Solon taps LGU help to combat illiteracy
BATTLE VS. ILLITERACY. Quezon City Public Library staff Rosalie Teologo reads stories to children in Kamuning, Quezon City in this undated photo. A World Bank study released in June 2022 said learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 percent of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - A recent education summit in Baguio City revealed that only four out of 10 students in Grades 4 to 7aged 9 to 12 can properly read or write in English, based on the results of pretests and po...