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(File photo) MANILA - A lawmaker on Monday supported the plan of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for the government to upskill Filipino students in the English language as a way to further sharpen the competitive edge of professionals and other workers in the global market. In a statement, Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte said proficiency in English has opened a lot of opportunities for those looking for jobs as well as for workers to keep their current employment or get promoted, because most corporations require from their employees and would-be hires a fair amount of skill in English. Villafuerte cited the President himself in his June 30 inaugural speech as he stressed the need to reteach the basic skills in "the national language, with equal emphasis and facility in a global language, which we had and lost". "President Marcos is correct in looking at reteaching basic skills in our schools not only in Filipino but in English as well as

Camarines surLuis raymund villafuerteFerdinand bongbong marcos jrEf education first ltdPresident ferdinandEnglish proficiency indexStandard english testIle photo manilaa lawmaker on monday supported the plan of president ferdinand quot bongbong marcos jr for government to upskill filipino students in english language asa way further sharpen competitive edge professionals and other workers global market ina statementAmarines sur rep luis raymund villafuerte said proficiency in english has openeda lot of opportunities for those looking jobs as well workers to keep their current employment or get promotedEcause most corporations require from their employees and would be hiresa fair amount of skill in english villafuerte cited the president himself his june 30 inaugural speech as he stressed need to reteach basic skills quot national languageIth equal emphasis and facility ina global languageHich we had and lost quot president marcos is correct in looking at reteaching basic skills our schools not only filipino but english as well part of his administration 39s planned education reformsUot he said quot keeping our labor force highly attractive for local and international employers is one means the marcos administration 39s economic transformation to succeed villafuerte country competitive edge in english proficiency has been confirmed bya media report that philippines 39 ranking improved index epiN online standard english test conducted by the switzerland based ef education first ltd that measures average skill level in language of 112 economies report said philippines 39 ranking went up to no 18 witha score 592 2020 from 2019 39s 27 562 country was considered quot high proficiencyUot according to the reportHich was enough for tasks such as making presentations at work