DepEd Sec. Sonny Angara —Adrian Luciano/Senate Social Media Unit
MANILA, Philippines — The Division of Training (DepEd) has fashioned a job power that may supervise the advance of Filipino college students’ efficiency within the upcoming Programme for Worldwide Pupil Evaluation (Pisa) exams subsequent 12 months, Training 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 programs and never the scholastic skills of scholars. Nonetheless, the final outcomes final 12 months 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, primarily based on Pisa’s personal selecting, from 200 colleges, Angara defined.
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There will likely 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, in contrast to the Bar exams the place you may see the earlier exams, it’s way 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 are attempting to organize them within the examination methods so that they gained’t really feel any stress as soon as they lastly take the Pisa exams,” he mentioned.
Angara additionally mentioned they requested a few of the “profitable” college students within the Pisa exams—particularly coming from Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Cordillera—to share their greatest practices for the take a look at.
The colleges the place the exams will likely be held will likely be identified by January and the 7,000 collaborating college students by February, in response to Angara.
“As soon as we discover out the faculties, we will likely be offering them with their wants for the exams equivalent to computer systems and we’ll kind particular sections and lessons 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 assist they may want for the exams. I imply, this is sort of a championship sport, we now have to have them ready,” Angara added.
