A FAIRLY new term, functional literacy, is now used to determine the state of literacy in the country. On April 4, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the results of its 2024 Functional ...

The Department of Education (DepEd) has recently appealed for additional funding to address the country’s growing problem of functional illiteracy. The call sounds legitimate at first glance. After ...

The national goal is for children to be literate by the end of Grade 3, to ensure that they do not fall behind in later stages of schooling. Achieving this would be an uphill battle. MANILA, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Loren Legarda on March 3 pressed education officials to address declining literacy and numeracy rates, calling for stronger teacher training and a redefinition of ...