PH lags in education futures readiness index

ON July 27, President Marcos Jr. said in his State of the Nation Address, “AI is here to stay.” In a report released this month by Education Futures LLC, the Philippines placed 91st out of 177 countries, and 16th in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, in the Global Education Futures Readiness Index (Gefri). This index indicates a “country’s preparedness for the development of education in terms of infrastructure, human capital, school access and gender parity, innovation, and governance.” The Philippines lags behind Singapore, Korea, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, Guam, Samoa, Fiji, Mongolia, Polynesia, Indonesia, and…