U.S. college students are falling behind their counterparts in other parts of the world in terms of their ability to calculate basic quantitative problems, such as automobile fuel consumption or the ...

Check out this article about the lack of basic literacy skills among college students, especially quantitative literacy. Read the whole thing, but meditate on this: Without “proficient” skills, or ...

WASHINGTON — Nearing a degree, most college students cannot handle many complex but common tasks, from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food. Those are the sobering ...

SENATORIAL candidate and Makati City mayor Abby Binay has zeroed-in on strengthening early childhood education as a crucial step in improving the country’s quality of education. For the mayor, the ...

A recent opinion piece in the New York Times by Sol Garfunkel and David Mumford stressed that what we really need is "quantitative literacy" among the general population, or the ability to make ...

MANILA, Philippines — A higher basic and functional literacy rate was recorded among individuals who reached at least a high school level of education, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

PSA – CAR Regional Director Villafe Alibuyog (with mic) join other partners in an open forum to discuss the highlights of the 2024 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey during the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Seven in 10 Filipinos aged 10 to 64 years are functionally literate while nine in 10 Filipinos aged five and above can read, write and perform basic mathematics, based on the ...