The scheme provides longer hours for “immersion” by students in the workplace, which in Laiya’s case, are its famed resorts. Viaña said many who finished high school under the old curriculum and who did not go to college were jobless, waiting to turn 18 before trying their luck finding employment outside the village. Most of the high school graduates who went to college took up either education or hotel and restaurant management courses with an eye to working overseas, Viaña said. The only difference between the Plus and the regular TVL program is that Plus students train in the resorts, he said. The others in this year’s batch of senior high graduates include 90 who took the regular TVL program and 110 others who took the academic track.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 08, 2018 23:15 UTC