WB: Learning poverty particularly high in PH

Sep 22, 2023 12:29 am

LEARNING poverty is very high in the Philippines and other East Asia and Pacific countries, the World Bank said, and a focus on systemic enhancements and providing comprehensive support is needed to address the issue.

'Ask a typical 10-year-old student in middle-income East Asia or the Pacific to read a simple paragraph and answer basic questions from it and there is a good chance they will not be able to,' the Washington-based multilateral organization said in a report on the state of basic education in the region.

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