PHILIPPINE EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2013

SMX 2 DECEMBER 2013

IMPLICATIONS OF

ASEAN 2015 FOR

PHILIPPINE HIGHER

EDUCATION

Where is the Philippine Higher Education Institution vis-à-vis-ASEAN?: A Reiteration of the Context

Apart from ASEAN 2015, what related regional and global developments should be keep track of?

Implications of ASEAN 2015 for higher education

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

A center of graduate education and learning in the 1960s and 1970s;

Perceived to have lagged behind;

oin terms of relevance (i.e. higher education’s contribution to the solution of pressing Philippine problems (e.g. poverty; environmental degradation; vulnerabilities to disaster);

oIn terms of propelling the national economy;

STATUS OF HIGH EDUCATION VIS-À-VIS

ASEAN

SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO EDUCATION ATTAINMENT

SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO PER CAPITA GDP GROWTH (2005 PPP$)

SITUATION LOSING MOMENTUM

MOVING AHEAD

FALLING FURTHER BEHIND

CATCHING UP

LOSING MOMENTUM

United States New Zealand Canada

Australia Philippines

MOVING AHEAD Japan Korea Taiwan

FALLING FURTHER BEHIND

CATCHING UP Singapore Hong Kong

Mexico China Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EDUCATION

ATTAINMENT(% OF COMPLETE TERTIARY

SCHOOLING ATTAINED IN A POPULATION), YA P, 2 0 1 2

e.g.

ASEAN Reference Qualifications

Framework;

UNESCO Recognition of Qualifications in

Higher Education;

APEC

ASEMME

SEAMEO RIHED

WHAT RELATED REGIONAL AND GLOBAL

DEVELOPMENTS TO KEEP TRACK OF

Contributions of Higher Education to sustainable human and

economic development Reiterated

They hone the life and technical skills to negotiate the

complex world of life and work in the 21 st century;

They collectively produce a variety of competent individuals

sought by the labor market.

Some of these HEIs also create new knowledge and

technologies that ensure the global competitiveness of the

countries they represent. Each institutional type plays an

important role in achieving the balanced development of

Filipino citizens and the nation.

IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Life and technical competencies/skills (including critical

thinking skills)—an integrative GE program

Competencies for Work: shift to learner outcomes based

education/learning competency based educations;

Enhanced Research capacity (in science and technology) for

high end research that translates to technological

innovations to propel the economy and solutions to the

country’s problems;;

IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

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