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Cavite is a  province with 7 districts comprising 7 cities, 16 municipalities, and 829 barangays. Situated on higher grounds, it gets its advantage of having fewer floods in the rainy season. Migrants, according to authorities, prefer to reside in Cavite due to better job opportunities, its vast working sites, housing projects, educational institutions, commercial establishments, and proximity to National Capital Region (NCR).

Officials said population increases as many businesses opened. According from a report from the Department of Labor and Employmen, Cavite is declared as a province with the highest number and biggest labor force of industrial firms by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO). With all the developments in infrastructures and industrialization, Cavite’s population is still expected to grow over the years.

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Quality Education is a must for every child, in order to fulfill his knowledge and a way for his effective learning. This issue is relevant in the Philippines, but most especially in Cavite. In the town of Silang, one school allowed poorest students to "level up". There is a news article where the SMS in Silang, Cavite, which provides free education to underprivileged youth, was among the five schools honored for the innovations they had introduced and developed to improve their students’ learning. The sisters, in partnership with local parishes, are focused on finding underprivileged youth in places such as the Mountain Province and Aurora, who would be given access to education.

It was mentioned from another article (linked below) that there is a budget allocated for students for online learning which is covered by the local LGU in Cavite. The budget was supposedly P5 billion in order to implement the plan for the 600,000 students. However, Cavite has only P4.7 billion as the P1 billion has spent for response in the pandemic. Regarding this, the DepEd should also give contribution to the LGUs in Cavite just because they are the ones who implemented the blended learning plan. Their contribution can cover more students and learn at the time of COVID. This matter is not limited to Cavite but also in some areas of the Philippines.

Having said that, it is one way to help students to give the quality education they deserve. It is also hard in the time of pandemic to pay tuition fees, but it could just be possible if students were given effective learning for free. Aside from giving scholarships, it could also be a great idea if students most especially those who are in public school will be given free tablets/phone/laptop. In this generation, these gadgets are very helpful in learning as students could easy get the information they have and could also be used in attending online classes. As the governor has mentioned, "Investing in our students is investing for the future. The pandemic may be gone sooner or later but the opportunity lost for the young minds today is a cost that will be hard to pay for."

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MANILA, Philippines - Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla lamented on Monday the province's lack of funds to support the modular teaching and learning process under the blended learning system to be implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) for the coming school year.

Remulla posted on Facebook an open letter directed to Education Secretary Leonor Briones, seeking clarification on the role of local government units in financially supporting the blended learning plan of DepEd.

"Dear Sec. Briones, please correct me if I am wrong. Sa ilalim ng plano na modular teaching/learning process ng DepEd, para sa 600,000 na mag-aaral ng Cavite, ay kailangan namin maghanda ng P5 bilyon para maipatupad ito," the governor said.

(Dear Sec. Briones, please correct me if I am wrong. Under the plan of the modular teaching/learning process of DepEd, we will need P5 billion to implement it for the sake of 600,000 students in Cavite.)

"Ayon rin sa plano, ang DepEd national ay walang contribution para dito at ito ay 100% na papasanin ng LGU," he also said.

(Also under the plan, DepEd has no contribution for this and this will be shouldered by the LGU at 100 percent.)

Cavite, however, only has a P4.7 billion budget for this year, according to Remulla.

He said that almost P1 billion was already spent for response efforts to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

P2.1 billion was allocated for the salary of government workers and for other operations of the province, while P1 billion is allotted for hospital expenses.

Aside from this, Cavite also has other programs for the 4.5 million residents in the province that likewise need funding, said Remulla.

"Sa Cavite pa lamang po ito. Paano pa po ang malalayo na lalawigan at syudad na mas menos ang kakayahan?" added the governor.

(This is just in Cavite. How about other provinces and cities with limited resources?)

"I am not a complainer. This week we will present our Cavite Educational Plan. It is our local solution to a NATIONAL problem. It is unfortunate that at the time of COVID, every Filipino student can study but only the rich get to learn," Remulla also said.

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Cavite governor: Will LGUs shoulder entire cost of modular learning program?

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MANILA, Philippines - Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla lamented on Monday the province's lack of funds to support the modular teaching and learning process under the blended learning system to be implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) for the coming school year.

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Poverty is present in the province of Cavite. As you visit this place, you can encounter people knocking in your car asking for money or food. Most of the time, these people lack money due to unemployment in order to live.

PSA’s latest release of poverty threshold is up to 2015. The annual per capita poverty threshold and poverty incidence among families have increasing trend which indicates that every three years, the minimum income of a family needs increase to afford the basic necessities. In 2015, a Caviteño family needs to earn at least 24,882 pesos annually or 2,073.50 pesos monthly to be not considered as poor. With that being said, it can be seen that the cost of living in Cavite is generally higher than other areas in the Philippines and it means the source of income of people should be enough for them to live with their means.

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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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As a resident in the province of Cavite, there are many issues that needs to be resolved given the population as mentioned above. 2 out of 17 in UNSDG are timely and present in Cavite that needs to be resolved and these are - No Poverty, and Quality Education.

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The province of Cavite is located in Southern Luzon, and is a part of Region IV-A or CALABARZON Region. It is bounded by some provinces in Luzon, Laguna (east), Rizal, (northwest) and Metro Manila (north). By virtue of Presidential Decree 1163, Cavite's provincial capital is Imus but the seat of provincial government is located at Trece Martires City.

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With its over 4.2 million population, the province of Cavite leads as the country’s most populous province in the last seven years, surpassing Cebu and Pangasinan based on National Statistics Office’s records. Records from the Provincial Population Office shows that Cavite’s population this year, is twice as big compared to the year 2000. PPO pegged the population growth at 4.12 percent. By 2020, the province’s population is estimated to reach 4, 822, 582. PPO’s records also show the province’s six most populous areas, namely Dasmariñas (4th District) with its population at 770, 938, Bacoor (2 nd District) with 754, 756, General Trias City with 430, 510, Imus (3 rd District) with 408, 618, Tanza with 274, 554, and Silang with 265, 759. Also, migrants outnumbered the province’s natives, who have been living in the area for ten years.

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Cavite is currently composed of 17 municipalities and 6 cities with a total of 829 barangays. There are six cities - Trece Martires City (the seat of the Provincial Government), Cavite City (the defense frontier), Tagaytay City (the provincial summer capital) and the newly declared City of Dasmariñas under the Republic Act 9723. The City of Dasmariñas also happens to be a lone legislative jurisdiction of District IV. City of Bacoor and City of Imus were added in the roster of cities in Cavite by virtue of RA 10160 and RA 10161.