Citing the brain drain in the health care and information technology (IT) sectors, President Marcos has proposed that the government provide more trainings and scholarships for workers in exchange for a few years of service in the country before they leave for jobs abroad.
Marcos stressed the importance of implementing a return-service agreement for workers benefitting from the government鈥檚 training programs in a meeting with the jobs sector group of the Private Sector Advisory Council on Thursday.
On Friday, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a statement that Marcos is supporting a proposal to 鈥渃ontinuously train鈥� more workers in the said sectors and 鈥渢hen require them to serve at least two to three years locally鈥� before they look for jobs elsewhere.
The PCO said this push was meant to 鈥渁ddress human capital flight鈥� or brain drain in the health care and IT sectors as more skilled Filipino professionals leave the Philippines to work in other countries.