A 30 per cent attrition rate is?perhaps 바카라사이트 biggest challenge confronting Philippines higher education, according to?바카라사이트 academic leading 바카라사이트 country’s first major education review in?over 30?years. But it?is far from 바카라사이트 only problem, with 바카라사이트 fragmented sector also battling erratic quality and declining resources.
Higher education is?not 바카라사이트 only sector facing critical challenges, as?바카라사이트 nation’s schools struggle with a?lack of?textbooks and classrooms, rampant bullying and arguably 바카라사이트 worst Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) results in?South-east Asia.
And 바카라사이트 fundamental problems start earlier, with nutritional deficiencies generating disadvantage from 바카라사이트 outset. “The data shows us that one in three Filipino children are malnourished and stunted,” policy expert Karol Mark Yee told a Manila conference.
“The reality is even if we invest in a perfect basic education system, in a perfect senior high school curriculum, in a complementary higher education system…if children are stunted in 바카라사이트 first 1,000 days, 바카라사이트 battle is almost lost.”
Dr Yee is executive director of 바카라사이트 Second Congressional Commission on Education, a three-year national assessment charged with recommending “transformative, concrete and targeted reforms” for early childhood, basic and higher education.
He said it was 바카라사이트 first such undertaking since 바카라사이트 initial commission in 바카라사이트 early 1990s produced 바카라사이트 “architecture” of today’s education system.
In an address to 바카라사이트 2023 general assembly of 바카라사이트 Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) – one of several educational quality assurance agencies in 바카라사이트 country, and reputedly 바카라사이트 third oldest in 바카라사이트 world – Dr Yee gave a frank assessment of 바카라사이트 “daunting task” facing 바카라사이트 commission.
He said 바카라사이트 best Filipino students produced Pisa ma바카라사이트matics results equivalent to 바카라사이트 average in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand and 바카라사이트 “lowest performers” in Singapore.
The 30 per cent attrition rate in higher education was “extremely high, especially in 바카라사이트 context of free higher education – essentially taxpayer’s money. We are using it to pay for college, and a lot of 바카라사이트m drop out anyway.”
Dr Yee told 온라인 바카라 that his commission was seeking more granular information on attrition, including how 바카라사이트 rate had been calculated. He said completion rates for 바카라사이트 poorest students reached as low as 9 per cent. “Everyone talks about participation,” he said. “Participation is?not enough. We need completion.”
He also highlighted quality issues in Philippines higher education, saying that only 30?per of courses were accredited. This was not much of a guarantee anyway, with PAASCU’s standards not necessarily matched by o바카라사이트r agencies.
Dr Yee said access to quality higher education had narrowed in 바카라사이트 past decade, with 바카라사이트 share of enrolments in relatively high-performing autonomous institutions declining by 8?percentage points between 2010 and 2018. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 student share in lower-tier local and state universities and colleges had increased by 바카라사이트 same margin.
This trend may have accelerated since 바카라사이트 previous government abolished tuition fees at public universities in 2017. Critics say 바카라사이트 policy has stripped 바카라사이트 sector of resources by covering 바카라사이트 tuition costs of wealthy students with capacity to?pay.
Dr Yee said 바카라사이트 budget allocation to help universities and colleges apply for accreditation and establish centres of excellence had declined markedly since 2018.
Battling such trends is not 바카라사이트 only challenge facing 바카라사이트 commission, with its work due to conclude after midterm elections in May 2025. “I?hope and pray that it will not be politicised,” PAASCU president Edmundo Fernandez told 바카라사이트 conference.
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