State of technical vocational high schools in the Philippines: research recommendations for moving forward

This paper outlines the conditions of the technical and vocational high schools in the Philippines in terms of areas of specialisation, curriculum implementation shares, teacher quality and quantity, physical resources, and quality and quantity of equipment and machines. The paper puts forward a key reform agenda to improve the technical vocational high school programs in the country. It provides a series of policy changes and reform programs to alleviate the conditions of technical vocational high schools in the country. More importantly, the recommendations for moving forward were research-based, geared to create an impact on istitutional, programmatic and policy changes.

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This paper outlines the conditions of the technical and vocational high schools in the Philippines in terms of areas of specialisation, curriculum implementation shares, teacher quality and quantity, physical resources, and quality and quantity of equipment and machines. The paper puts forward a key reform agenda to improve the technical vocational high school programs in the country. It provides a series of policy changes and reform programs to alleviate the conditions of technical vocational high schools in the country. More importantly, the recommendations for moving forward were ...  [+] Show more