et que pensez-vous de l'université de Silliman, apparemment ça a l'air d'être une des très bonnes université du pays?
Ce qui m'interresse le plus, c'est comment sont perçues les université phillipiniennes à l'étranger, genre auxStates ou en Europe?
Autrement Dumagete est-il un endroit agréable pour vivre?🙂
La première chose que j'ai à dire est : "Peace and love"
Cependant, je vais peut-être vous contre-dire Getehem mais ne soyez pas offensé par ce que je vais dire et ne vous énervez pas SVP...
Me concernant, je suis de nationalité belge avec des parents 100% philippins (et oui, je suis fier de dire que ma mère et mon père sont tous deux philippins et que nous vivons très heureux sous le même toit en Belgique avec mon seul et unique petit frère). J'ai 16 ans, garçon et je suis en 5ème année de l'enseignement secondaire général (options : Latin 4h / Math forte 6h) et je m'en sors bien, même très bien!
J'ai des cousins et cousines vivant, étudiant et travaillant aux Philippines et j'ai beaucoup de contact avec eux. J'ai un cousin qui était en première année de l'enseignement secondaire et malheureusement il a dû redoubler cette année-là car il n'avait pas les POINTS requis pour passer en deuxième année. Et malheureusement il a aussi dû abandonner ces études, non pas à cause de la pauvreté car nous avons assez d'argent pour payer ses études, mais à cause de son manque d'IMPLICATION pour ses études. Voilà, je viens donc de vous donner un exemple de redoublement d'année dans l'enseignement secondaire normal aux Philippines.
Apart from that, I also wanted to say that the University of the Philippines is the best known university in the Philippines but it's not the best in some "fields" of education. There are many other colleges that are more interesting regarding the course offering quality.
In order to enter any college or University in the Philippines you must pass the Admission Test given by the college or University in which you want to enter. I think the difficulty of each test is different, which is why you should take several Admission Tests in different colleges and/or Universities. It's a kind of competition because even when you pass the Test they can put you on a waiting list for your first choice because they think that the result of your test is too low to allow you to follow the course that you want as first choice. If so, you can decide to take another course and to transfer later on OR you can try another college and/or University because they might accept you for your first choice course. And I think we are only allowed to take the UPCAT (University of the Philippines College Admission Test) once.
I have a (female) cousin who entered the UP Baguio and took the biology course (BS Biology - 4years) and when she graduated from UP Baguio, she decided to enter the St. Luke's College of Medicine (Quezon City) because TO HER the quality of education in Health Care was the best in that college. Now, she is a successful MD (Doctor of Medicine). However, she had to repeat a year because of her HEALTH (she had a serious problem with her throat). And there you have it another example of repeating a year in the Philippines.
Bon et bien voilà, je pense que j'ai dit tout ce que je savais à propos de l'éducation aux Philippines et encore, j'aurais pu vous parler de mes autres cousins et cousines (des infirmières, des comptables, des thérapeutes...) mais leur parcours scolaire est tellement banal donc pas très intéressant à raconter puisque je voulais juste illustrer le redoublement d'une année dans l'enseignement aux Philippines que ce soit dans l'enseignement secondaire ou dans l'enseignement supérieur universitaire.
Pour rappel, je ne suis qu'un vulgaire étudiant belge (d'origine 100% philippine) de 16 ans qui SAIT ce qu'ont fait ses cousins et cousines aux Philippines. De plus, je voulais aussi étudier aux Philippines, c'est pour cela que je me suis renseigné auprès de mes cousins car pour moi, ils sont la meilleure source après mes parents.
Conclusion générale, le redoublement d'année aux Philippines existe. Il faut bien se renseigner quant aux programmes proposés par les différentes écoles supérieures (universitaires ou non-universitaires). Et peut-être essayer de passer plusieurs examens d'amissions à la fois pour augmenter les chances d'être accepter dans une école.
"Peace and Love" - - - "Carpe Diem"
Avec tout le respect que je vous dois Getehem,
Vale! (En Latin= "Portez-vous bien!")
Patrick Tumaneng
P.S. : Je ne sais pas pourquoi j'ai écrit une partie en Anglais en ik kan ook in het Nederlands schrijven maar ik wist niet of u zou begrijpen. En revanche, malgrè mes 5 années de latin, je ne serais pas capable d'écrire un texte en Latin.😉
Oui entretemps j'ai aussi reçu d'autres exemples de redoublement ici aux Philippines, mais c'est plutôt rare et semble limité à l'enseignement public . L' exemple de votre cousine qui a perdu un an en études de médecine n'est pas un exemple valable, puisqu' il s'agissait là d'une cause extérieure.
Ma compagne a un fils de 11 ans qui est en grade 5 dans une école privée. Il y a deux ans, j'avais été intrigué par ses résultats lors de contrôles de fin d'année. Chaque feuille d'examen était marquée des points et du pourcentage obtenu. Comme par exemple :
60 sur 100 = 80% ou 75 sur 100 = 92%
Ce qui est évidemment anormal.
Je me suis rendu à l'école où j'ai rencontré la directrice. Elle m'a expliqué qu' une directive du Ministère de l' Enseignement ( ou son équivalent Filipino) interdisait de donner moins de 75% à un élève pour ne pas le démotiver. Elle m'a aussi montré le texte officiel de cette directive, avec un tableau de conversion des points obtenus en pourcentages.
Suite à celà, j'ai décidé de le changer d'école.
Et dans la nouvelle école, c'est la même chose!!!!
Donc, redoublement ou pas redoublement, ce n'est pas l' essentiel.
L' enseignement élémentaire et moyen aux Philippines est de mauvaise qualité.
Dans les écoles publiques, parce que la surpopulation ( jusqu'à 70 élèves par classe) empêche de dispenser valablement un enseignement.
Dans les écoles privées parce que ce qui compte est de montrer aux parents (payeurs) que leur enfant progresse...
J' espère qu' il n'en va pas de même pour les universités.
Mais cela ne m'étonnerait pas, car j'ai vu ici tellement de réglements saugrenus que plus rien ne peut m'étonner. C'est le règne du formalisme au détriment de l' efficacité. Les Filipinos vraiment compétents sont à l' étranger, comme vos parents....
Ceci dit, j'aime beaucoup ce pays et encore plus ses habitants. Mais il y a tant de choses qui pourraient être mieux exploitées!
En ja, ik kan ook Nederlands spreken, I can speak english, ja mowi po polsku, et j'ai fait six ans de latin et cinq de grec....
Il n' y a que le tagalog qui m'échappe totalement!
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