Why degrees from Phillipines are useless?

Question

There are so many filipino maids who have degree from phillipines and they end up working in a job where degree is not needed. Do you need a degree to clean the house, wash car, cook, take care of children?

And i know some Filipino Business administration degree holder working at supermarkets, lifting heavy boxes, packing things etc which got nothing to do with business at all.

Why is it studying in Phillipines' university seems useless? there are thousands of these cases!

Answer 1

Yes Phillipines degrees are useless. If you see these peoples from Phillipines working in Kuwait; Dubai; Saudi Arabia are having Masters Degree in Engineering but their knowledge seems to be primitive. It is the education of worth nothing. Same is observed in all Middle east. Now many companies here are rejecting these degrees OR opting a less qualified status

Answer 2

Degrees in the Philippines ARE NOT USELESS and they will never be.

Education is a treasure no one can ever steal from you. Through education you are developed as a whole person, whatever you do in your life, be you a maid, or a helper mechanic or a gas station boy.

Currently, it is difficult to find a decent paying job in the Philippines. Thus, people who would like to get more pay, go to other countries where they think their financial needs would be met. Domestic helpers in Hong Kong and Singapore, for instance, get about an average of USD 400, while teachers in the Philippines get an average of USD200. One person whose survival needs is greater will decide to find other means to get more pay. Unfortunately, not all can find that in the Philippines.

Being highly educated will give you an edge...my children and I had enjoyed the benefits of being degree holders. Some probably are not fortunate enough to find better jobs but it does not mean they are less of a person. Some probably had to take menial jobs even if they are college degree holders but it does not mean they don't have the knowledge, skills or abilities required of them. It's just that in the country where we are living, jobs are not enough and to survive, one has to do whatever it takes...

Still becoming a professional through college education is not useless. In the future, the education may pay off...who knows?

Answer 3

Lets be frank and tell the truth. Truth to tell, your declaration is right.Although many Filipinos are degree holder, high paying job is not found in the Philippines to catch up with high standard of living. So must of the professionals seek employment abroad and when they come back here although they end up abroad as DH, resto dsiwasher, apple pickers, they are considered rich in the Philippine because their dollar earning will be 5 or 6 times higher. So 99% of those who work abroad can afford to build houses ranging from P350,0000 to millions. Imagine that? And they ride in new brand cars. Who is not envious of their luck? While professionals who remain in the Philippines have only their dignity to be proud of but it does not work if money is lacking. Well, that is the fact.

Answer 4

It's not really "useless" in a sense. You are talking apples and oranges. Even though Philippine Education is based on US Education system, the standards between the two are different. Second, currriculum wise it might be the same but, it just a matter of Philippine Schools/Universities to be accredited here in the US. If your school don't accredit themselves to other schools here, then you are out of luck. Anything you studied in PI is not acknowledge here. If you are a college graduate in Philippines your equivalent in the US is just High School. That's what I mean.
Yep, it's also called survival or just finding another way to get to your goal/dreams.

Answer 5

It is not that, degrees in the Philippines are useless per se. They are just useless in the Philippines as a working environment because there is oversupply of graduates here. Or putting it more correctly, the jobs available here in the Philippines are simply not enough for all the graduates to enjoy decent jobs in their chosen profession. Add still those who have not graduated who also compete for the few jobs available, making it difficult for one to find the job he studied for..

The Filipinos who take up domestic jobs in other countries take those jobs only as a desperate measure, not having had the chance to practice their profession and therefore not have the experience usually required of their professions when going outside the Philippines.

But when Filipinos compete with other nationals in other countries in their own profession, they are at par if not better because they couple their knowhow with industriousness, gogo attitude and real love for work, sometimes not found among the locals in the country they work in.

Despite being labeled deficient by two years compared to western curriculum, Philippine education in terms of content, is comparable to theirs. Which is why when educated Filipinos compete with other nationals as executives or professionals, it does not matter if they are Philippine educated or foreign educated. They deliver. Although I would have to concede that only very few are lucky enough to get that far. Accountants and IT professionals are among those likely to make it in their own profession.

But take heed, education is important. Even for those graduates whom you say work as domestics, their education give them the advantage to understand their rights and what to do about them when outside their country serving other masters not of their kind.

Answer 6

What is obviously useless is your question as it simply exposes your sheer ignorance on the issue. You said thousands of cases? How about the millions of us working as professionals and executives at some of the best companies all over the world? Don't you know that one of the high-caliber lawyers in New York now is a Filipino, a graduate from the prestigious University of the Philippines? This and more. I am one of them, a full-blooded Filipino, (unlike your self-proclaimed bastard status) buddy. I train professionals which include Asians who graduate from Australia and the U.S., as well as professionals from Britain and U.S.A.

People, I respectfully invite you to see the questions that this guy has posted as well as the answers he had given, and you be the judge. I don't know what bothers him right now. He used to be NAMANICK, you might have encountered him ( and his obvious ignorance). Suddenly he changed his name for reasons I could only imagine. But one thing is true in that name/code.....he is a certified bastard, as he so proclaimed.

Good luck NAMANICK a.k.a BASTARD (I wouldn't be surprised if he changes his name one more time...........

Answer 7

Degree has nothing to do with the job they went for, simply because most of these people are opting for a job that would hire them immediately rather than a job they are prepared for.

It's all about money, and since most companies outside the Philippines will opt for workers with BETTER nationality, or within their race, it won't be easy to look for a job well-suited for them.

Of course, there's also this "they just went to school, they didn't study." thing, which makes their titles useless. It's not the Universities you should blame, it's the people.

Answer 8

Yes, I agree and I think its very sad. Good question.

I have heard through different sources that going to the U.S. with High education from another country will not work because it would not be fair for to the natural born american who had paid so much money for their education.
For example, Education cost less in the Philippines compared the U.S.
If there were many foreigners coming into the U.S. with the same education as the U.S. born citizen and getting hired with big salaries, it will cause and uproar of angry americans who paid more for their education.
Then you would have many americans going to foreign countries to get an education so they can save thousands of dollars.
The Government already knew about this, that's why it's difficult to accept education degree's from foreign coutries.

I know a filipina Real Estate agent who married an american who has become very successful starting from the beginning by taking courses in Real Estate and later became certified and Licensed through the state of Texas.
She has made of name for herself and she is making big money.
Great success story.

Answer 9

Its a sad question and I am sadden that it has to do with the with level of education imparted in your colleges and universities.

I worked with many Asian OFWs before and see remakable differences between those from China, India and Burma as against Filipino graduates or 'professionals'

Many of the good Filipino degree holders graduated from overseas universities also.

Answer 10

the degrees are not useless, as you put them, it's the lack of opportunity to use them..yes, people have degrees and they are underemployed, but it does not mean that the degrees are useless. try having a degree, not being able to find a job, having a family that depends on you. won't you take the first job that comes along? it does not mean that they are enjoying what they are doing. they might be doing those things unrelated to their degree just to support their family.

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