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According to the results of exams taken in 2021 and 2022, just four out of ten kids in Grades 4 through 7 between the ages of 9 and 12 can read or write in English properly, according to a recent education summit in Baguio City.

Less than half of students in Grades 3 through 7 who were 8 to 9 years old could not read nor write in Filipino, according to the same exams.

According to a poll conducted in the province of Cagayan and published on its website on January 9, 29,529 out of 231,667 students enrolled in public schools, or 12.72 percent, are unable to read.

The 2017-2018 Early Language, Literacy, and Numeracy Assessment revealed that the province’s literacy rate is 49.52 percent.

A World Bank research conducted in 2022 found that extended school closures made learning disparities among children worse.

There is growing evidence that kids from underprivileged households and other marginalized groups lose more learning. The study indicated that children who had the weakest core literacy skills prior to the closures were more likely to have had greater learning losses.

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, who was alarmed by the reports, stated in a news release on Sunday that he wants local government units (LGUs) to play a significant role under his Senate Bill No. 473, also known as the National Literacy Council Act, which will designate Local School Boards (LSBs) as de facto local literacy councils.

The goal of the act is to strengthen the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC), which will keep up its role as the principal interagency coordinating and consultative body for the development and execution of strategies to hasten literacy’s universalization.

The LCC will be given a three-year strategy to end illiteracy in communities under the terms of the bill, and LSBs will be given local roadmaps based on the council’s three-year roadmap.

In response to the studies, Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba issued Executive Order No. 1, instructing local executives to support the Department of Education’s learning recovery plans, while Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong emphasized the community’s role in helping the children who struggle with reading and writing in English.

The issue with the big bansa is that ang isang batang hindi marunong bumasa. A youngster who is illiterate is a problem for the entire country, according to the saying “A child who can’t read and write is a problem for the entire nation.” The neighborhood should be heavily involved in the fight against literacy, according to Gatchalian.

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