THE second half of PNoy’s presidency begins today. Incoming congressmen can, with an effective legislative agenda, help to ensure the least unsuccessful period of governance in living memory. Despite the ‘passing’ of RA10533, whose title falsely claims to enhance the curriculum, there is much to be done by the XVI Congress in the vexed world of Education. An excellent education system is anti-poverty and anti-corruption. Well-educated people tend not to be as poor as their ill-educated brethren because they are more employable. In fact, as the poor well know, education can be a way out of the poverty trap. It is a difficult route but it can be, and is being, done. A well-educated populace is...
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