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About sixty (60) counselors from selected government, private and non-government child care institutions in the Philippines participated in a survey on the practice and status of counseling sexually abused children. It was revealed that most of the counselors are social workers by education and training. Very few have advanced degrees. Most have been handling child sexual abuse (CSA) cases for about four years. Counseling was found to be the most common service offered to CSA clients. Respondents were found to have a heavy case load but are confident about handling specific counseling scenarios. Aspects of the intervention process, beliefs about CSA, and self-reported counseling efficacy were also explored. Recommendations focused on future research, training and continuing education, and standards of practice. 
The second goal of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to achieve universal primary education. The target is to reach all the MDGs by 2015. Trends in education indicators for monitoring the second MDG suggest that Philippines may probably not meet the target on achieving universal primary education. Indicators that monitor gender disparity in primary and secondary education suggest that females are at an advantage over males. In this paper, various education indicators sourced from administrative reporting systems and surveys are looked into for assessing basic education in the country. Issues on the lack of comparability of figures from reporting systems, on the need to improve dissemination of education statistics, and on the need to properly link data with policy through a systematic monitoring and evaluation system are also discussed.
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