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High Literacy Rate, But...
The Philippine Star
|July 03, 2025
And now for some good news: seven in 10 Filipinos age 10 to 64 are functionally literate while a high nine in 10 can read, write and perform basic mathematics.
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This is according to the 2024 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey released yesterday by the Philippine Statistics Authority. Citing the FLEMMS, the PSA said 90 percent of Filipinos age five and older—around 93.09 million out of the latest population count of 103.46 million—have basic literacy skills. These refer to the ability to read and write with comprehension a simple message in a language or dialect, and to carry out basic math.
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