The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has updated the qualification standards for first-level government positions, formally allowing high school graduates, including those who completed Junior High School (Grade 10) and Senior High School (Grade 12) under the K to 12 program, to enter government...
A Department of Education (DepEd) official highlighted the positive outcomes of the 2024 Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), despite the introduction of stricter standards. Undersecretary for Strategic Management Ronald Mendoza explained that the latest FLEMMS survey...
As the Philippines grapples with a functional literacy crisis, a group of teachers on Monday, May 5, emphasized that systemic issues — not teacher performance — are at the core of the problem. “The persistently low levels of functional literacy in the country reflect the chronic neglect of...