Authors: Dalisay Maligalig and Jose Ramon Albert, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)

Can the Philippines achieve its goal on two key international commitments–the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Education and the Education for All (EFA) Initiative–for the achievement of education for everyone? A close look at the figures shows that the country may be at risk of not achieving its goal of attaining universal primary education by 2015. Given this scenario, the government should intensify its efforts in improving basic education by developing evidence-based policies and actions. In particular, the Department of Education (DepEd) should be required to have a sound monitoring and evaluation system to assess the conditions of basic education regularly.

For more, see the full Policy Note [pdf].