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The education and health crises have been handled very poorly by the Philippines, relative to other ASEAN countries, specifically the ASEAN-5.
As you may know, Reader, the educational attainment and health status of the population, while having a tremendous impact on individual well-being, largely determines the wealth of a country.
Learning Poverty in Philippines is 56.4 percentage points higher than the average for the East Asia and Pacific region, and 30.5 percentage points higher than the average for lower middle income countries . Is it because the Philippines’ expenditure per child in primary school is the lowest among the ASEAN-5? Well it certainly has something to do with it, but consider, Reader, that Vietnam’s expenditure is the second lowest expenditure, but Vietnam has the lowest Learning Poverty in the region. The quantity of expenditure may be less important than the quality of expenditure .
And we all know, the country’s performance in international large-scale assessments revealed serious challenges in the sector, as the Philippines ranks the lowest overall among all countries assessed. Inconvenient Truth #6.
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