K to 12 can enhance technical, soft skills of senior high students—PIDS study
Senior high school (SHS) students believe that the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, also known as the K to 12 Program, will help them firm up their choices and plans for their college education and future careers, as well as develop their technical and soft skills.
This is according to a study released by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) titled “Senior High School and the Labor Market: Perspectives of Grade 12 Students and Human Resource Officers”. The research team was composed of PIDS Senior Research Fellow Aniceto Orbeta, Jr., Consultant Marites Lagarto, Senior Research Specialist Ma. Kristina Ortiz, Supervising Research Specialist Danica Aica Ortiz, and Research Analyst Maropsil Potestad. READ MORE
Mining laws in PH face implementation issues, PIDS study reveals
Various issues hound the country’s mining industry, a study published by Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) revealed.
In her policy noted titled “Challenges in the Philippine mining industry”, PIDS Consultant Eligia Clemente highlighted problems in the implementation of mining laws, particularly in the issuance of permits and ordinances of local government units (LGUs), as well as in the declaration of indigenous people (IP) claims. She also found institutional issues within the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). READ MORE
More boys drop out of school than girls in PH's basic educ—PIDS study
More boys drop out of school or obtain failing grades compared to girls in basic education, a research study of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) revealed.
The PIDS research paper titled "Boys Are Still Left Behind in Basic Education" showed that about two-thirds or 65 percent of out-of-school children (OOSC) in 2017, aged 5-17 years, were composed of boys. It also revealed that 22 percent of boys between ages 12 and 15 did not reach the upper secondary level compared with girls at 12 percent. This is also similar in the lower secondary level (12-15 years old) wherein the OOSC rate for boys was at 8 percent and 3 percent for girls. READ MORE
Refine social protection programs—PIDS study
As public spending on social protection programs increases, government should continuously improve the design and implementation of these programs.
The Philippine government spent 5.8 percent of its total annual budget from 2009 to 2017 on social protection, according to a study of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) titled “A Public Expenditure Review of Social Protection Programs in the Philippines”.
Social protection programs under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received the lion's share of the government's social protection budget in the said period—an average of 0.04 percent of the national budget or about 45 percent of the annual budget of the DSWD. READ MORE
Increase local revenues to improve antenatal care access in PH—PIDS expert
Women from more vibrant local economies have greater access to antenatal care services.
This was according to Michael Abrigo, a research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), who presented his study titled “Devolution of Health Services, Fiscal Decentralization, and Antenatal Care in the Philippines” during a public seminar organized by the Institute.
Based on the study, Abrigo mentioned that utilization of antenatal care services has generally increased for the last 25 years, or since the early years of the implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991. READ MORE
PH improves on SDGs—PIDS
The country is making headway in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in terms of increasing labor productivity and reducing income equality, said a senior research fellow of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).
Citing results of the Philippines 2019 Voluntary National Review (VNR) Report on the SDGs during a policy dialogue recently organized by the Institute and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Dr. Jose Ramon Albert said the Philippines’ labor productivity grew by 8.4 percent in 2017. READ MORE
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