Thankfully, organizations such as the United Domestic Workers of the Philippines (UNITED), Migrants Coordinating Group in Western Visayas, and BATIS Center
Published May 8, 2021, 5:00 PM
Advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBED) has urged the government to plan for a safe resumption of face-to-face classes to stem the looming learning crisis.
“There should be a plan to safely resume face-to-face classes to address the issue on access and inequality among our learners,” said PBED in a statement.
PBED cited around 3 million students have dropped out last year as they were unable to keep up with online classes.
To promote national growth and competitiveness, PBED said the government should ensure the learning continuity of students.
“A clear and immediate action plan should be in place to stem the looming learning crisis,” the statement added.
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The Philippine Business for Education (PBED), on Friday, May 7 made this call as the current school year nears its end. “We reaffirm our support for the training and employment of K to 12 graduates and the youth,” the group said.
”As we end another school year, these young graduates will be entering the workforce under a much more uncertain labor market due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” PBEd added.
In public schools, the School Year (SY) 2020-2021 will end in July since the classes started in October 2020. But in private schools, students may finish the current school year earlier because some of them were allowed to start holding classes as early as July last year.
Published May 6, 2021, 12:08 AM
At a job summit convened by the task group of the National Economic Recovery Strategy held last Labor Day, the country’s top economic managers rallied business, industry and civil society leaders in adopting a whole-of-society approach to economic recovery.
Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua pointed out that the government has allocated P2.5 trillion, or 14 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP); of this amount P2 trillion will come from the 2021 General Appropriations Act or national budget approved by Congress.
Additionally, the government is spending P478 billion in fiscal measures this year including: P317 billion from the Bayanihan to Recover as One (Bayanihan 2); P23 billion Social Amelioration Program 2 for the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal or the NCR Plus; and P138 billion tax breaks to all enterprises under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE)
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