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 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, ...

Minorities in Bangladesh have outperformed the majority Muslims in functional literacy despite socio-economic challenges. Whether in rural or urban areas, minorities were found more functionally ...

Australians spend more money per capita on education than most comparable nations. We should have high levels of literacy – but we don’t. NAPLAN results indicate one in three primary and secondary ...

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 ...

Nearly half of Australian adults are functionally illiterate, with manufacturing workers having some of the country’s lowest literacy levels, a significant issue as the industry continues to shed jobs ...