GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE PHILIPPINE EDUCATION
FERDINAND R. CUNANAN
0ore foreiJn inYestments in 3hilippine education would help educational institutions become more Jlobally competitiYe
2fficials said more .oreans and foreiJn students would come to the country if there are foreiJn schools operatinJ here with the planned liberali]ation of 3hilippine education
$t present, some , .oreans are enrolled in local schools
2fficials also stressed the need for the 3hilippines to moderni]e its education system
7he Tuality of education aYailable in a country has a siJnificant impact on the deYelopment of a prosperous state and an effectiYe and efficient JoYernment
2ther $sian countries haYe opened up to foreiJn ownership and control of educational institutions in hiJher education, makinJ these institutions more competitiYe in their internationali]ation efforts
0alaysia and 6inJapore are models of countries that not only amended their laws to allow foreiJn companies to participate in their education structure, but eYen JaYe incentiYes to encouraJe foreiJn schools to set up and participate in the proYision of hiJher education
7he &onJressional &ommission on (ducation ,, said only the 3hilippines has foreiJn ownership, establishment and enrollment restrictions stipulated in the constitution
)oreiJn eTuity participation in educational institutions cannot e[ceed percent e[cept those estab lished by reliJious Jroups or mission boards (ducational institutions e[clusiYely for aliens, diplomatic personnel and their dependents may only be established in the 3hilippines Yia leJislation, officials said
7here is a proposal to JiYe incentiYes and doinJ policy adMustments strenJtheninJ the capacity of the 'epartment of (ducation 'ep(d , &+(' and 7echnical (ducation and 6kills 'eYelopment $uthority 7(6'$ to reJulate the entry of poor Tuality institutions usinJ research by industry and reYiewinJ JoYernment reJulations in a way that enables Tuality institutions to thriYe o2o
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