THE PHILIPPINES’ higher education commission has lifted a 2011 policy that banned the opening of new nursing undergraduate programs amid an oversupply that left graduates jobless. READ:
“After a very thorough review and study of the moratorium on nursing, the commission en banc yesterday decided to lift the moratorium based on an exhaustive discussion,” Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero E. De Vera III told a virtual news briefing that was streamed live on Facebook on Wednesday.If the policy was immediately lifted, “we might go back to the same situation before 2011 and that situation was of crisis proportions at that time,” Mr. De Vera said.
“For decades, our human capital has been neglected,” the groups said. “One in every three children and below are stunted. Nine out of 10 learners are not able to meet minimum reading skills.” The state should also promote public-private partnerships for nutrition-centric governance at the local levels, they said. It must strengthen safety nets for vulnerable households through continued access to safe, affordable and nutritious food.
Agencies should use the lens of lifelong learning in workforce development and strengthen the autonomy of school leaders while ensuring accountability, they added. “We will not have a workforce prepared for the more highly skilled jobs of the future, and we will not compete effectively in the global economy,” Mr. Del Rosario said. “It is our inadequacies in human capital development that is holding us back from achieving true progress as a nation.”
He asked the government to convene the Second Congressional Commission on Education so it can assess the country’s educational system. Congress ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the creation of the commission in May.
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