Legarda tackles literacy crisis in EDCOM II briefing

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Basic Education and co-chairperson of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II), faced head-on the urgent challenges in Philippine education during her first EDCOM II briefing last Monday.

Citing findings from the second EDCOM II, Legarda emphasized that a ...