Distance Learning in Phillipines

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by fatu, Feb 6, 2012.

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  1. fatu

    fatu New Member

    Hi, anyone could let me know the distance learning programs offered by universities in Phillipines.

    I came across "Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology". Anyone carrying out details on their tuition fee and admission procedure ?
     
  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

  3. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    University of the Philippines Open University of the Philippines Open University of the Philippines Open University of the Philippines Open University of the Philippines Open....
     
  5. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I sprinted through their webiste and found it extremely underwhelming.

    Welcome to NEUST

    I saw no explicit mention of distance learning (but I didn't look hard either). It appears to be a state funded public university. I'm a bit curious as to why someone posting from Pakistan is interested in a school in the Phillipines.
     
  6. Messdiener

    Messdiener Active Member

    I briefly considered OPOU for an M.Ed. program there, but a number of friends discouraged me, saying that a lot of Westerners would not consider the degree as legitimate (for lack of a better word!). Thoughts?
     
  7. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Everyone may be entitled to his or her opinion, but that doesn't mean that everyone's opinion is equally well informed. Maybe the proverbial man on the street wouldn't think much of it, but I think the positive WES evaluation would carry weight with most of the people who actually matter.
     
  8. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I'm not sure who you think "actually matters" but maybe you'd care to share the link to the WES evaluation since you brought it up.
     
  9. fatu

    fatu New Member

    Kizmet: you should not be so much curious to my options of considering Philippines, because its degrees has more worth than the degrees in Pakistan.
     
  10. Arch23

    Arch23 New Member

    I did a lot of research about the Philippines many years ago. The University of the Philippines (consistently ranked among the best Asian universities) is the country's top university system and it offers distance learning through its Open University (as mentioned by SteveFoerster above). Its programs would be the most respected in the country. However, prospective students who are not in the Philippines need to check if they can complete the program abroad; the last time I checked, UP Open University's programs required residencies and exams taken at testing centers IN the Philippines.

    Two other "safe bets" are the Polytechnic University of the Philippines' Open University (Polytechnic University of the Philippines), which is another state institution, and the Philippine Women's University (PWU-Online Website :: Graduate School), a private university offering a number of "virtual" programs at the graduate level.

    I haven't checked NEUST yet, but state universities and popular private colleges and universities are safe to enroll in. Given the stiff competition among the thousands of tertiary insitutions the country has, word quickly gets around if a particular school doesn't have the appropriate recognition. The government agencies that provide appropriate recognition are the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for "academic" colleges & universities and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for vocational institutes, schools, and colleges.

    Philippine universities, whose classes are officially conducted in English (except for classes in Philippine Language, Philippine Literature, Philippine Arts, Philippines Studies, Philippine History & Institutions, and the like), are known for providing comprehensive training in English language proficiency to Asian students, so they enroll HUGE numbers of East Asian (Korean, Chinese, Japanese) and Middle Eastern students. In addition, Philippine universities in general have a very good reputation in Asia and its bachelor's degrees, based on my check years ago with different international student offices in the US, are treated as equivalent to US bachelor's degrees (the current tertiary education system in the country is similar to the US' four-year degree system; the Philippines actually requires more semester units, 132 at the lowest end, to earn a degree).

    For those looking for distance learning programs, note that the term "courses" is commonly used to refer to degree programs. "Classes" or "subjects" are the terms used to refer to specific courses within a program.
     
  11. Arch23

    Arch23 New Member

    That "lot of Westerners" would be unenlightened at best.
     
  12. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I am suspicious by nature (or maybe by nurture) especially so when it comes to newbies from Pakistan as they constitute the largest segment of spammers on this board. I wish you the best of luck in your search for a suitable university education.
     
  13. fatu

    fatu New Member

    Thanks Kizmet. Perhaps, you are quite anti-Asian to say the least. I have observed you on other threads always making mess of the things. Instead of helping us out with our queries, you always have an intention to degrade them. Perhaps, the largest segment of diploma mills are in US, and for your kind information, Pakistan education system is well controlled and no diploma mill is atleast operational in Pakistan.

    Guys, i have right to study and right to raise a query. Apart from Kizmet, please if you could help me to get info on some good Phillipine DL schools, i would be greatfull.

    Kizmet, u are left with one option : Close my thread, delete my account and bla bla, and keep your suspicious nature to yourself. Remember, its a public forum, we all are members and have right to participate.
     
  14. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

  15. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    You are wrong on all counts:
    1) I have unlimited options. Among them is the option of keeping an eye on your posts in order to insure that you're not a spammer.
    1a) It's really pretty funny that you should call me anti-Asian. If nothing else, you can ask any of the other Mods, Pakistan is the location of a huge percentage of the people who spam this board. That's not bias, that's just a fact.
    2) This board is privately owned. The public is allowed to post here under certain, specific conditions. If you had actually bothered to read the Terms of Service agreement (rather than just click the box) then you would have noticed the following,

    "You understand and agree that any post You make may be edited or deleted by a forum moderator or administrator, for any reason or for no reason whatsoever."

    I'm happy to have you on degreeinfo fatu. I hope you get the help you are seeking. If you had banned as many Pakistani spammers as I have then maybe you'd feel differently. Behave yourself and they'll be no problems. I reserve the right to say whatever I want and am willing to accept any/all consequences, including your disdain.
     
  16. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    You and me, of course. No one else!

    Ooooh, just kidding. I was referring to decision makers when it comes to employment and further study. If my credentials are good enough for someone who's considering hiring me or contracting with me, and they're good enough for the school that I want to attend for a more advanced degree, then who cares if other people say, "That ain't no country I ever heard of!"

    You got it: World Education Services: Students
     
  17. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Hmm. Fatu, I'm not "anti-Asian" either, but I run a similar forum to this one, and according to IP addresses, the vast majority of spammers come from Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. That doesn't mean all Asians are bad, obviously, nor does it mean it's right that you should be suspected solely because of the actions of your countrymen. But it is an explanation.
     
  18. aldrin

    aldrin New Member

  19. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    As to your first point . . . you're right.
    As for the link . . . thanks, I'll check it out.
     
  20. aldrin

    aldrin New Member

    I'm not an authority on Philippine education, but I have tons of Filipino friends who've discussed with me their experiences growing up, studying, and living in the Philippines (or sending their children there to study). Here's some information that they've shared:

    (1) Distance education is not popular in the country. At all. Educators/academics are very conservative in their thinking about how courses should be conducted (i.e., traditional butt-in-the-seat only), so there are very few schools that offer distance learning programs.

    (2) Culturally, earning a degree (i.e., the traditional way) is an "absolute requirement." Non-degree holders are ostracized and mocked openly in society (being called, in the native language, "mga walang pinag-aralan" -- loosely translated to "uneducated morons") and parents of non-degree holders are judged as "failures" and "losers" as parents. Culturally, parents' primary (if only) obligation is to ensure that their children earn a college degree. They attribute the condescending attitude (not the need for education) to the influence of their "evil" Spanish conquerors (the Philippines was occupied by Spain for 300 years).

    (3) Education is so highly prized that applicants for janitorial and crew positions at McDonald's (or the local fastfood counterpart, "Jollibee Burgers") need a minimum of two years of college education to be considered for a job. Applicants for "lowly" clerk/secretarial positions need to have a bachelor's degree at the minimum to be eligible to apply.

    (4) Because earning degrees via distance was not an option for centuries, families that couldn't send children to college, for decades simply had to accept the social consequences and settle for labor-intensive jobs such as farming, gardening, or selling items or begging on the streets.

    (5) Because formal distance education had never been an option before, it had to take the country's top school, the University of the Philippines, to "revolutionize" education in the country by expanding the university's historic (informal) education-by-radio to full-fledged academic programs via the creation of its Open University in the '90s. Only after the university had "legitimized" the idea of earning degrees via distance mode did a small segment of the population (not even the general population) accept the idea that it was okay to earn their degrees this way. But to this day, the idea of attending classes online is scoffed at.

    My Filipina neighbor's case serves as a good anecdote. She sent her son to the Philippines to transfer to a university (to earn his nursing degree) after her son's completion of an associate of science program at a community college here in California. The son completed three of his general courses online. When the Philippine university found out about the online classes, the university didn't accept any of the courses taken online, as the person reviewing the transcript would not accept them as "real" courses. The son took the case to the university registrar, whom the son failed to convince about the legitimacy of the courses that he took online. According to the son, the registrar remarked that there was no way they were accepting the courses as "real" at face value. "If the courses were taken at Harvard University or the University of the Philippines, maybe."

    I wouldn't be surprised if very few schools outside of the University of the Philippines offer distance education, particularly online courses or programs, because it seems that even the "progressive" University of the Philippines, by requiring residencies and exams in the Philippines, thinks a distance program is not legitimate if completely done at a distance.
     
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