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By – A diploma is not enough to thrive in the modern world. It may sound like sage advice heard from elders countless times, but it’s from a policy note of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies . The government-funded think tank said Filipino graduates “need 21st-century competencies to thrive in adverse circumstances.”
“’Yun ang gusto ko sa SmartClass, ‘yung pagiging responsable, pagiging independent ng bata, talagang nahubog sa kanya,” said Aguilar. “Maganda ‘yung homeworks. Very useful in real-world applications,” said Mirasol Dela Cruz, parent to a SmartClass eighth grader. “My son is only 14 years old but he’s already making that kind of stuff.”
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