Decentralizing the country’s educational system will make more efficient and more effective delivering quality and relevant education to Filipino learners, according to an education group.

Citing a World Bank study, Love Basillote, executive director of the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), told reporters in a news briefing in Pasig City on Wednesday that a mere three years of school-based management can increase achievement test scores by 4.2 points on average.

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