00:00Nearly 9 out of 10 Filipino students entering grade 7 are not grade level ready when it comes
00:06to reading. This according to a report of the Second Congressional Commission on Education
00:11released Monday, January 26. EDCOM2 also notes that 40 to 52 percent of all junior high school
00:18students are quote at least two grade levels down in reading. The national goal is for children to
00:23be literate by the end of grade 3 to ensure they do not fall behind in later stages of schooling.
00:28But according to DEPED's assessment, nearly half of students from grades 1 to 3 are not reading at
00:33their respective levels. The report also includes a 10-year national education plan that seeks to
00:38address the problems with literacy. Under this plan, EDCOM2 hopes to increase literacy rates from
00:44kindergarten to grade 3 from less than 50 percent to as much as 95 percent by 2035.
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