Aprubado na ng World Bank ang 600 million dollars na loan ng Pilipinas para mapabuti ang primary at secondary education sa bansa.
Sinabi ng World Bank na popondohan ng loan ang Project for Learning Upgrade Support and Decentralization (PLUS-D).
Layunin ng proyekto na ma-improve ang foundational literacy, numeracy, at mathematics outcomes.
Saklaw nito ang sampung piling regional offices ng Department of Education (Department of Education (Philippines)) at mahigit 11,100 schools, na pakikinabangan ng mahigit 21 million K-10 students at 770,000 teachers.
