IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/phd/dpaper/dp_2019-34.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Assessing the Alignment of Philippine Higher Education with the Emerging Demands for Data Science and Analytics Workforce

Author

Listed:
  • Quismorio, Brenda A.
  • Pasquin, Maria Antonette D.
  • Tayco, Claire S.

Abstract

Rapid advancement in technology has allowed for far-reaching use of data. This has consequently led to an increasing demand for Data Science and Analytics (DSA) professionals. However, recent studies show that such demand is often not met in many economies. Such DSA skills shortage is claimed to be rooted in the mismatch between the skills the industry demands and the skills academic institutions supply. As the first step in addressing this shortage of industry-ready DSA workers, it is necessary to know the DSA skills demanded by the industry and the DSA skills with which academic institutions equip their students. To do this, the study employed the Analytics Association of the Philippines' (AAP) Professional Maturity Model, which is based on the ten APEC-recommended DSA competencies, as analytical framework. The study reveals misalignment between the demand and supply of the DSA workforce in the country. Specifically, there are DSA competencies sought by employers that are poorly supplied by existing DSA-related undergraduate programs. To allow the growth and maturity of the still infant analytics industry, there is a need to address the current lack of a common definition of the analytics profession among stakeholders. The study further endorses the promotion of government-industry-academe linkages to expand the existing market for DSA workforce in the country.

Suggested Citation

  • Quismorio, Brenda A. & Pasquin, Maria Antonette D. & Tayco, Claire S., 2019. "Assessing the Alignment of Philippine Higher Education with the Emerging Demands for Data Science and Analytics Workforce," Discussion Papers DP 2019-34, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:phd:dpaper:dp_2019-34
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.pids.gov.ph/publication/discussion-papers/assessing-the-alignment-of-philippine-higher-education-with-the-emerging-demands-for-data-science-and-analytics-workforce
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:phd:dpaper:dp_2019-34. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Aniceto Orbeta (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/pidgvph.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.