DepEd Sec. Sonny Angara —Adrian Luciano/Senate Social Media Unit
MANILA, Philippines — The Division of Schooling (DepEd) has fashioned a process power that may supervise the advance of Filipino college students’ efficiency within the upcoming Programme for Worldwide Pupil Evaluation (Pisa) exams subsequent yr, Schooling Secretary Sonny Angara disclosed on Sunday.
The Pisa exams, which measures the abilities of 15-year-old college students in arithmetic, science and studying, precipitated nice embarrassment to the federal government.
Within the final Pisa testing in 2022, the Philippines ranked sixth from the final in arithmetic with a median rating of 355.
In science, it ranked third from final in science with a median rating of 356 and sixth from final in studying with a median rating of 347.
The Pisa examination was meant to judge academic techniques and never the scholastic talents of scholars. Nevertheless, the final outcomes final yr spawned extreme criticism of training officers.
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Angara didn’t say when the duty power was created, however he mentioned the DepEd management has been receiving weekly updates from the duty power on the preparations for the Pisa exams in March 2025.
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Of the 1.9 million college students from each private and non-private colleges nationwide, solely 7,000 college students will take the Pisa exams, based mostly on Pisa’s personal selecting, from 200 colleges, Angara defined.
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There can be three levels for the Pisa exams’ preparation and planning, he added.
“What we did, as a part of our preparation, was to get Pisa-type exams [for the students’ review]. As a result of what’s difficult within the Pisa exams, not like the Bar exams the place you’ll be able to see the earlier exams, it’s rather more secretive since apparently, some questions are being requested once more [in the exams],” Angara mentioned in a radio interview.
He famous that the DepEd has tapped some consultants who can formulate “new Pisa-type questions” to organize college students.
Based on Angara, it was the primary time for some college students to even use a pc and had difficulties utilizing it.
“So, we try to organize them within the examination strategies in order that they received’t really feel any stress as soon as they lastly take the Pisa exams,” he mentioned.
Angara additionally mentioned they requested a number of the “profitable” college students within the Pisa exams—particularly coming from Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Cordillera—to share their finest practices for the check.
The faculties the place the exams can be held can be identified by January and the 7,000 collaborating college students by February, based on Angara.
“As soon as we discover out the colleges, we can be offering them with their wants for the exams comparable to computer systems and we’ll kind particular sections and courses for them to organize, in addition to for the scholars to have a tutoring program for the Pisa,” he defined.
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“For the 7,000 college students who will take part, we can even present every scholar with what they want. What meals they want and the required help they are going to want for the exams. I imply, this is sort of a championship sport, we have now to have them ready,” Angara added.
