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Diagnostic assessments are better measures of functional literacy than self-reported data, according to a policy note of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). PIDS Senior Research Fellow Jose Ramon G. Albert, in a policy note, said self-reported basic and functional literacy levels are prone to biases. Albert said self-reports,…

[OPINION] Ang unang aklat: Early literacy in a childs first 1,000 days Jul 21, 2021 12:42 PM PHT Chi Laigo Vallido Grimms Fairytales and whatever I was reading for my class.” Dr. Marela Mancenido Bolanos, associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas, believes that reading to her child prepared him for school and developed his love for books. Last summer, in fact, during the strict lockdowns due to COVID-19, then-10-year-old Fritz had finished reading Norse Mythology. ...

Abiodun Ogunyemi and the Politics of Higher Education in Nigeria, By Toyin Falola Abiodun Ogunyemi stands out as one of the union leaders whose contributions, no matter how heavily criticised, deserve a high level of attention. Having received his education when Nigeria was test-running its political competence in terms of how it can bring about maximum transformation to the lives of the people who were governed, Ogunyemi unquestionably developed a critical sense of responsibility to his profes...

Functional literacy rate in 10-64 age group 91.6% in 2019, PSA says December 13, 2020 | 6:57 pm FUNCTIONAL LITERACY in the 10-64 age group was 91.6% in 2019, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said, citing the results of its Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey. The 2019 rate was higher than the 90.3% rate recorded in the 2013 study. This corresponds to around 73.01 million functionally literate out of a total of 79.75 million. In 2013 the corresponding totals were 62.70 ...