Indigenous people education
IN our country, we have a lot of indigenous people that mostly still live in the remote areas or far-off islands. When I was young, I had no idea what these indigenous people were. It was then at home when I asked my mom who these people are that I soon found out.
As defined by the literatures and history, indigenous people are people defined in international or national legislation as having a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory, and their cultural or historical distinctiveness from other populations that are often politically dominant.
Mostly, they are the one who have settled themselves in living the old way and has been considered as the first people of every nation. Indigenous people are defined by their indigenous identity which makes them different from each other. It is probably the connection of person or people by their culture, race, beliefs and way of life that makes them indigenous people inseparable. As history folds and modernization unfolds, indigenous people are now getting more intact than they are ever been before. With laws and orders coming from our government that has provided indigenous people with the needed education in order for them to survive in the realms of this society.
In 2015, the Department of Education has adopted the Indigenous Peoples Education Curriculum Framework which aims to provide guidance to schools and other education programs as they engage with indigenous communities in contextualizing the K to 12 Curriculum based on their respective educational and social contexts. This assures the indigenous people that they will be provided with the needed assistance and service in giving them the very ground of every human survival –education. With our educational system being reformed, the K to 12 program surely will have a clear blank space for in this page the story of our dear indigenous people will be written.
The Department of Education remains steadfast in its commitment to provide access to an inclusive and culture-based education to every indigenous learner in the country through continued efforts in enhancing the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) Program and strengthening the capacity of our public schools and learning programs to deliver such services. The right to education for most indigenous people must be fully realized here in our country.
What the government need to do is give the access to quality education of the indigenous people and provide them with all they need to have better engagement in our society. Reports showed that the right of indigenous peoples to education as some experts say will be “Deprivation of access to quality education is a major factor contributing to social marginalization, poverty and dispossession of indigenous peoples.” ( Paid article)