infected with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS, and street children. The Committee's findings appear to
be confirmed by the MDG indicators.
Goal 2. Achieve universal primary education
Target 2a: Ensure that, by 2015, all boys and girls will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling
Probability of
Fourth
MDG
Phiiippine lndicators
Baseline
Target
Midterm
Second
Progress
Watch
Report
Meeting
Year
2015*
Progress
(2011)
(2004
Report
Report
Target
indicated in
2.1 Net
enrolment
primary
ratio in
**
(2995)
0*
84.6
(1eso)
100.0
69.7
100.0
education
2.2 Proportion of
pupils
starting
69.8
(1eeo)
(2003)
grade 1 who reach
eg.'.')
84.8
****
84.4
(20052006)
69.9
(20052006)
2008)
75.4
(200e2009)
67.99
(20052006)
96.6
73.3
(20082009)
97.8
70.96
(2011)
Low
97.8
Low
(2003)
(2008)
(2008)
(2OO7-
91.21
(2011)
Medium
73.76
Low
(2011)
qrade 6
2.2a
100.0
64.2
Primary
completion rate
(1eeo)
2.3 Literacy rate of
96.6
15-24 year olds
2.3a Ratio of literate
lemales to males of
15-24 vear olds
(1990)
100.0
1.0
1.0
(1eeo)
1.0
High
(2008)
* National Statistical Coordination Board, MDG Watch as of September 2010, http://wvwv.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg_watch.asp.
** National Economic and Development Authority
*r*
Based on the Fourth Progress Report (2010) of the National Economic and Development Authority
National Statistical Coordination Board, MDG Watch as of October 2012, http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdglmdg_watch.asp
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The Right to Adequate
Food
Hunger is still prevalent in the country, despite improvements in reducing the number of
Filipinos living below the national food threshold (see two tables below). The number of
chronically undernourished Filipinos grew by two million from 2010 (FAO, 2012); in absolute
terms there are more underfed Filipinos today than there were twenty years ago.
Goal 1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Tarqet 1 c: Reduce bv half , between 1990 and 201 5, the proportion of people who suffer from hunqer
Philippine lndicators
Baseline Year
Target
Midterm
Fourth
Second
20'15*
indicated in
Progress
Report
Progress
(2007)
Report
Report (2005)
0*
**
1.8 Prevalence of
underweight children
34.5
(1eso)
17.3
69.4
ee3)
34.7
24.3
12.15
**
Probability of
Meeting
Target
q1'-o)
27.6
24.6
26.2
eaoz)
(2005)
(2008)
Medium
under five vears of aqe
1.9a Percent of household
with per capita energy less
than 100% adequacv
(1
population below national
(1ee1)
1.9b Proportion of
subsistence (food)
56.9
56.9
56.9
(2002)
(2003)
(2003)
13.8
13.8
(2003)
(2003)
14.6
(2006)
Medium
High
threshold
Sources:
* National Statisticai Coordination Board, MDG Watch as of September 2010, http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg_watch.asp.
** National Economic and Development Authority
*** Based on the Fourth Progress Report (2010) of the National Economic and Development Authority
**ri National Statistical Coordination Board, MDG Watch as of October 2O12, hftp:llv'rww.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg_waich.asp
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