More than 1 in 3 children in kindergarten through grade 3 have little chance of reading on grade level by the end of the school year without major and systemic interventions.

Under DepEd Memorandum No. 064, s. 2025, the rollout prioritizes learners from Grades 1 to 10 identified through Beginning-of-School-Year assessments using the Comprehensive Rapid Literacy Assessment ...