Our summer break is not on summer

TO a few universities and schools like ours, summer break is just about to begin while others were just going about in buying new school supplies for their new school year. break greets us with lots of rains. Umbrellas, which were supposed to be used against the summer sun, is now used against the pouring rain.

Educational institution heads argued that the calendar shift was necessary to conform to the global school calendar implemented in other countries, in line with the globalization goals of the country.

Other institutions like Mindanao State University changed their school days also because it wants to attract international students to study in the university, according to an interview with the University system’s administrators in 2013.

Aside from the campuses of the Universities in different cities and municipalities, their feeder schools (elementary and high schools) have also complied with the shift in 2015.

This may benefit the school by synching with the globe, but it does not benefit people on a micro level very much. already arrive by June. If the calendar shift will be implemented in all schools, students can no longer help out in these activities just when the quality of harvest and catch is at its peak during these times.

Globalization can still happen even if the Philippine’s school calendars do not synch with other countries. As a matter of fact, even if we are trying to appeal to foreign students to come study in our place, we make it difficult for our local students from schools that did not shift calendars to transfer to other universities.

For example, MSU Marawi boasts about having no tuition fees and affordable school payments. Many students have to wait for a few months after graduation or after their former school’s closing before they can enroll in the University.