Education reforms in the Philippines include education-labor market relationship. It is interesting to know career/work trajectory in secondary education in other countries. In the Philippines K12 senior high school will be implemented in 2016.
One thing, is that secondary education and market needs don't go hand in hand. Students get out not prepared to enter the workforce. The same happens at the university level. Technology in the real world does not match the quality of high school and university graduates.
Thank you very much Jose Lobo. I appreciated sharing of your thoughts. Your answer gave me the idea to explore secondary education and labor market mismatch and OBE (outcome-based education) and employability
I think your question leads to a deeper discussion. Why is this happening? However, this has happened for centuries and decades. Just go back to the textile mills and schools in the deep south and the north in the United States. Check on what Shirley Bice-Heath says.
In Malaysia, we are preparing students for present jobs and also jobs that do not yet exist. This is because 50% of the jobs today did not exist 10 years ago.
In brief, I focus on helping my students gain values, skills and knowledge; besides facilitating the process of developing critical and creative thinking, and giving my students opportunities to be good at collaborating and communicating (or net-working).
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