COCOPEA, what's your beef?

After the June 2006 nursing licensure exam leakage and the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Black Suede scandal, changes in nursing education was expected by the public. Of course, the government always impose changes right after disastrous incidents or events of national infamy. This time, they wanted to increase the number of days a nursing student has to be in school. This was embodied in CHED Memorandum Order No. 5, s. 2008 (PDF).

But COCOPEA (Coordinating Council of Private Education Associations, representing 2,500 member schools and five major school associations) is raising issues against this memo, and in fact had requested the Pasig City Regional Trial Court to issue a temporary restraining order against said memo (they lost).

The question now to COCOPEA is, what's your beef with an increased length of study for nursing students. Is it because of the increased costs to the school that this move will bring?

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Philippine graduates in the U.S.

One of the longest threads at EduPhil.org is tobybul's "Philippine Grads in the US". Here is the first post:

..... I noticed that some graduates from the PI who come to the US, for some reason, think their education is not recognized in the US. And sadly, they do not even try to check the acceptance of their credentials. Many are misinformed and simply take the word of others without verifying what they are told.

It seems kind of a shame that after studying college for 4+ years that one may not even try to pursue their careers. And many end up working in low-paying jobs when they can qualify for better-paying jobs based on their education. Sayang ang pinagaralan.

How many of you have this impression and why do you think this is the case?

I believe this is a very important topic because many professionals go to the US wanting to pursue their careers but are just misinformed about their options.

Inferiority complex was one of the earliest reasons given. As of today, the thread had had 22 replies and 302 views, and spans three pages. Read the full thread.

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