The number of college graduates has been growing too slowly in thelast decade, threatening the country's supply of qualified humancapital, a national statistics body has said. Figures released by the National Statistics Coordination Board(NSCB) showed that the total number of college graduates increasedby only 2.9 per cent in 2010 and accounted for just 2 per cent ofthose within the prime employable age bracket of 20 to 34. The number of college graduates "has not risen fastenough," says the NSCB, with the total figure increasing from363,640 in 2001 to 481,862 in 2010. Figures compiled by the NSCB from the Commission on HigherEducation also showed a decrease in the number of graduates incourses considered priority disciplines, or those deemed bygovernment as critical for national development. These includecourses in education science, teacher training and engineering andtechnology. The number of graduates in these disciplines has been decreasing inthe last decade, according to the NSCB. Of the total number of graduates in 2001, 31.3 per cent finishedcourses in education, engineering and technology. This figure wentdown to 22 per cent by 2010. Who will build our future? "The share of graduates of education and teacher training andengineering and technology to total higher education graduates ison the downtrend. Who will build our future?" the NSCB said. While the number of graduates in Metro Manila has been declining,several regions were seen to be building their manpower base,including Central and Southern Luzon. Citing the telling statistics, Senator Edgardo Angara (picturedabove), chairman of the Senate committee on education, arts andculture, called for more decisive state action on the quality ofeducation in the country. "Various studies have already been published around the worldon how we direly need to improve our education system. But withvery clear, empirical data, our very own people are alreadysounding the alarm for us to act immediately on reversing theseworrisome trends," Angara said in a statement. To develop more qualified graduates, the government is pursuingreforms in the education system, particularly the K to 12(Kindergarten to Year 12) program. The basic education program hopes to develop high school graduatesfit for employment. "(T)hese marginal improvements will not be sufficient to buildour knowledge base as a nation" while it competes"against the knowledge-based economies of the thirdmillennium," said the NSCB report released on April 18. I am an expert from multi-satellitereceiver.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Dreambox Satellite Receiver Manufacturer , Globo Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, High Definition Satellite Receiver,and more.
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