Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri justifies his move to amend the foreign ownership limit of educational institutions in the country, claiming that it will improve the quality of education. However, this statement is deeply disturbing to Filipino educators and citizens.
IN his desire to justify his move to amend Paragraph 2, Section 4 of Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution that limits foreign ownership of educational institutions in the country, as one of the three provisions which his proposal would cover, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said something that is deeply disturbing not only to Filipino educators like me but to every Filipino.
Zubiri claimed that liberalizing the entry of foreign universities like Harvard and Yale will improve the quality of education in the country.At the outset, let me state that I believe that the 1987 Constitution is in need of revision, not just piecemeal amendments. Its fundamental flaws span a broad range, from being too verbose making it one of the longest constitutions in the world, yet has provisions that are ironically missing important words that have led to confusion and vagueness, to a need to once and for all empower the regions by adopting a federal system of government. The economic provisions are just one of the many aspects that seriously need to be rethought and reframe
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