Education in Philippines
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AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11
A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree.
The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.
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PHILIPPINES, 2015/12/28
Long-planned reforms to extend the length of schooling in the Philippines by two years are expected to significantly improve employment prospects for the country’s younger generations, while as well creating investment opportunities in private education.
Implementing this reform has been a policy priority for the government of President Benigno Aquino III, which is keen for the Philippines to lose its status as one of only a handful of nations with fewer than 12 years of basic education.
Starting from next year, the new system will take children from kindergarten through to grade 12, while as well sharpening the focus on maths and science in a bid to dramatically improve test scores, and boost post-secondary enrolment and graduate employment.
While Philippines students stand to benefit from the reforms, near-term challenges, led by space constraints across the country’s existing network of secondary schools, will need to be addressed.
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PHILIPPINES, 2015/02/20
Last weekend, a Vietnamese representative travelled to the Philippines to supervise an exam taken by 53 short-listed Filipino candidates who are trying to get an agreement to teach English in Vietnam.
The applicants before made it through a screening and interview process administered by Filipino manpower firms Filsino, Grand, and Jopman, said Tran Thi Thuy Trang, who is working for Vietnamese company AIC tasked with coordinating the project that will cost an estimated US$480 million.
The exam was set to assess the Filipinos’ listening, reading and writing skills, according to a Tuoi Tre journalist who was in Manila with Trang at the same time as she oversaw the test on Saturday.
