Press Release - Villanueva: Sponsorship speech - Enterprise-Based Education and Training

Mr. President and distinguished colleagues: We are honored and privileged to sponsor an initiative that can be a potential gamechanger in addressing job-skills mismatch in the country: Senate Bill No. 2587, under Committee Report No. 213, entitled "An Act Strengthening the Enterprise-Based Education and Training Framework, and Appropriating Funds Therefor."

We thank the Chairperson of the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education, Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero, for allowing us to be the Subcommittee Chairperson of this important piece of legislation.

Ginoong Pangulo, kasabay ng ating mga inisyatibo upang lumikha ng dekalidad na trabaho, mahalaga pong matugunan ang problema ng job-skills mismatch sa bansa.

Ngunit ano po ba ang estado ng job-skills mismatch sa bansa? In a 2022 study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), 39% of employed individuals are overeducated while 29% are undereducated.^[1]

Ano po ang ibig sabihin nito? Habang maraming mga manggagawa na tumatanggap ng mga trabaho na mas mababa ang job requirements sa kanilang tinapos na kurso o sa kanilang mga kakayanan, marami ring mga manggagawa na kulang ang kakayanan para maging kwalipikado sa pangangailangan ng trabaho.

Job-skills mismatch contribute to our unemployment and underemployment rate, which is at 4.3% and 12.3%, respectively, based on the 2023 preliminary report of the PSA.^[2] This persistent underemployment can also be seen in DOLE job fairs. For example, in 2022, out of the 318,549 jobseekers who registered during the DOLE job fair, only 16.8% or 53,462 jobseekers were hired on-the-spot.^[3]

Rapidly evolving demands of the job market will only expand our concern of placing our workers in jobs that are fit to their qualifications.

This measure, the Enterprise-Based Education and Training Framework Act, seeks to address this issue, by bridging jobseekers to potential employers through Enterprise-Based Education and Training (EBET).

Ginoong Pangulo, hindi po bago ang konsepto na ito. Base sa mga datos na ating nakalap at sa karanasan, basta't ginawa ang pagsasanay sa loob ng mga pagawaan o sa loob mismo ng kumpanya, garantisadong akma ang skills sa trabaho.