Apart from the disappointing performance of Filipino 15-year-olds in a global assessment on creative thinking, the country also rated poorly in another study.
In the 2024 World Competitiveness Ranking prepared by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development or IMD, the Philippines saw its ranking unchanged, placing 52nd out of 67 economies.
The rankings were based on 336 indicators divided under four categories: economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure. The IMD said declines particularly in infrastructure, business efficiency and education pulled down Philippine competitiveness. Filipino 15-year-old students have performed badly in two international assessments for mathematics, science and reading comprehension. In the latest study, the Filipino students also ranked second to the last in creative thinking. The IMD study ranked the Philippines 55th in terms of total public expenditure on education, 60th in the quality of primary education, and 63rd in terms of pupil-teacher ratio in secondary education.
You know that businessmen are more worried than usual when they actually speak out and on Friday, they did just that. The book “Six Filipino Women for Justice,” edited by Asuncion David Maramba, is the last in a series on heroes, heroines and heroic personages.
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