World Bank Rx on Philippine education

ONCE one of Asia's best in education, the Philippines has lagged behind its neighbors. The ranking of our universities has slipped. Our students have gotten very low scores in regional assessments on reading, science and mathematics. And the shocker was last week's report on the high number of functionally illiterate Filipinos, from teenagers to old people. Is there an Rx for all these ills? The World Bank has identified easily achievable solutions for the Philippines to increase literacy and ed