(File photo) MANILA - The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), in a recently published report, said the Philippines is one of the countries with the "highest readiness for remote learning." The study, titled Ensuring Equal Access to Education in Future Crises, analyzed a total of 67 low- and middle-income countries with available data and ranked them based on their readiness to deliver remote learning in response to events that lead to school closures or disruption of in-person learning. "Argentina, Barbados, Jamaica, and the Philippines all received five stars, the highest score in the RLRI (Remote Learning Readiness Index)," the report read. Unicef said these four nations have a "strong policy response for remote learning for all or almost all education levels" supported by "high emergency preparedness, as well as the existence of household factors that support remote learning." In a November 4 statement, the Department of Education (De