MANILA, Philippines — A representative from the Reading Association of the Philippines (RAP) said that the country's lackluster performance in the recent reading comprehension survey was indicative of other issues in education. Perez argued that Filipino youths likely had trouble identifying information coming from these sources because of their lack of exposure to them. "The texts [in the PISA examination] are mainly informational. "I think our students are really more exposed to narratives even in high school, so that is the reason for the scores, I think." In a survey of 79 countries conducted by the Programme for International Student Assessment, the Philippines ranked dead last in reading comprehension and second-lowest for both mathematics and science, scoring well below average in all three categories.

Source: Philippine Star December 05, 2019 05:37 UTC