Governance and Finance
The EDCOM 2 Final Report
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Read more →: The EDCOM 2 Final ReportEDCOM 2 is set to release its final report in the Fourth Quarter of 2025, in accordance with its mandate to “provide a final report at the end of the existence of the Commission (Section 7, RA 11899). This report will synthesize all of the Commission’s findings in the three years of its existence, and…
The Impact of Trifocalization on Philippine Education Outcomes and the Coordination Issue
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Read more →: The Impact of Trifocalization on Philippine Education Outcomes and the Coordination IssueThis study finds that trifocalization has had no statistically significant impact on education outcomes at conventional confidence levels. The empirical results are consistent with findings drawn from the key informant interviews. Further along, the study discusses why a trifocalized PETS might not work as expected. Given its findings, the report lays some reform ideas that…
Strengthening CHED’s Developmental and Regulatory Capacity
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Read more →: Strengthening CHED’s Developmental and Regulatory CapacityThis study aims to propose recommendations on how to enhance the regulatory and developmental mandate of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It conducted a brief review of CHED’s strengths and weaknesses over the years in terms of its regulatory and developmental mandates along with the other countries’ higher education regulatory and developmental systems and…
Systems Analysis of the Philippine Basic Education System: The Role of School Leadership
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Read more →: Systems Analysis of the Philippine Basic Education System: The Role of School LeadershipA key factor in improving the quality of teaching and learning at any level is the efficient, seamless, and integrated delivery of education among identified key partners. However, the complex relationships within this educational ecosystem have not been accurately understood, especially in terms of seeing the interrelationships among the various actors and stakeholders. This research…
Kakayanin Natin: Empowering Citizens to Participate in Improving Education Governance in the Philippines
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Read more →: Kakayanin Natin: Empowering Citizens to Participate in Improving Education Governance in the PhilippinesPromoting civic participation in education governance is imperative to overcome these challenges and construct a more relevant and accountable education system in the Philippines.
Realizing Shared Governance: Decentralization of Philippine Basic Education
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Read more →: Realizing Shared Governance: Decentralization of Philippine Basic EducationThis joint research by The Asia Foundation and EDCOM II, examines the significant barriers to achieving genuine shared governance and decentralization in the Philippine basic education system managed by the Department of Education (DepEd).
Miseducation: The Failed System of Philippine Education
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Read more →: Miseducation: The Failed System of Philippine EducationThis report summarizes the initiatives and preliminary findings of EDCOM II in its first year. Ultimately, as the Commission continues its work in the next 2 years, it aims to grasp the scale of these problems, meet them at their very root, and propose policies that could solve them once and for all.
Fixing the Foundations: A Matter of National Survival
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Read more →: Fixing the Foundations: A Matter of National SurvivalThis report synthesizes research and consultations to provide policy recommendations aimed at rebuilding and retrofitting the education system to ensure quality and equitable access for Filipino learners.
Governance Cultures, Perspectives and Practices in Philippine Basic Education Settings: Focus on Teacher In-Service Training and Development
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Read more →: Governance Cultures, Perspectives and Practices in Philippine Basic Education Settings: Focus on Teacher In-Service Training and DevelopmentThis research paper examines school governance cultures and teacher opinions on professional development (PD), workload, and school culture in Philippine basic education settings.