MANILA, Philippines – According to the Philippine Institute for Developmental Studies, from 2.9 million out-of-school youth in 2008, the number decreased to 1.2 million. The said agency acknowledged the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and the Kingdergarten Education Act as the major factors for lowering said number of out-of-school youth.
(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
