Monday, March 16, 2009

Four Huge Gaps

I've read from the February 24 and March 9 issues of 2401(the official newsletter of DLSU) the full text of the speech delivered by former education undersecretary Victor Ordoñez last January 26 when he was conferred Doctor of Humanities (honoris causa) by DLSU.

Dr. Ordoñez mentioned four areas of concern in education:
  1. the gap between research and policy
  2. the gap between the disenfranchised illiterates and the rest of the world
  3. the gap between schools' program of study and the world of work
  4. the gap between education and the need to develop a sustainable, peaceful world

Expounding on the third gap, he cited statistics based on an "8-minute" Youtube video. The video below is probably a shorter version of what he was refering to.

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