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Key Issues in Philippine Education

This document discusses several topics related to land reforms, economic issues in the Philippines, education reforms, and unemployment trends. Specifically: 1) The DAR-Caraga Region is targeting to distribute 9,832 hectares of agricultural land to farmers as mandated by CARP. Documentation for land titles is ongoing. 2) Peasant groups called on the NFA chief to file charges against former President Arroyo and a former agriculture secretary related to rice overimportation in 2004 and 2007. 3) Key economic issues include import-export imbalance, decline of the Philippine peso, and slow GDP growth despite fiscal conservatism. Agriculture showed weak signs of recovery amid high unemployment exacerbated by the global recession.

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Key Issues in Philippine Education

This document discusses several topics related to land reforms, economic issues in the Philippines, education reforms, and unemployment trends. Specifically: 1) The DAR-Caraga Region is targeting to distribute 9,832 hectares of agricultural land to farmers as mandated by CARP. Documentation for land titles is ongoing. 2) Peasant groups called on the NFA chief to file charges against former President Arroyo and a former agriculture secretary related to rice overimportation in 2004 and 2007. 3) Key economic issues include import-export imbalance, decline of the Philippine peso, and slow GDP growth despite fiscal conservatism. Agriculture showed weak signs of recovery amid high unemployment exacerbated by the global recession.

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Land Reforms

I. This year, the DAR-Caraga Region is targeting to distribute 9,832 has. of agricultural lands to farmer-beneficiaries
in different parts of the province as mandated in the provisions of the extended CARP.

Mambuay said processing and documentation for CLOAs for farmers is still going on at various areas in
Northeastern Mindanao.

2. MANILA, Philippines- The peasant activist group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), the
multisectoral alliance Bantay Bigas, the Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid ng Timog
Katagalugan (Kasama-TK) and the leftwing fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang
Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday urged National Food Authority (NFA) chief
administrator Lito Banayo to file criminal and other appropriate charges against former President
and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former agriculture secretary and now Bohol
Rep. Arthur Yap in connection with the over importation of rice which occurred in 2004 and 2007.

3.

Current Economic Issues

1. Import-Export Imbalance: Among the many economic problems faced by the Philippines, one is the
imbalance of imports and exports. The negative trade is heavy and only counterbalanced by the service
account surplus. Over the last two decades, Philippine exports have shifted from commodity-based
products to manufactured goods. However, in the midst of the current global economic recession, the
exports of electronics, garments and textiles are yet to reach a level of import neutralization. 

2. Decline of the Philippine Peso: The economic downturn has resulted in the devaluation of the
Philippine peso and subsequently, a fall in the stock market. The fiscal conservatism strategy adopted by
the Philippine government has yet to reflect a positive effect on acceleration of economic growth. 6%
growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2004 and 7.3% in 2007 has yet to accelerate to the linear
GDP growth projected by the government. 

3. Key Issues in Philippine Education

The following are some of the reforms proposed:

1. Upgrade the teachers' salary scale. Teachers have been underpaid; thus there is very little
incentive for most of them to take up advanced trainings.

2. Amend the current system of budgeting for education across regions, which is based on
participation rates and units costs. This clearly favors the more developed regions. There is a need
to provide more allocation to lagging regions to narrow the disparity across regions.

3. Stop the current practice of subsidizing state universities and colleges to enhance access. This
may not be the best way to promote equity. An expanded scholarship program, giving more focus
and priority to the poor, maybe more equitable.
4. Get all the leaders in business and industry to become actively involved in higher education; this
is aimed at addressing the mismatch problem. In addition, carry out a selective admission policy, i.e.,
installing mechanisms to reduce enrollment in oversubscribed courses and promoting enrollment in
undersubscribed ones.

5. Develop a rationalized apprenticeship program with heavy inputs from the private sector.
Furthermore, transfer the control of technical training to industry groups which are more attuned to
the needs of business and industry.

4. Manila - The economic crisis is hitting the Philippines and countries in the developing
world with unemployment. Nevertheless, there are weak signs of recovery in agriculture.
These are the findings from a study of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which considers
the industry sector most at risk.According to the ADB in the second quarter of 2009
employment in the Philippines fell  by 7%, while agriculture grew by 2.6%. This trend is also
confirmed by the National Statistics Office - NSO which reported 2.719 million unemployed
in the month of October 2009.

5.

1. Quality - There was a decline in the quality of the Philippine education, especially at the
elementary and secondary levels. For example, the results of standard tests conducted among
elementary and high school students, as well as in the National College of Entrance Examination for
college students, were way below the target mean score.

2. Affordability - There is also a big disparity in educational achievements across social groups. For
example, the socioeconomically disadvantaged students have higher dropout rates, especially in the
elementary level. And most of the freshmen students at the tertiary level come from relatively well-off
families.

3. Budget - The Philippine Constitution has mandated the goverment to allocate the highest
proportion of its budget to education. However, the Philippines still has one of the lowest budget
allocations to education among the ASEAN countries.

4. Mismatch - There is a large proportion of "mismatch" between training and actual jobs. This is the
major problem at the tertiary level and it is also the cause of the existence of a large group of
educated unemployed or underemployed.

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