Social Issues in the Philippines Mary Love Dy

Social Issues in the Philippines Mary Love Dy Silva 11 – D HUMSS A

What are the social issues in the Philippines today? • Inefficiency in processes, government involvement • Brain drain & lack of local opportunities to promising graduates • Education system • Confusing cultural identity as a nation • Poverty • Colonial mentality • Corruption in the government

What causes Inefficienct Processes? (particularly government involved) • • Cherry-picking in privatization The Baumol Paradox Hyper-accountability Red Tape

Effects of Brain drain & lack of local opportunities to promising graduates • Migration • Over seas Filipino Workers • College graduates choose to take a dead-end path • Outsourced business processes

Education System in the Philippines • 3 agencies oversee the education system • Biggest chunk of the national budget • PH was the last country in Asia to have a 10 -year pre-university cycle • The curriculum of Muslim schools includes Islamic teachings • School days may not exceed a certain number • There are more than 2, 000 HEIs all over the country

Confusing Cultural Identity as a Nation What affects Cultural Identity Crisis? • Colonization • Variety of subcultures • Adaptation of other cultures

Causes of Poverty in the Philippines • low to moderate economic growth for the past 40 years • low growth elasticity of poverty reduction • weakness in employment generation and the quality of jobs generated • failure to fully develop the agriculture sector • high inflation during crisis periods • high levels of population growth • high and persistent levels of inequality (incomes and assets) • recurrent shocks & exposure to risks such as economic crisis, conflicts, natural disasters & environmental poverty

Effects of Colonial Mentality • Depletion of Filipino Practices • Preference of the Filipinos in terms of products and entertainments • Make Filipinos feel inferior to any other races – Language Sensitivity • Losing our loyalty and pride to our county and our identity as Filipinos

What Corruption in the Government is present in the Philippines? • • • Graft Bribery Embezzlement Backdoor deals Nepotism Patronage