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PIMENTEL TO DEPED: FOCUS ON MATH, READING, SCIENCE

Following the country’s poor showing in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022, Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III expressed grave concerns and emphasized the urgent need to adjust the curriculum to cultivate the Filipino students’ interest in mathematics, reading and science. Pimentel stressed the need to urgently adjust the curriculum to help develop […]

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PEACE PARTY LIST LAUDS DEPED’S PISA PARTICIPATION

The Philippine Educators Alliance for Community Empowerment (PEACE) Party-list has welcomed the Department of Education’s move to participate in the 2022 cycle of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). “This is the correct approach. Rather than attacking the Pisa for its assessment, what we must do is work towards identifying the problems hounding our […]

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ENFORCE ANTI-BULLYING LAW IN SCHOOLS – GATCHALIAN

The global education survey Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 — which ranked the Philippines as the lowest in reading and second to the lowest in science and math among 79 countries — also showed that Filipino students are the most exposed to bullying. Senator Win Gatchalian called on the Department of Education (DepEd) […]

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IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION OF FILIPINO STUDENTS – VILLAR, VILLANUEVA, PANGILINAN

Following reports that Filipino students are lagging in terms of reading comprehension, and in math and science, at least three senators have offered proposals to improve the learning and academic performance of young Filipinos. The Philippines scored the lowest in reading comprehension according to the results of the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) […]