Philippine E-Journals

Trends in Vocational Education

Crisanto M. Moreno

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

The four years of the New Society found our country evaluating national activities with its corresponding goals and objectives. I n several surveys conducted in the late sixties, the fact was established that if the country would progress at a respectable pace of industrial development, it had to fill the need for the kind of manpower which could be directly utilized in industrial effort. While it is true that many vocational and technical schools are found in the country, as attested by the big number of members of the Philippine Association of Private Technical Institutions (PAPTI), these schools have not filled the kind of manpower needs of the country. Industrial development has not kept pace with the country's population increase. Only 65% of our labor force is employed, yet there is a big shortage of skilled labor and highly trained technicians at this present stage of our history. The present Middle East demands for the same kind of manpower have even worsened the situation.