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scheduled for 2015. Asean integration allows its member-countries (and the citizens
of those countries) to join in the free flow of capital, labor, services, goods, and
foreign investments.
For the Philippines, this is a big challenge because integration will also mean
that Asean members will pay less tax, less custom duties, and less import taxes.
This pattern follows the European Common Market (European Union). In our case
we will also have the Asean Common Market. The Philippines (as a member) will
consider people and products from the Asean region, as if they are people and
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This is good for Filipinos because there will be a wider door for job markets in
the region. But then, the job market will be tougher. We have to compete with other
qualified applicants from the region. We have already proven in the past (before
Asean integration) that Filipinos can best adapt to multicultural workplaces. We are
Now, I will go to this controversial issue. That could also be the reason why
This could be the reason why the K to 12 Program has been instituted so that we
can level off with Asean and the rest of the world. (I am not just sure if our expert
planners in education and also our Congress have made a careful study before the
students within the region. Look at this, only the Philippines has its school opening in
June. Most universities in Japan, Korea, China, and North America start their
the Philippine universities with most Asean, European, and American academic
partners will create more joint programs and partnerships with other universities and
allow students to get transfer credits from different universities in the Asean.”
compete with the world as global athletes, not just barangay warriors. That could be
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Higher Education, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the
Department of Labor and Employment to have that assurance that our training, skills,
I know that our K to 12 Program has more lapses and creates problems. That
is why government experts (if we have experts) should come in and look into the
program with cyclonic eyes, and reconstruct or improve our system of education in
the country. Let us not give rooms for doubt to our parents and educators that the
people upstairs who are in-charge simply ponder. When there is trouble, they
Tourism. How about our secondary schools in coastal areas and upland barangays
which are far away from pilot schools? I also know that some basic problems have
I know that our colleges and universities in Bacolod and Negros Occidental
have problems. Solve your problems (easier said than done) and get ready (if not
ready yet) for Asean integration. Make inventory of your desirable assets: qualified
activities.
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Let us show the world that our institutions of learning are geared towards total
human growth, spiritual development, and economic uplift. All these will attract
foreign students and scholars. This will also convince Filipino students to patronize
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