Thymine he 2003 Functional Literacy. Education and Mass Media Survey ( FLEMMS ) is a national study that gathers information on basic and functional literacy position of the population which will be used as footing of instruction policies and plans that will better the coverage and quality of instruction and literacy in the state. It is the 3rd in a series of functional literacy studies conducted in 1989 and 1994. the simple degree. One in every 10 had no formal instruction ( 9. 0 % ) .
This proportion is slightly high despite the government’s committedness to supply basic instruction to all Filipinos. Those who have graduated from an simple school but did non continue to a secondary degree comprised 11 per centum. Sixteen per centum have reached but did non finish high school degree while another 16 per centum have finished high school degree. Likewise. 16 per centum either have reached but did non complete college degree ( 8. 3 % ) or have really finished college or any higher degree of instruction ( 8. 0 % ) . B.
Attendance in School Two-thirds of the estimated 34 million population 6 to 24 old ages old. were go toing school during the school twelvemonth covering June 2003 to March or April 2004. or semester covering November 2003 to March or April 2004. In Western Visayas ( Region VI ) . Bicol ( Region V ) . CAR. Cagayan Valley ( Region II ) . and Mindoro. Marinduque. Romblon. and Palawan ( MIMAROPA ) . about seven out of 10 kids and young person were enrolled during the cited school twelvemonth or semester. In ARMM. merely approximately five in every 10 kids and young person were enrolled. C.
Net Enrollment Ratio The net registration ratio for the primary school age kids or the ratio of the figure of kids 6 to 11 old ages old who were enrolled in simple classs to the entire figure of kids in this age group is about 82 per centum. The 2003 FLEMMS is conducted by the National Statistics Office ( NSO ) in coordination with the Literacy Coordinating Council ( LCC ) and the Department of Education ( DepEd ) . The LCC provides overall coordination in policy preparation and plan execution of all inter-agency activities to accomplish the ends of the United Nations Literacy Decade ( UNLD ) .
With LCC at the helm. the DepEd. Department of the Interior and Local Government ( DILG ) . National Economic and Development Authority ( NEDA ) . Filipino Information Agency ( PIA ) . Philippine Normal University ( PNU ) . Senate. House of Representative. and NonGovernment Organization ( NGO ) and the bureaus involved in the publicity of literacy from the private and authorities sectors. the Philippines supports UNLD’s end to increase planetary literacy degrees by 50 % by 2015. 2003 FLEMMS Highlights A. Highest Educational Attainment The largest proportion of Filipinos aged 6 old ages and older were simple graders.
Harmonizing to the 2003 FLEMMS. 29 % of the estimated 69 million population 6 old ages old and above in 2003. or three out of 10 individuals in that age group. have attended an simple school but did non complete 1 ABIVA ABIVA PUBLISHING HOUSE. INC. The net registration ratios for the population in the secondary school ages and those in the third school ages are much lower. Approximately six out of 10 individuals of secondary school ages. or individuals aged 12 to 15 old ages were enrolled in high school.
Merely fifth part of those in the third school ages or individuals aged 16 to 24 old ages were go toing college. The net registration ratio among females is by and large higher than males. D. Mode of Travel to School The children’s manner of travel to school shows that more than half of the pupils aged 6 to 24 old ages went to school by walking ( 54. 5 % ) . Tricycle and jeepney were besides normally used. Two out of five pupils either took a trike or a jeepney. E. Reason for non Attending School Of the 34 million population aged 6-24. 34 per centum or 11. 6 million were non go toing school.
Of this figure. 30 per centum were non go toing school chiefly because they were working or looking for work. 22 per centum lacked involvement in traveling to school and 20 per centum could non afford high cost of instruction. F. Basic or Simple Literacy Of the estimated 62 million Filipinos 10 old ages old and over. around 93 per centum were fundamentally literate. Basic or simple literacy is the ability of a individual to read and compose with understanding a simple message in any linguistic communication or idiom. The basic literacy rate in 2003 is similar to the 1994 rate of 94 per centum.
The basic literacy rate among females ( 94. 3 % ) is higher compared to their male opposite number ( 92. 6 % ) . G. Functional Literacy A self-administered functional literacy questionnaire was accomplished by individuals 10 to 64 old ages old in order to find their literacy position. The 2003 FLEMMS revealed a functional literacy rate which is similar to the 1994 rate of 84 per centum. Of the estimated 58 million Filipinos 10 to 64 old ages old. around 49 million were functionally literate. The functional literacy rate among females is higher than among males ( 86. 3 % vs. 81. 9 % ) .
Survey consequences besides show that seven out of 10 individuals aged 10 to 64 old ages who were hapless were functionally literate compared to nine out of 10 among the non-poor. H. Mass Media One inquiry in the FLEMMS self-administered questionnaires asked the respondents to take which among the different signifiers of mass media can give him or her cognition and information. Among the 12 different signifiers of mass media. Television ( 61. 8 % ) . wireless ( 56. 7 % ) . and newspaper ( 46. 5 % ) were most normally cited by the respondents as possible beginnings of cognition and information to them.
Other signifiers of mass media reported by at least two in every 10 respondents are magazine/book ( 35. 7 % ) . meetings of barangay. church and other organisations ( 32. 2 % ) . and computer/internet ( 20. 0 % ) . I. Attendance in Non-Formal Training Of the 51 million population 15 old ages old and over. 19 per centum ( 9. 7 million ) have attended a support grownup literacy plan or non-formal preparation. Non-formal preparation includes basic literacy. functional literacy. support preparation. basic vocational preparation. citizenship preparation. values development and leading preparation.
Of those who attended support preparation. 18 per centum participated in values development preparation. and 13 per centum joined leading preparation. Strategic Partners The national run against illiteracy. as designed by the LCC. is built on the construct of a expansive confederation among the public instruction sector. the private sector. and the local authorities unit with the local governments presuming full leading and duty to do the plan sustainable.
The Council is set to reexamine and measure its plan and hopefully. take it to the following degree of advocacy—total local authorities engagement. To cultivate strategic partnerships with local authoritiess. the Council undertook an awards plan that is calculated to cultivate literacy protagonism among the local authorities units ( LGUs ) and harness local power and resources to battle illiteracy. One success narrative is Antipolo City which made history by winning the first of all time Hall of Fame Award for the Most Outstanding Local Government Unit class.
For three back-to-back old ages. from 2002-2004. Antipolo City was declared as the Most Outstanding Local Government Unit for the Component City class. As a consequence. Antipolo City helped the 5-year-old Outstanding Literacy Program Awards set up a important benchmark in the thrust to eliminate illiteracy in the Philippines. This besides proves that strong and sustained support from LGUs greatly helps in accomplishing the desired literacy consequences.
Although this is a important pace in the literacy plan. a more conjunct attempt among pedagogues. scholars. communities. and the authorities is still needed to raise the degree of literacy in the state. DR. NORMA L. SALCEDO is the caput of the Literacy Coordinating Council ( LCC ) Secretariat. Copyright©2007 by Dr. Norma L. Salcedo and Abiva Publishing House. Inc. All rights reserved. ABIVA PUBLISHING HOUSE. INC.
