DepEd Sec. Sonny Angara —Adrian Luciano/Senate Social Media Unit
MANILA, Philippines — The Division of Training (DepEd) has shaped a activity pressure that may supervise the development of Filipino college students’ efficiency within the upcoming Programme for Worldwide Scholar Evaluation (Pisa) exams subsequent 12 months, Training Secretary Sonny Angara disclosed on Sunday.
The Pisa exams, which measures the talents of 15-year-old college students in arithmetic, science and studying, triggered nice embarrassment to the federal government.
Within the final Pisa testing in 2022, the Philippines ranked sixth from the final in arithmetic with a mean rating of 355.
In science, it ranked third from final in science with a mean rating of 356 and sixth from final in studying with a mean rating of 347.
The Pisa examination was meant to judge academic methods and never the scholastic talents 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 pressure was created, however he mentioned the DepEd management has been receiving weekly updates from the duty pressure 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 probably 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 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 specialists who can formulate “new Pisa-type questions” to arrange college students.
In response to Angara, it was the primary time for some college students to even use a pc and had difficulties utilizing it.
“So, we try to arrange them within the examination strategies in order that they gained’t really feel any stress as soon as they lastly take the Pisa exams,” he mentioned.
Angara additionally mentioned they requested among 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 colleges the place the exams will probably be held will probably be recognized by January and the 7,000 taking part college students by February, based on Angara.
“As soon as we discover out the faculties, we will probably be offering them with their wants for the exams corresponding to computer systems and we’ll kind particular sections and courses for them to arrange, 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 pupil 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 recreation, now we have to have them ready,” Angara added.
