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Brain drain is a persistent problem evident in the educational system of the Philippines due to the modern phenomenon of globalization, [137] with the number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at any time from April to September 2014 estimated at 2.3 million. [138]
The commission is guided by an Education, Legislation and Policy Advisory Council, selected by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives from a pool of recognized experts from the following sectors: the academe, the business sector, government education agencies, heads of LGUs, and from civil society organizations and development partners engaged in education.
Discussions, dialogues, fora, and symposia are held related to current issues that directly or indirectly affect the education sector. ACT also promotes the principles and objectives of the organization among the population and campaigns against foreign influence on the Philippine educational system and wider society.
The Philippine priests and lawyers of that time, with the exception of the sons and daughters of Spaniards, principales and criollos (Latin Americans), [9] [n 1] knew Latin perfectly well because the educational system was wholly religious. The friars also opened many medical and pharmaceutical schools.
The K-12 curriculum was implemented on June 4, 2012 starting with SY 2012-2013 where it involved major reforms in Philippine Education that resulted to a twelve-year basic education program. To guarantee K-12's continuity, the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 , otherwise known as the K-12 Law, passed into legislation on May 15, 2013.
During 1925 the Commission visited schools all throughout the Philippines, interviewing a total of 32,000 pupils and 1,077 teachers. The commission found that in the 24 years since the U.S. education system had been established, 530,000 Filipinos had completed elementary school, 160,000 intermediate school, and 15,500 high school.
The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10931, is a Philippine law that institutionalizes free tuition and exemption from other fees in state universities and colleges (SUCs), and local universities and colleges (LUCs) in the Philippines. The law also foresees subsidies for private higher ...
Abad, Florencio. "Policy Directions for ICT Use in Primary and Secondary Schools in the Philippines." ICTs in Basic Education First National Congress. Cebu City. 6-7 Dec. 2004. Belawati, T. (2004), UNESCO Meta-Survey on the Use of Technologies in Education, ICT Use in Education in the Philippines, pp. 122–126. Bonifacio, A. L. (2013).