CEBU, Philippines - An advocate of the Philippine Business for Education said the underlying problem hounding the country’s manpower resources lies on the lack of competence of the applicants rather than on the perception of a “skills mismatch"
Salazar revealed that most respondents in the said survey complained on their manpower’s ability to communicate, the lack of confidence and skills to speak and explain as well as do critical and independent thinking.
Quoting the mean percentage scoring from the 2004 to 2005 National Achievement Test for High school student results, Salazar said that only 71 percent pass English competency exams and 44 percent has low mastery over the subject matter while only 16 percent pass in Math while only two percent pass in the Science subject
He said that the short education cycle in the country has also affected the quality of our education because the basic education, which should be spent for an average of 12 years is cramped to fit into the 10 years cycle which we are practicing Click this link to read full article Philippine Star 6/13/09
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