MANILA, Philippines — The World Bank apologized Friday over its report indicating the poor performance of Filipino students, saying that the report was “inadvertently published earlier than scheduled.”
The World Bank issued an apology after the Department of Education (DepEd) demanded them to apologize over the report that, the education department said, “insulted” and “shamed” the Philippines.
“We deeply regret that the report on education was inadvertently published earlier than scheduled and before the Department of Education had enough chance to provide inputs,” the World Bank said in a statement.
“This was an oversight on our pa…
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