{"id":6802,"date":"2018-05-01T09:16:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T01:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibon.org\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2018-05-01T09:16:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T01:16:21","slug":"global-market-focused-education-wastes-potential-of-filipino-labor-efd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/tl\/global-market-focused-education-wastes-potential-of-filipino-labor-efd\/","title":{"rendered":"Global market-focused education wastes potential of Filipino labor &#8212; EFD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #00000a;\">Filipino educators urge the Duterte government and all stakeholders to mark this year\u2019s International Labor Day as a reminder of the importance of workers and human resources in achieving the country\u2019s development, and how this can be guided only through a nationalist and progressive education system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #00000a;\">The Educators\u2019Forum for Development (EFD), a voluntary association of educators committed to social change and transformative education, said that Filipinos\u2019 huge potential as nation builders is put to waste. This is because the present education system serves the needs of the global market instead of domestic agricultural and industrial development. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #00000a;\">Data from the Commission on Higher Education shows a total of 3.55 million Filipino college graduates from 2010 to 2016. But this was still outpaced by graduates of Technical-Vocational-Education and Training (TVET) at 10.54 million, about 60% of whom were certified as highly qualified to work in the country or overseas, based on data from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #00000a;\">According to the EFD, it is unfortunate that TESDA Secretary Irene Isaac believes that tech-voc is a primary option as it trains Filipinos with relevant skills profitable in the global market. The educators\u2019 group said that tech-voc has only shaped a large part of the country\u2019s productive force into low- and semi-skilled workers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #00000a;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #00000a;\">They are often paid with measly wages and almost minimal benefits. They are often left at the mercy of their contractors, as part of an exploitative value-chain controlled by transnational corporations (TNCs),\u201d the group said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #00000a;\">Only a nationalist and progressive education system could shape the curriculum, training and development of generations of the labor force towards the strengthening of local agriculture and growth of basic industries. This is needed to better ensure people\u2019s welfare and push sustainable economic progress, EFD said. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filipino educators urge the Duterte government and all stakeholders to mark this year\u2019s International Labor Day as a reminder of the importance of workers and human resources in achieving the country\u2019s development, and how this can be guided only through a nationalist and progressive education system. 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