Gatchalian: Quality grads will spur PH’s global competitiveness

Senator Win Gatchalian is set to file the substitute bill on the proposed Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) that will undertake a comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the entire education sector’s performance and boost global competitiveness.

EDCOM 2 will review the observance of the mandates of the Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for a more harmonized and coordinated education ecosystem. It will also look at the role of digital transformation in education.

“Given the fact that labor markets are becoming increasingly global and workers are able to move from one place to another, quality does not simply equate to meeting locally set standards anymore,” the chair of the Senate basic education committee said.

“Quality now equates to being globally competitive,” said Gatchalian in a roundtable discussion hosted by the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies.

“Employment mobility is becoming the norm now. Access and exposure to the internet can get one employed in other countries,” he added.

The senator said EDCOM 2 must address the question: How do we ensure that higher education graduates are globally competitive?

For Gatchalian, boosting global competitiveness among the country’s graduates requires aligning the country’s qualifications framework to internationally recognized qualification standards.

He pointed out how the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) was designed to align with the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework. This is to ensure that graduates are equipped with competencies and skills that would make them globally competitive, he said.

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