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                    [ArticleID] => 853371
                    [Title] => Most illiterate villages found in Mindanao
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At least 17 or majority of the country’s 30 villages with lowest literacy rate (LLR) are found in Mindanao with nine of them occupying the Top 10 .

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366922 [AuthorName] => JA Rimando [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 838141 [Title] => Retired Army general authors Kinaray-a dictionary [Summary] =>

After retiring from service 14 years ago, retired Brig. Gen. Vicente Pangantihon has settled in a career on local history, ethnography, lexicography, and social anthropology.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1378444 [AuthorName] => Jennifer P. Rendon [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 570374 [Title] => Awards program to promote literacy opens nomination [Summary] =>

The Department of Education (DepEd) has opened the nominations for the 2010 National Literacy Awards (NLA).

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 560750 [Title] => Gibo Teodoro and education 1 [Summary] =>

Priorities in improving education: Introduce literacy in preschool in the public sector, including literacy in the mother tongue. We need around P1.5 billion a year for teacher training. Set up special student loan fund under SSS.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486822 [Title] => Cultural literacy in high school [Summary] =>

Let us look at the last part of the standard expected of every high school graduate: “The learner demonstrates literary and communicative competence through his/her understanding of the different genres of literature and other text types for a deeper appreciation of Philippine culture and those of other countries.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 399290 [Title] => Literacy is the first remedy [Summary] =>

Yesterday, the United Nations commemorated International Literacy Day with the theme “Literacy is the Best Remedy”, which focuses on the importance of literacy in the promotion of global health. The growing incidence of diseases in the world today is being traced to the most fundamental problem of poverty and lack of literacy. Poverty is a hindrance to literacy and education without which people become vulnerable to the increasing hardships from the environment, diseases such as AIDS, malaria and other communicable diseases. In other words, the lack of literacy, a big problem in itself, can lead to even greater problems of society. How can an illiterate person who cannot read or write, or who cannot understand written information, be expected to avoid infection from contagious disease? Hence, the importance of literacy is being underscored as a key factor in preventing poverty, diseases, and other ills of society. Conversely, literacy is the key to sustaining the quality of life of the human race.

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 43085 [Title] => New survey on literacy set this year [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 121621 [Title] => Adopt-A-School program palalawigin [Summary] => Pinag-aaralan ngayon ng kagawaran ng Edukasyon, Kultura at Isports ang pagpapalawig ng programang "Adopt-A-School" program upang magkaroon ng katiyakan ang pagpapatuloy ng programang Nonformal Education Accreditation and Equivalency (NFE A&E) System.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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