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Dec 5, 2023 · In the Philippines, the share of low performers is larger among boys (86%) than among girls (82%) in mathematics; in reading, too, the share is larger among boys (71% of girls and 82% of boys scored below Level 2 in reading). Between 2018 and 2022, performance in mathematics remained stable both among boys and girls in the Philippines.
Sep 27, 2018 · The Philippine economy continues to perform strongly, with growth projected at 6.5 percent for 2018, and 6.7 percent in 2019. To ensure that growth benefits everyone, the government will need to strike the right balance between maintaining a strong and stable economy, while continuing to prioritize reforms that raise living standards.
In a nod to his campaign promises, President Duterte has fired tens of officials due to corruption, including the interior minister. The country’s official anticorruption agencies, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC), have mixed records. The PAGC lacks enforcement capabilities.
Dec 3, 2019 · Reading was the main subject assessed among 15-year old students in the 2018 PISA. The Philippines had an average reading score of 340, more than 200 points below China (555) and more than 100 ...
Jun 15, 2018 · By Aurora Almendral. June 15, 2018. BOHOL, Philippines — Nothing beats dynamite fishing for sheer efficiency. A fisherman in this scattering of islands in the central Philippines balanced on a ...
May 30, 2018 · Poverty declined from 26.6 percent in 2006 to 21.6 percent in 2015, due to factors like the expansion of jobs outside agriculture, government transfers, in particular to qualified poor Filipinos through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, and remittances. “This experience gives us hope that the Philippines can overcome poverty,” said ...
Results from PISA indicate the quality and equity of learning outcomes attained around the world, and allow educators and policy makers to learn from the policies and practices applied in other countries. This is one of six volumes that present the results of the PISA 2018 survey, the seventh round of the triennial assessment.
