9 in 10 Filipinos are literate — PSA - BusinessWorld Online

9 in 10 Filipinos are literate — PSA - BusinessWorld Online

The basic literacy rate among those five years old and older Filipinos was estimated at 90%, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported, citing data from latest survey results. According to the PSA’s 2024 Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), about 93.1 million Filipinos out of 103.5 million of the total population are considered to be literate on a basic level. The PSA defines “basic literacy” as the ability of…

The Inep (National Institute of Studies and Educational Research Anísio Teixeira), linked to the MEC (Ministry of Education), released this Thursday (April 3, 2025) the microdata of the results of the Saeb (Basic Education Assessment System) of 2023. According to the report, the national literacy rate reached 49.3%, with a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points. The complete data will be published on Wednesday (April 9), after a delay of more …

The literacy data from the Saeb (Basic Education Assessment System) for 2023, which were blocked by the government, show differences compared to another assessment, carried out by state networks and released with pomp by the Lula government (PT) last year. Read more (04/03/2025)