Recommended Article: OPINION: Improving The Quality Of Education In The Philippines

OPINION: Improving The Quality Of Education In The Philippines
AsianScientist (Aug. 6, 2012) – The role of education in economic development is widely acknowledged: education increases the innovative capacity of an economy and facilitates the diffusion, adoption, and adaptation of new ideas.

More specifically, education increases the amount of human capital available, thereby increasing productivity and ultimately output.Education is especially important in a rapidly evolving economic environment where a rapid rate of job destruction and creation might otherwise lead to a gap between the skills demanded in the labour market and the skills of job-seekers.

Did We Warn People Enough?

THERE is a prevailing discomfort among weather experts in the Asia-Pacific area about how we in the Philippines estimate the impact of the many storm systems that come our way every year.

It's not the capability of our own PAGASA to be the "lookout" within the PAR (Philippine Area of Responsibility) they're watching closely. It's the way we classify storms and give out the proper warnings to our own people that they say we need to review. And I think we should. There's a big gaping hole somewhere when national authorities say on the first day we were lucky there is "zero casualty" in the areas in Northern Mindanao hit by Tropical Storm Sendong last year, and hours later, local authorities further south counting dozens of dead bodies in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. The fatality count could reach as many as 800.