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Greater participation, collaboration needed to equip PH graduates with higher learning outcomes --- group
Philippines
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Greater participation, collaboration needed to equip PH graduates with higher learning outcomes --- group
Greater participation, collaboration needed to equip PH graduates with higher learning outcomes --- group
Published Apr 13, 2023 01:18 pm
An industry-led advocacy group on Thursday, April 13, underscored the urgent need for greater collaboration among stakeholders to ensure Filipino graduates would have the competencies they need in the workplace.
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO)
“The government must work closely with the private sector in order to come up with scalable policies and programs geared towards building a generation of Filipinos with higher learning outcomes that shall increase their chances towards gainful employment,” the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) said in a statement. PBEd issued the statement on the CHR Human Rights Situation Report School-to-Work Transition 2022. “The CHR Human Rights Situation Report manifests the worsening learning crisis in the country, with students graduating lacking the basic skills, soft skills included, which are vital in joining the workforce,” PBEd said. Given this, the group called for greater private sector participation in training not only their people but also potential employees to minimize the job-skills gap in the Philippines. As it continues to advocate for workforce development initiatives even during the formative school years of Filipino graduates, PBEd also called on “greater collaboration” among all education stakeholders in the government, industry, and academe to make “intentional and concerted efforts to equip graduates with competencies needed to succeed in the global economy.” Meanwhile, PBEd said that it would continue to push for the strengthening and making skills training more accessible to boost youth employment in the country. “Work-based training is an important intervention to ensure job readiness among the youth as it paves the way for the youth to acquire relevant skills needed in the workplace,” the group explained. Moreover, PBEd noted that the ongoing review of the education system by the Second Congressional Commission on Education will play a “huge role in improving the quality of learning the students are getting prior to entering the workplace.”
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO)
“The government must work closely with the private sector in order to come up with scalable policies and programs geared towards building a generation of Filipinos with higher learning outcomes that shall increase their chances towards gainful employment,” the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) said in a statement. PBEd issued the statement on the CHR Human Rights Situation Report School-to-Work Transition 2022. “The CHR Human Rights Situation Report manifests the worsening learning crisis in the country, with students graduating lacking the basic skills, soft skills included, which are vital in joining the workforce,” PBEd said. Given this, the group called for greater private sector participation in training not only their people but also potential employees to minimize the job-skills gap in the Philippines. As it continues to advocate for workforce development initiatives even during the formative school years of Filipino graduates, PBEd also called on “greater collaboration” among all education stakeholders in the government, industry, and academe to make “intentional and concerted efforts to equip graduates with competencies needed to succeed in the global economy.” Meanwhile, PBEd said that it would continue to push for the strengthening and making skills training more accessible to boost youth employment in the country. “Work-based training is an important intervention to ensure job readiness among the youth as it paves the way for the youth to acquire relevant skills needed in the workplace,” the group explained. Moreover, PBEd noted that the ongoing review of the education system by the Second Congressional Commission on Education will play a “huge role in improving the quality of learning the students are getting prior to entering the workplace.”