MANILA, Philippines — A group advocating reforms in the education sector is pushing for more funding and better student assessment as long-term fixes to difficulties encountered while shifting to online learning due to the pandemic. The Philippine Business for Education on Thursday sounded the alarm over a learning crisis where "access and quality issues are grave, urgent and must be stopped and reversed." This chart by the Philippine Business for Education shows the country's annual gross domestic product with the total budget allocated to the education sector through the years. (PBEd/Facebook)Among participating countries in the Programme for International Student Asessment in 2018, the Philippines' education outlay per student was also the lowest. (PBEd/Facebook)Investing more on education is among the five key proposals of PBEd to address the present situation in learning.

Source: Philippine Star January 14, 2021 10:52 UTC