This author holds the doctorate degree in education (administration) which he earned from the University of the Philippines in 1981.  Likewise, he earned the graduate diploma in economics of education and education in developing countries from the University of London (1985-1986), as a British Council fellow.

He taught graduate courses in educational administration and research at the University of the Philippines from where he retired as associate professor in 2001.  As professorial lecturer in other universities, he likewise used to teach administration and management courses, including public administration.  He is currently doing further studies on the comparative effectiveness and efficiency of various forms of government, particularly between the presidential and the parliamentary systems.

He wrote and published the following: "Data Organization and Analysis in a Computer Environment," c1995 & c1997, ISBN 971-91402-08; "Classroom Observation and Related Fallacies: Lessons for Educational Administration," c1996, ISBN 971-91402-1-6; "Humor and Madness," c1997, ISBN 971-91402-3-2 which was recognized in 1999 by the Guinness organization for having the longest preface; "Toward an Objective Evaluation of Teacher Performance: The Use of Variance Partitioning Analysis, VPA," Education Policy Analysis Archives; Vol. 13, No. 30, May 6, 2005; ISSN 1068-2341; Arizona State University and University of South Florida.  He founded and edited for more than ten years The Search Journal, ISSN 0117-6439.