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 **** 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 10