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Dropouts and lepers

By AT RANDOM | By Fr. Miguel A. Bernad, SJ | March 3, 2003 - 12:00am

A survey made by the Asian Development Bank revealed that of the total number of Filipino children who start elementary school, only a little more than half (68 percent) ever get to finish it. A very large number...

Opinion