What are the causes of illiteracy in the Philippines?

Answer:
Illiteracy in the Philippines may be because of several factors like:
1. poor families can't afford to send their children to school
2. some people in very remote places have no access to schools, books, learning materials or teachers
3. some would rather work at an early age than to go to school or
4. some parents don't want to send their children to school so that they (the children) would work instead
Contributor: Piel
First answer by Misty0987. Last edit by Piel Marie Aguilar. Contributor trust: 0 [recommend contributor recommended]. Question popularity: 0 [recommend question].