Get to know ADB's projects: Fulfilling dreams of an education for indigenous people in the Philippines

Members of the Mangyan tribe from the island of Mindoro, Philippines, are overcoming centuries of prejudice against formal education by taking advantage of new schooling opportunities. Some are going on to become teachers who in turn educate those who are still illiterate.

Some members of the Mangyan indigenous group in the Philippines have traditionally rejected education, seeing it as a negative influence on their customs. Today, that is changing. At one elementary school on the central Philippine island of Mindoro, children are breaking with tradition and pursuing an education. The aspirations of the children are being supported by an Asian Development Bank program that is helping local governments in the Philippines finance and improve the delivery of public services.

Original source: ADB
Published on 10 March 2016