Party-list to push educational reforms

(UPDATE) EDUAKSYON, a party-list that is pushing for educational reform in the country, filed its certificate of candidacy (CoC) on Sunday.

EduAKSyon Secretary General Domingo Brum Jr. was accompanied by the party-list's first nominee Michael Alexander Ang, second nominee Kristjan Vincent Gargantiel and third nominee Dr. Aldrin Darilag to the CoC filing center at the Manila Hotel.

The party-list is advocating the reduction of the standard four-year college curriculum to three years in a bid to streamline education and make it more accessible and efficient for Filipino students, according to Gargantiel.

He said the three years will be broken down into two years of classroom learning and one year of on-the-job training (OJT).

Gargantiel said this is achievable by not covering general education subjects already taken up during secondary education, such as Filipino and Natural Science.

«We should be focusing on core subjects specifically made for the specific course,» he said.

Gargantiel said this initiative is part of the party-list's broader push for education reform, which they believe will address challenges within the country's higher education system.

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He said the country's current four-year system is outdated and no longer reflects the realities of a rapidly changing job market.

«By condensing the curriculum, the party-list hopes to align education more closely with the needs of modern industries, where specialized skills are increasingly valued over general knowledge,» Gargantiel said.

Under the proposed reforms, core subjects and general education courses would be minimized, allowing students to focus more on their major fields of study.

Ang said EduAKSyon believes that a change will produce graduates who are just as prepared as their four-year counterparts but are able to enter the workforce more quickly, reducing both financial strains on families and student debt.

Advertisement EduAKsyon party-list first nominee Michael Alexander Ang (second from left), Kristjan Vicente Gargantiel (left), Aldrin Darilag (right) and Domingo Brum Jr. (2nd from right) file their Certificate of Nomination-Certificate of Acceptance at the Manila Hotel on October 6,