At least 16 million Filipinos or 40 percent of the country’s labor force did not finish high school, according to Secretary Leonor Briones of the Department of Education (DepEd).

Briones on Friday said the shortcoming is one of the challenges that the DepEd seeks to overcome, starting with implementation of the K-to-12 program, during presentation of the department’s proposed P543-billion budget for 2017 before the House appropriations panel.

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