THE Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) extended support to the Congress’ plan to convene an Education Commission (EdCom) in response to the learning crisis, saying the business community is ready to offer its expertise.
In a recent statement, the advocacy group said the private sector can provide knowledge on several topics for the EdCom, including education financing, decentralization and public-private education complementarity.
The business community can also help in making assessments, digital transformation of education for equity and industry-academe linkages in standards, training and employment, PBEd said.
In the filed resolutions, the group noted, the EdCom is tasked with crafting strategic long-term policy recommendations for the education sector.
“We hope that congressional hearings will be held on the EdCom resolutions as soon as possible so that we can set up an EdCom that meets the needs of our education system,” PBEd Executive Director Love Basillote said.
“We believe that convening the EdCom now is an immediate response to the learning crisis. We understand that we can only overcome the crisis when we work together with Congress,” she added.
Along with other industry groups, the PBEd last month called for reforms for the education sector, including a bigger budget, to address the looming learning crisis seen threatening the country’s economic growth in the long term.
PBEd Chairman Ramon Del Rosario Jr. said that the Philippines should increase its resource allocation for education like its Southeast Asian peers are doing.
He called for the proper implementation of the Philippine action plan for nutrition to ensure the health of the students.
Del Rosario said there is a need for an independent assessment agency for the check and balance of the country’s education system. Lastly, the PBEd chairman stressed the need to prioritize the teachers and incentivize them to encourage more to go into the teaching profession.
On Wednesday, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) launched its Education Task Force (ETF), which is tasked with assessing and evaluating the current state of the Philippine education sector.
PCCI said that the policy paper to be produced by the ETF will be using the Quality Improvement Framework to review the education system and to pitch reforms.
It will cover four major areas of development: Philippine Qualification and Learning Outcomes, Curriculum and Instructions, Competencies of Teachers and Educational Leaders, and Institutional and Policy Reforms.
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