Education in the 'New Society' and the Philippine Labour Export Policy (1972-1986)

Autor/in	Maca, Mark
Titel	Education in the 'New Society' and the Philippine Labour Export Policy (1972-1986)
Quelle	In: Journal of International and Comparative Education, 7 (2018) 1, S.1-16 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2232-1802
Schlagwörter	Income; Labor; Overseas Employment; History; Correlation; Public Policy; Policy Analysis; Educational Policy; Governance; Educational Change; Educational Finance; Economic Development; Skilled Workers; Foreign Countries; Educational Development; International Relations; History Instruction; Civics; Educational History; Vocational Education; Technical Education; Foreign Policy; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einkommen; Auslandstätigkeit; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Korrelation; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politikfeldanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Bildungsreform; Bildungsfonds; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Facharbeiter; Ausland; Bildungsentwicklung; Internationale Beziehungen; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Staatsbürgerkunde; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Technikunterricht; Außenpolitik; Philippinen
Abstract	The 'overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) are the largest source of US dollar income in the Philippines. These state-sponsored labour migrations have resulted in an exodus of workers and professionals that now amounts to approximately 10% of the entire country's population. From a temporary and seasonal employment strategy during the early American colonial period, labour export has become a cornerstone of the country's development policy. This was institutionalised under the Marcos regime (1965-1986), and especially in the early years of the martial law period (1972-81), and maintained by successive governments thereafter. Within this context, this paper investigates the relationship between Marcos' 'New Society' agenda, the globalization of migrant labour, and state sponsorship of labour exports. In particular, it analyses the significance of attempts made to deploy education policy and educational institutions to facilitate the state's labour export drive. Evidence analyzed in this paper suggests that sweeping reforms covering curricular policies, education governance and funding were implemented, ostensibly in support of national development. However, these measures ultimately did little to boost domestic economic development. Instead, they set the stage for the education system to continue training and certifying Filipino skilled labour for global export -- a pattern that has continued to this day. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Press. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50603. e-mail: jice@um.edu.my; Web site: http://jice.um.edu.my/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01