Education
From The Report: Philippines 2014
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Reforms to the local school system and increased funding are expected to support improved outcomes in what is a large and logistically challenging sector. The administration of Benigno Aquino III has significantly raised the budget and introduced sweeping reforms that are aimed at addressing access, quality and human resource shortcomings. Reforms have opened up new business opportunities for service providers and private investors. Although the sector caps foreign equity participation at 40% for the most part, new opportunities in technical and vocational training could emerge by 2016.
This chapter contains an interview with Alfredo Pascual, President, University of the Philippines.

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Overview

From cradle to classroom: The government’s adoption of the K-12 programme looks set to improve the provision of basic education
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Whether it is basic, elementary or tertiary, the fundamental challenge for the Philippine education system is one of access and quality. The country is now making its boldest attempt to date to correct some of these shortcomings, which have constrained its human resource potential for the last three decades. The administration of President Benigno Aquino III has significantly raised the budget and introduced sweeping reforms that are aimed at meeting both those challenges. If it succeeds, the…

Analysis

Producing talent: Improving access to and the quality of higher education is crucial for workforce development
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While the administration of President Benigno Aquino III has won much public acclaim for engineering a transformation of the education system, the sheer speed and scope of change taking place has caused concerns among some observers. If cleared, further budget increases in education are planned in 2014. A total of P44.6bn ($1.07bn) will fund the building of 43,183 new classrooms and hiring of 33,000 teachers. If this momentum continues, the education sector will provide opportunities for private…

Interview

OBG talks to Alfredo Pascual, President, University of the Philippines (UP)
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Interview:Alfredo Pascual How are universities working with private industry to teach the skills demanded by the labour market? ALFREDO PASCUAL: Against the current backdrop of credit rating upgrades and job creation from foreign investment, links between academia and industry have become increasingly important. Connections that are bilateral and sector- or locale-specific are forming to ensure that graduates have the skills needed by industry partners. Given the challenge of matching jobs…