While education spending per person in the Philippines has grown robustly over the past 25 years, its basic education spending levels still lag behind its regional and aspirational peers.
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DESPITE a steady increase in the government’s education investments, a study released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (Pids) found the country’s basic education spending levels still lagging behind its regional and aspirational peers. PIDS Senior Research Fellow Michael Abrigo, author of the study, said the Philippines only spent…