What Future for Technical Education in the Philippines?
In these critical times, and in keeping with the change in government which is fully aware of the importance of technical education, a drastic reorganization of the educational system of the Philippines is being strongly pursued. In the case of technical education, the model being used is that of the Australian TAFE system, wherein formal technical education and apprenticeship shall be a parallel system with non-formal and continuing education. These two offices shall be coordinated by a super body which shall be composed of representatives from business and industry, and me major line agencies which have to do with manpower development, i.e., the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, and the Department of Labor and Employment. It is felt that pushing technical education in a different creative strategic mode and management-leadership approach will facilitate the achievement of sectoral goals. As an example, a mechanism for paying high salaries for talented teachers equivalent t
