MANILA – The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) on Saturday urged the business sector to consider hiring senior high school (SHS) graduates.
Jose Allan Arellano, CEAP executive director, expressed hope that private companies would also give employment opportunities to those who have completed SHS.
"One of the keys is to ensure proper training of SHS graduates. But the greater solution is encouraging the business sector to expand or create more opportunities," he said in an interview over Church-run Radio Veritas.
Arellano made the appeal as most firms choose college graduates over their SHS counterparts.
"If they are faced with applicants, who are coming straight from SHS and those who have tertiary education, they tend to get the one with better skills and educational background," he said. "If there are less opportunities in the business sector and more job applicants, the ones who suffer are those with less experience and years of education."
The Department of Education (DepEd) reported that only 10 percent of SHS graduates were employed.
It added that 83 percent of these graduates choose to pursue higher education. (PNA)
