This paper comprehensively reviews the developments in the education and labor markets in the Philippines in the past 25 years. It highlights the trends on how the labor market used educated workers. It also reviews how education has contributed to national development. Furthermore, it...

The role of the National System of Technical Vocational Education and Training (NSTVET) is critical in skill upgrading and development. The rapidly changing technology highlights this need even more. This paper reviews the state of Philippine NSTVET, and identifies and discusses reform ideas. It...

Higher education is a key driver of the economic growth of countries. Any country hopes that its universities, including state colleges and universities (SUCs) and private higher education institutions (PHEIs), produce the manpower needed to propel the country into high, sustained, and equitable...

The enactment of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 (RA 10533) put into law the major reforms proposed to improve the country's educational system. A key feature of this law is the Senior High School (SHS) program. This added Grades 11 and 12 making compulsory basic education 13 years in...

The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) is a livelihood assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development targeting working-age members of poor households. We draw insights on the socio-economic profile of target beneficiaries of SLP using survey data covering 2,160...

A Graduate Tracer Survey (GTS) collects data on the graduate's college experience - skills learned, quality of instruction, and how it relates to employability. GTS allows us to illuminate the relationship between college experience and labor market outcomes, and to formulate course of actions...