'Juan Tanga'

Episode on June 9, 2007 Saturday, 11:45 p.m. Has the Philippines become the land of “Juan Tanga?" (dumb Juan). Find out this Saturday, as Sine Totoo presents “Juan Tanga?", the Imbestigador education special that was a finalist at the 2006 US International Film and Video Festival and recently given a Special Citation by Globe Telecom and Innove Communications. In this episode, Mike Enriquez hosts a game show to gauge how well ordinary citizens know basic math, science and facts about Philippine history. Their answers will likely astound you. Imbestigador visits several public schools around the Philippines and find that classes are held along corridors, on the stairs, under the trees and in a converted basketball court – with makeshift walls to divide the court into nine different classes. A 17-year old student divides his time between school and work, and still cannot read. And then there are the teachers who lack skills – producing students who hardly pass the National Achievement Tests. On the set with Sine Totoo host Howie Severino, Mike Enriquez says the funny answers he got from fairly simple questions reflect the critical state of Philippine education. He notes the players knew who played Darna on television, but not who the first President of the country was. Imbestigador’s Executive Producer Juni Castillo relates why they chose the gameshow format to present such a serious issue. Discover just how bad our educational system has become on Sine Totoo’s back to school offering, “Juan Tanga?" airing Saturday midnight over GMA-7.

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‘Juan Tanga’ Ang Pilipinas ba ay naging bayan na ni “Juan Tanga?" Ngayong Sabado sa Sine Totoo, abangan ang Juan Tanga?", isang espesyal na pagtatanghal ng Imbestigador tungkol sa edukasyon. Tinanghal na Finalist ang “Juan Tanga?" sa 2006 US International Film and Video Festival. Kamakailan naman, ginawaran ito ng Special Citation ng Globe Telecom at Innove Communications. Sa pamamagitan ng isang game show, inalam ni Mike Enriquez kung masasagot pa ng mga ordinaryong mamamayan ang mga simpleng tanong tungkol sa math, science at kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Binisita rin ng Imbestigador ang ilang pampublikong paaralan sa bansa. Ang mga klase, ginagawa na sa mga corridor, sa hagdan, sa ilalim ng puno pati na sa mga basketball court! Nakilala ng Imbestigador ang isang 17 anyos na estudyante na hanggang ngayon ay nasa elementarya pa at hindi pa rin marunong magbasa! Natuklasan din ng Imbestigador na marami sa ating mga guro ang kulang sa kaalaman at training. Nakapanayam ni Howie Severino ng Sine Totoo sina Mike Enriquez at Imbestigador Executive Producer Juni Castillo. Binigyang-diin ni Enriquez na bagama’t nakatatawa ang mga sagot ng ating mga kababayan sa mga simpleng tanong, nakababahala naman ang implikasyon nito sa lebel ng kaalaman ng mga Pilipino. Ipinaliwanag naman ni Castillo kung paanong naging epektibo ang pagtalakay sa isyung ito sa pamamagitan ng isang nakaaaliw na gameshow. Gaano na nga ba kalala ang kalagayan ng edukasyon sa ating bansa? Alamin sa back to school na handog ng Sine Totoo ngayong Sabado ng hatinggabi sa GMA.