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Opinion > Columns
Allowing foreign universities to operate in the country will not improve our educational system
By Antonio Contreras
Jan 20, 2024 12:07 am

ON THE CONTRARY

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.

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