According to Department of Education Region V, a series of tests administered by the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory revealed that these students are considered as “struggling readers” after taking both English and Filipino tests. Around 18,143 of those are inThe Phil-IRI is an informal reading inventory that consists of graded passages designed to determine a student’s performance in oral reading, silent reading, and listening comprehension.
In line with this alarming number of students who cannot read in his province, House Ways and Means Chairman Joey Sarte Salceda of the second district of Albay, has called for the urgent passage of proposals in his comprehensive education reform agenda, calling the issue “a ticking economic time bomb.”
“When I was governor of Albay from 2007 to 2016, Bicol was making significant strides in education, to the point that many of our efforts in Albay were replicated across the country and we were nationally awarded and recognized,” Salceda said.
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