Figure 1. Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 to 64 years old by sex, CALABARZON Philippines: 2019 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey The functional literacy of population 10 to 64 years old in CALABARZON was posted at 95.4 percent based on the results of the 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS). It is 3.8 percentage points higher than the functional literacy rate in the country which was 91.6 percent. Females (96.0 percent) had a higher functional literacy than males (94.9 percent). Likewise, females had higher functional literacy than males at the national level with 92.9 percent and 90.2 percent, respectively. For every 100, 95 of the population aged 10 to 64 were functional literate Functional literacy is the ability of a person to read, write, compute and comprehend. Persons who have completed at least four years of secondary education are classified as functional literate. Figure 2 shows the functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old in 2013 and 2019 results of FLEMMS. The functional literacy rate of the region in 2019 was 0.4 percentage points higher than the results in 2013. By sex, male functional literacy rate slightly increased by 1.2 percentage points compared to the figure in 2013 (93.7 percent). While female functional literacy slightly decreased by 0.2 percentage point from 96.2 percent in 2013 to 96.0 percent in 2013. However, the increase or decrease in percentage is not statistically significant. Figure 2. Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 to 64 years old by sex, CALABARZON: 2013 2019 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey Population of 10 to 64 years old in CALABARZON who are at least junior high school completer or high school graduates in the old curriculum were reported to have a functional literacy rate of 100 percent. Only 3.0 percent of persons who have no grade completed or received early childhood education were considered functional literate (Figure 3). Overall, 85.7 percent of population 10 to 64 years old in the region can read, write, compute and comprehend or is functional literate (Table 2). Figure 3. Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 to 64 years old by highest educational attainment, CALABARZON: 2019 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey Figure 4. Percent of Population 10 to 64 years old, by level of literacy, CALABARZON: 2019 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey Six out of ten persons in the region had literacy level 4, or had completed junior high school/ high school graduates. Moreover, around one-fourth or 24.3% and 9.7% of the population in CALABARZON were in literacy level 3 (can read, write, compute and comprehend) and literacy level 2 (can read, write and compute), respectively. Table 1. Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 to 64 years old by sex, CALABARZON: 2013 and 2019 Survey Year/Sex CALABARZON 2019 2013 Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Population 10-64 Years Old (in thousands) 11,988 6,022 5,966 10,463 5,222 5,241 Population 10-64 Years Old (in percent) 95.4 94.9 96.0 95.0 93.7 96.2 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey Table 2. Percentage of Population 10-64 years old by minimum set of skills/ competencies in functional literacy levels: 2019 Minimum set of skills/ competencies in functional literacy levels Philippines CALABARZON Cannot read and write (Level 0) 3.6 2.0 Can read and write (Level 1) 94.2 97.3 At least can read, write, and compute (Level 2) 91.6 95.4 At least can read, write, compute, and comprehend (Level 3) 77.7 85.7 At least junior high school completer/ high school graduate (Level 4) 53.4 61.4 Undetermined 2.2 0.7 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (SGD) CHARITO C. ARMONIA Regional Director BFP/COB/JGM
Of the estimated 12.07 million population 15 years old and over in CALABARZON, about 64.8 percent or 7.82 million are considered persons in the labor force (See summary statistics). It means that…
