FUNCTIONAL illiteracy in the Philippines is a pressing issue that demands urgent attention. The 2024 Functional Literacy, ...

And now for some good news: seven in 10 Filipinos age 10 to 64 are functionally literate while a high nine in 10 can read, ...

Before the new elected Cebu City mayor and provincial governor assumed office in July 1, 2025, the outgoing mayor and governor issued statements that they are leaving their offices with the ...

The 2024 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (Flemms) showed that Iloilo province posted a basic literacy rate of 88.6 percent and a functional literacy rate of just 68.4 percent.

Raising a child involves more than teaching ABCs or counting to ten. It’s about helping them make sense of the world around ...

Dedza District Council Functional Literacy Project coordinator Mpatulano Store has expressed satisfaction with the project as ...

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday underscored the need to develop learners’ literacy skills as early as kindergarten in a bid to address the alarming state of functional illiteracy ...

AI proficiency is becoming a differentiator in both hiring and retention,” Major, Lindsey & Africa said in its second-quarter ...

The results of the Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) conducted by the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) in 2024, particularly in the case of basic education-age ...

Functional literacy is a complex concept that is hard to measure quantitatively despite the existence of programs and frameworks that attempt to grasp such competency.

Contrary to some media reports based on last year’s Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday clarified that the 18.9 ...

EDUCATION Secretary Sonny Angara vowed to strengthen interventions among students after a survey found that 18 million Filipino graduates were "functionally illiterate." Based on the Philippine ...