. This will teach parents how to be responsible parents. They will have to plan their families in order to send all their kids to school. Some parents just keep on having children even if they can't afford sending them all to school. Some parents don't even know the value of education. This ordinance will surely make them realize their obligations and giving proper education to their children is just one of them.

This is a very good decision. Hope this will apply in all regions of the Philippines.

The ordinance is good. It will be a response to the Constitutional mandate that the State is giving importance to education. But maybe they should specify that the fines they are to collect should be allocated to education purposes also.

I agree with this and i am thankful they finally did something about it. at least now they will be forced to be more responsible parents and not just keep having babies. but for those who have already a lot of children and can't afford to send them to school, what's going to happen to them? will they still be put to prison? who is going to help them send their children to school? i don't think the government has that much budget for that especially knowing that the government can't even provide enough for the people. everything in the market is still very expensive. if the government can help then that is very good. they put to good use the money we people give them, rather than just being corrupted and go straight to their own pockets.

i like the idea but then how about those families who are very very poor and has a lot of children. I am not sure how the parents could make each child go to school lest alone provide their meals 3x a day. They cant do anything because they have no job and then they have to pay so what would be left of them. I do hope this is acted upon by QC too as special cases so that they can help.

If this is the case, we must increase the capacity of quezon city jail. I bet that if those parents would reason out that they don't have money to send their kids to school, perhaps they won't be able to reach that amount of money to pay the penalty unless they resort to other crimes. I acknowledge the fact that the quezon city government is encouraging parents to send their children to school and to practice responsible parenthood. Perhaps it's a good start. It would be good also if apart from this, the local government together with DECS will do something to improve the education system. Yearly, we have always been faced with problems regarding the sky rocketing number of encompass which our public school system cannot accommodate. If we are to encourage this parents to send their kids to school, the least these parents can do are to send them to the public ones for they cannot afford the tuition fee at the private schools. There should be enough classrooms, chairs and teachers to accommodate these kids. Without this, the quality of education suffers. The very purpose of the ordinance will be beaten. Full packed rooms, students sharing chairs and teachers handling a very huge class is not conducive to learning. In here, the teachers won't be able to teach properly and will only act as nanny to those multiple numbers of kids playing, gossiping around or doing something else apart from studying. Undermanned school provides a place to stay for these kids while the underpaid teachers watch them while their parents are either gambling or making another or brother sister at home. How convenient!

In the US you can get in trouble for not having your kids in school once they reach a certain age. If you are home schooling you have to prove that you are homeschooling.

Do parents have to pay for their children's education? Did the city ever consider having free public schools? Some parents in America do pay for private schools, but most schools are free here. Unfortunately, they have trouble getting good teachers in some of the bigger city schools so the kids don't get the quality of education they deserve, but they do go to school.

Woah, 145,000 is a big number for out of school youths! Although it's hard for the poor families to send their kids to school, you have a point that they should stop having kids if they can't raise and send them to school. This reminds me of a news I saw yesterday. Summer school for children who are supposed to enter Grade 1 but haven't even attended kindergarten. I think that's a nice program. When one of the parents of the children was interviewed, he said that he didn't send his child to school because the child doesn't like writing much and that all she did was play. OMG mister, what did you expect? It's a child! All it wants to do is play, jeez. I guess aside from financial difficulties, some parents have a bit of ignorance when it comes to the education of their children. The new city ordinance makes sense especially in situations like these.

I do agree. There are really those who take for granted the value of education. But then, what is the parents really cannot afford to put children to school? There is no denying that there are really those who do not have a single penny...but then i guess that is why the government has this project called, p4 project or the cash grant where they give assistance to the poorest of the poor. Oh well i hope that punishment will have a good outcome.

WOW! That's really awesome! In that case, every parents will sent their kids to school! :) I hope it will be done in my city too! :)

The Philippine government should give commendation to whom who created the ordinance, proper implementation should be observed. This way, mortality rate of wrong doing from those of out-of-school youth will be lessen. The penalty must be higher than the amount specified so that parents are obliged to sent their children to school and parents are more responsible to the needs of their children. And, must be implemented nationwide not Quezon City alone.