The World Bank announced on Saturday a $110-million project that aims to improve learning outcomes for schoolchildren in Mindanao.
Nearly two million elementary school students and over 60,000 teachers and school leaders are expected to benefit from the Teacher Effectiveness and Competencies Enhancement Project , which includes the provision of digital materials and physical resources, such as tablets, to students, teachers, and coaches for children in kindergarten to grade 6 .
The project will be implemented by the Department of Education, in collaboration with the BARMM Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, in Region IX , Region XII , and BARMM. The World Bank said that in the past decade, the Philippines has increased investments in basic education, with government spending increasing to 3.7% of GDP in 2020 from 2.3% in 2010.
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