The final part of the education podcast series takes a look at liberal solutions. Dr. Chito Salazar, head of the Philippine Investment Management Education Network, proposes reforms: deregulating the education industry, rationalizing state universities and colleges and pursuing quality oriented reforms.
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From the perspective of a globalized world, Juan Miguel “Mike” Luz, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction president, explores whether the Philippines is educating for competitiveness or is barely trying to educate for competence. He discusses five disconnects in Philippine education: the two-types of Philippine basic education, the low pay of teachers, the school age of children, the male drop-out rate and the isolation of Muslim Filipino children.
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