In 1600, the settlement of the New England introduced the public education in United States while Philippines is known as one of the most initiated country in Asia. This is because during the colony of the Spain, it has its traditional oldest university, colleges, vocational school and the world’s first modern public school education system. We could clearly see that the colonization has the huge influence in the education of the United States and the Philippines.
Although elementary grade is required, recent official statistics illustrates that 27.82 percent of children who have not attend or finished elementary schools are still exist in the United States and the Philippines,
The United States’ average tuition fees for colleges and universities in public schools are more than 51 dollars while in the Philippines’ average tuition fees are about 69,95 peso or 3,216 dollars (public school).But on the other hand, even though most of the students in America has been successfully complete his or her education, there are still problems in employment. Regarding the statistic of 2010, untenured rate shows 10.8 percent for high school students and for college or university graduates are 4.9 percent. In contrast, the latest statistic data shows a great fluctuation in employment of the Philippines. On January 2010, the employment rate increases its number up to 97.2 percent and the unemployment rate decrease up to 7.3percent.
According to Jack R. Fraenkel, a series editor of “Education and Opportunity “in America stated that the purpose of education is the knowledge of understanding and respect other’s opinion