Education experts in Philippines are surprised by a decline in primary school enrolment rates and increasing dropout rates that seem to afflict boys in particular. The main reason for this is the poverty and the expectation linked with the boys that they will add to the company income.
Realising the seriousness of the situation, the President has promised a dramatic turnaround by 2010. The Department of Education recently launched a far-reaching reform agenda called “Schools First”. Read More...