Functional Literacy,Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS)


Table 2. Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 to 64 Years Old, by Highest
         Educational Attainment,Philippines: 2003

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  Highest Educational Attainment        |   Functional Literacy Rate
                                        |          (in percent)
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Philippines                                                     84.1

  No grade completed/pre-school                                  2.4
  Elementary level                                              64.7
  Elementary graduate                                           81.6
  High school level                                             89.5
  High school graduate or higher                               100.0

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Note:    Persons who graduated from high school or completed higher level of education
         are, in this tabulation, considered functionally literate.

Source:  National Statistics Office 2003 Functional Literacy,
         Education and Mass Media Survey 

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