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4 Nov 2025
Philippine Literacy Crisis Deepens: Education System Faces a Breaking Point
The Philippines is facing a national emergency in education, with nearly one-fifth of its population now classified as functionally illiterate and another five percent unable to read, write, or compute at all. Experts warn that this growing crisis threatens the country’s future just as severely as any natural disaster.
DepEd Launches Stronger Literacy Reforms After 18 Million High School Graduates Found ‘Functionally Illiterate’
The Department of Education (DepEd) has vowed to intensify nationwide literacy reforms following alarming results from the latest Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), which revealed that 18.9 million Filipino high school graduates are considered functionally illiterate.
Filipinos’ Weakest Skill? CHED Names English Communication as Key Challenge
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has identified English communication as the weakest skill among Filipinos, highlighting a growing concern about the country’s workforce readiness and global competitiveness.