On the MAP CEO Academy Training for Management Excellence

To pursue future-ready Filipinos in the complex 21st century, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) must return to its raison d'être of promoting management excellence for a progressive Philippines, especially on its 75th Anniversary.

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What better way to address, in the knowledge age, one of the root causes of the miseducation crisis in the country: the overall relatively low quality of our education institutions, including those at higher levels. They graduate many of the leaders and managers shaping the Philippine economy — for MAP members, a third of the GDP of the country.

These institutions are responsible for producing the early childhood, primary, and secondary school teachers who, with parents, largely shape the workforce and leadership of our society, economy, and governance organizations.

However, teachers are beholden to the CEOs of HEIs and their Boards, as well as the government agencies promoting and regulating them. These HEI Boards include regional or local elected political leaders, other appointed industry and alumni representatives in state or local universities and colleges.

These result in the cumulative downward spiral of quality education institutions in the country. For example, why do college graduates have to take more vocational-technical courses for them to be gainfully employed, as data from the Second Congressional Commission on Education (better known as EDCOM II) show? Is the coordination problem with Department of Education (DepEd) teachers and principals who are products of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)? Can TESDA — the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority — co-create Senior High School course content and pedagogy to develop job-ready Filipinos for future industries?

TRILEMMA ACROSS EDUCATION BODIES