I will resume to work June 14
@cacay1 (83223)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
June 4, 2016 2:21am CST
After next week, classes begin for the first semester. I am not inspired again to go back to work.Why? There are 20 teachers no longer have subject load given to them .And why? There are no freshmen; every June school opening, our university usually has seven to eight thousand ( 7,000-8,000) freshmen. This school opening, zero. And why? Our previous government approved for the extension of the elementary and high school programs , the so called K9 and K12 programs.
Here comes now the visible problem; many teachers jobless for two years starting from 2016 to 2018.
Those who do not have loads, do not have have graduate and post-graduate courses. I felt sorry for them. My tears start to fall for the missing of my friends and co-teachers. I feel our faculty office empty.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
4 Jun 16
Really? I thought those who have no loads wil be assigned as teachers for senior high school or for grades 11 and 12. I thought they will never be jobless. I even seen in the news that they are hiring teachers to teach senior high due to lack of teachers.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
4 Jun 16
@Macarrosel, Our university is a government owned university and will only cater 8 sections senior high school and that will good only for 4 teaches with different disciplines.These 20 might apply to private colleges that cater many senior high schools for free.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
4 Jun 16
That is terrible does it mean more of a workload for the teachers who are keeping their jobs? How can you go from seven to eight thousand students in freshman year to none, that doesn't seem possible. wWhat will the jobless teachers do now?
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
4 Jun 16
@Marcyaz, The population of or university every semester with freshmen was almost 15,000. This time only major courses are offered and only BSIT is opened for late freshmen, meaning those who did not enroll last year after graduation in high school.Those 20 in our department are now teaching in different countries.Others ventured into business, others teach on line.
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
6 Jun 16
@Shavkat True, our government is only good put putting money onto their pocket not theirs from people's money, and nothing had done to think about this K9 and K12 program if worth to implement. They are giving too much stress and problems to parents who li,e their children to finish soon, so they can also help them.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
5 Jun 16
we might not have first year college students next year, all because of this k to 12 thingy
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Jun 16
@ridingbet, That is true. There are some teachers now in our department under training how to teach the senior high school students.
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
6 Jun 16
@ridingbet That was supposed to be, but the dept. sec. explained to President Rody and he was convinced.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
5 Jun 16
@cacay1 but there are rumors that DU30 will remove the k to 12 curriculum any year now.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
5 Jun 16
So there is a vacuum due to the K-12 program. Some teachers can find other job opportunities.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Jun 16
@acelawrites, many are there now abroad to teach , no choice but to leave the country for survival.
