フィリピンにおける無償中等教育法の制定過程に関する考察
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The purpose of this research is to clarify the features of the Free Secondary Education Act in the Philippines focusing on its formation process in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Recently, the government in some South East Asian countries such as Thailand and Indonesia have shown their political priority as developing their free secondary education system. Currently, UNESCO also emphasizes on its essential role as basic education for job training in current information society. In the Philippines, the Free Secondary Education Act was enacted in 1988. Owing to that, all citizens in the country can access to secondary education without any tuition fees. This study was based on the government documents that indicate the formation process of this act. The main findings of the research are as follows: First, the ideal of the 1987 constitution under Aquino government reflected the law making process. Therefore, promotion of social justice and human liberty was emphasized. The access to secondary education was considered as basic human right Second, during the process of the discussion, difficult situation of "barangay high schools" had been recognized as one of the main reasons why nationalizing public high schools was considered urgent and necessary. "Barangay" means community and the smallest unit of the administration in the Philippines. The school was started by Dr. Pedro Orata in 1964. People in the community supported and cooperated together to manage the schools, and this system had been prevailed in the country. However, because of the financial limitation, deplorable situation of the educational facilities made it difficult to attain the same goals as the other public high schools in the country. Third, the limitation of the finance for this act reflected the formation process. Section 6 of this act refers to bar any student who fails for two consecutive years to continue enjoying his educational privilege. During the discussion, right to education was pursued. However, because of the financial restriction of the country, Section 6 was prescribed. Access to secondary education was considered as privilege rather than right for that reason.
- 長崎純心大学・長崎純心大学短期大学部の論文
- 2005-03-01