Global Courant 2023-05-24 09:35:00
MANILA – A politician in the Philippines wants students to rest and recharge their batteries on weekends instead of doing homework, while they already spend about 10 hours at school during the week.
To make that happen, Mr. Sam Versoza, a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Tutok To Win Party-List, proposed a “No Homework Law” that aims to ban teachers from giving homework to basic students on weekends. – and high school students.
In 2010, a Ministry of Education memorandum circular advised teachers to assign a reasonable amount of homework to public elementary school students on weekdays. No homework may be given at the weekend, according to the circular.
“The Philippine youth is overworked and yet the Philippines is lagging behind other countries,” Versoza said in his privileged speech.
He cited recent reports that the average intelligence quotient (IQ) of Filipinos was 81.64, while the global average IQ was 100. The Philippines ranked 111th out of 200 countries in terms of average IQ.
Alarming
“This is alarming and proves that the Philippines is in the middle of an education crisis. If the system doesn’t work, let’s improve it,” Versoza said.