Deep fractures in the Philippine education has consequences beyond the system School year break of 2026 arrives not merely as a season of rest for Filipino students and teachers, but as a rare and urgent pause to confront the deep fractures in Philippine education. More than a respite, it is a moment to reckon with the enduring warnings of Renato Constantino’s The Miseducation of the Filipino, which insists that true schooling must cultivate national consciousness rather than reduce learning to grades and diplomas. That call resounds with painful clarity today: the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) reports that student proficiency plummets from 30% in Grade 3 to less than 1% by Grade 12, a collapse so stark it exposes...