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Almost every Filipino has heard it at some point. “Magaling ka naman, pero kulang sa English.” In classrooms, job interviews, call centers, and overseas applications, English continues to open doors, and just as easily close them.

The uncomfortable part is this may no longer be just a workplace problem. It may already be an education crisis.

During a media roundtable hosted by the British Council and IELTS, speakers cited studies showing that 76% of Filipino students fall below minimum reading proficiency by age 15, while nearly half are already behind expected reading levels as early as Grade 3, across subjects, not just in English.

And that matters far beyond the classroom. It shapes employability, income potential, and access to global opportunities.

For a country whose economy heavily depends on overseas workers, BPO employees, and global service industries, English remains closely tied to jobs and international mobility.

“Strengthening these skills early is critical to ensuring learners can succeed not only in school, but in the workplace,” British Council country director Lotus Postrado said.

This becomes even more evident for Filipinos working abroad. Multinational companies value communication skills as a key factor in employability.

That may sound unfair, but global business rarely waits for translation. Countries like Vietnam, India, and even China continue investing heavily in English because it still dominates trade, technology, science, aviation, and research. Right now, businesses follow that reality.

And that is where many Filipinos begin to ask uncomfortable questions. Why are we always the ones who need to adjust? Why must Filipinos constantly learn the language of foreign employers, foreign markets, and foreign standards? Why does employability in our own country still depend heavily on a language inherited from colonization?

National Teachers College Vice President for Academic Affairs Edizon Fermin said foreign companies investing jobs and capital in a country are unlikely to spend additional resources retraining entire workforces around its native language.

Locally, English proficiency has become a class divider. It determines who gets hired, who gets promoted, who enters BPOs, ESL teaching, multinational firms, diplomacy, or remote work.

British Council Business Development manager Mike Cabigon warned that the Philippines’ long-standing edge in English proficiency is beginning to weaken. Recruiters abroad are becoming stricter with language benchmarks, while communication issues are already affecting hiring quality in sectors like outsourcing.

And just as the workplace keeps evolving, technology is raising the stakes even further.

Large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini rely on prompts, instructions, and communication. The clearer and more precise a person’s language skills are, the better the output becomes. Weak communication skills now limit how effectively people can use these systems.

Fermin described AI as a “gargantuan dictionary.” The better the prompt, the better the result. English is no longer just about call centers or grammar tests. It is becoming infrastructure for an AI-driven economy.

But despite these arguments, reducing national success entirely to English fluency is not the point.

A country that measures intelligence only through English risks excluding millions of Filipinos who are highly capable in Filipino and regional languages. Fluency should not replace competence. Some of the country’s best workers, entrepreneurs, craftsmen, and innovators may never sound “global,” but they keep entire communities running.

English should expand opportunities, not define human worth. Fortunately, the British Council and IELTS are working with partners such as the Commission on Higher Education to strengthen the language foundation.

If the Philippines can build a system that does not treat monolingualism as a disadvantage, more workers may find better opportunities.

Because the truth is, the Filipino language may unify a multilingual nation. But English still pays many of its bills.

Report by John Lloyd Aleta

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