NADINE CHANTALLE V. PONCE, 22, was an incoming third-year broadcasting student at the Colegio de San Lorenzo near the Philippine capital when it suddenly shut down amid a coronavirus pandemic.
“We were all caught off guard,” she said by telephone. “My brothers and I grew up in that school. Teachers there were like family, so it was tough for me to accept that it had to end that way.”
This seems to be the opposite of what’s happening in western countries including the United States where many parents increasingly sought out, regardless of the price tag, independent schools that offered physical rather than remote classes as the coronavirus crisis raged on, CNBC reported last year.
The exodus of teachers from private to public schools, where the pay is said to be higher, had also spurred the closure of many independent schools, education specialist and school owner Elna Leah L. Fonacier said. The DepEd said it would allow private schools to continue offering online classes beyond Nov. 2, revising an order that would have forced them to enforce five days of face-to-face classes by next month.
The Philippines had a learning poverty rate of 91% and a learning deprivation rate of 90.4%, among the highest in Southeast Asia, according to a 2022 report by the World Bank. “The closure of private schools means fewer graduates that could join the labor sector,” Mr. Buenviaje said. “If this trend goes on, the government would have to establish more schools or further strengthen their existing programs, which would mean additional funding.”Mr. Buenviaje also said it would take time for such changes to take place “while the demand for quality graduates joining the labor force continues.
Under the law, private schools are eligible for a temporary 1% tax from July 2020 to June 2023, after which the rate will go back to 10%.
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