Philippines will take ‘at least 10 years’ to make proficiency grade

It will take 10 years to fix the Philippines’ growing learning gap and reform the education sector, a national commission has said, as related groups warn of a deepening proficiency crisis. Only four in 1,000 senior high school students are proficient in areas such as problem-solving, managing and communicating information and analysing data to form ideas, according to findings by the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), tasked with assessing the country’s education...