The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday vowed to act on gaps in the basic education curriculum after primary school pupils in the Philippines performed poorly in a regionwide assessment of reading and mathematical and writing literacy.
Results of the 2019 Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) showed that 27 percent of Filipino pupils in Grade 5 were only able to recognize single words, while only 10 percent of them developed reading proficiency to allow their proper transition to secondary education.
A high percentage of Filipino students were also in the lowest bands for mathematical and writing literacy.
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