Does Acquiring a Bachelor's Degree Enough Here in Philippines?
Is it enough to get a bachelor's degree to land a stable job here in the Philippines? The answer is No. Even you have finish a four year degree course it doesn't guarantee you to have a good job one day. Even if you have a stable job, the wages is not enough to sustain your day to day needs. This is actually the reason why we have a lot of Overseas Filipino Workers or also known in the term as OFW. They are the Filipinos who decided to try their luck abroad to find more better opportunities and employment satisfaction.
One of the biggest dreams of every Filipino parents and family are to see their children finished and obtained a college degree. This automatically puts a notion in our minds that we will have a good life. Sadly, the unemployment rate here in the Philippines is high and the government fails to provide a proper job for every single person. The Philippines has long been a labor exporting market. Everyday thousands of Filipinos leave the country on a daily basis to seek job and provide the needs of their family.
The country's education system continues to produce college graduates but they doesn't qualify in the job market
This causes distress for every college graduates thinking that once they will graduate they can help their family. According to the Department of Labor and Employment or DOLE, most of the unemployed are the educated. How come the college graduates have no jobs? It is because there is no enough job for everyone.
One of the possible reasons why Philippines can't provide enough job for the people:
Oversupply of graduates
Isn't it a good thing? Not here in the Philippines. Getting a degree is common here however the labour force doesn't have enough space to accommodate every single graduates. It doesn't make sense if you keep producing a lot of college graduates yet there is no enough job for them. Whereas from other countries, it is not necessary to obtain a college degree as long as you have the skills then you can use that to be hired and employed. So where did we go wrong?
Overcorruption in the country
Corruption is very rampant here in the Philippines. Every year we have debts from different countries to fill our economic gaps. It has been a cycle through the decades. One of the recent corruption that was exposed to the public here is the corruption of the Philippine Health Insurance or PhilHealth amidst the Covid19 is happening. The P15 billion fund was missing in the pandemic. Due to this corruption, they have changed their name into something new to mask up the crime.
Overpopulation
One of the hard reality we are facing is that the younger generations are giving birth already. A 15 years old is already a mother carrying the baby. How can a 15 year old raise the child if she has no job yet? This makes the cycle of poverty never ending. If the young generations will continue to give birth without a job, these will pump the population but not the employment rate.
Is there a hope for our country? Yes there is. If the government and the people will contribute to each other, we can be a totally productive country in the future and let those who look down to us be proud and shock. It is not about mass production of college graduates but it's about providing lot of jobs for every single one. If one has a skill, that person doesn't need to go to the college anymore instead he/she should develop and use this for the labor force. If we adapt how the other countries provide opportunities for the people, then maybe there are no reasons for the people inside our country to leave and serve other countries.
February 17, 2022
You don't mention the fact that a degree is not enough talaga. Minsan kahit may professional license kulang pa. The employers ask for too much on the applicant's side that it kind of has an effect din on the mental health of the applicants like Yung iba na natakot na din magapply because of the many many rejections they have. Baukod pa yung na mention mo na lack of jobs. Meron eh but the requirements are crazy. Corruption? Those deductibles are ignored na and hinahayaan na Lang, the issue is the low compensation for such a heavy work load