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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 Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) is a Philippine Congressional entity created by the 18th Congress of the Philippines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The body was created by virtue of Republic Act 11899, which lapsed into law on July 23, 2022.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT-Teachers) is a progressive national democratic mass organization of teachers, academics, and other education workers in the Philippines, established on June 26, 1982. It is the largest non-traditional teachers' organization in the country, and campaigns for the economic and political rights of teachers ...
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.
Like private institutions, satellite campuses of non-system public institutions of higher learning are subject to separate accreditation. The Technical Vocational Education Accrediting Agency of the Philippines (TVEAAP) was established and registered with the Securities Exchange Commission on October 27, 1987.
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.
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.
In 2010, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines installed a bronze marker declaring USC's foundation late in the 18th century, effectively disproving any direct connection with the Colegio de San Ildefonso. [12] In 2011 Pope Benedict XVI recognized UST as "the oldest institution of Catholic higher education in the Far East." [13]