the quill. The Official English School Publication of Marcial O. Rañola Memorial School VOLUME LXXVI Issue June 2023- February
PISA reveals PH’s education crisis By: Niam Negrete
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rogram for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 revealed that 15-year-old students in the Philippines were still lagging in reading, math, and science, compared to learners from other countries. The Philippines ranked 77th out of 81 countries, scoring about 120 less than the other countries’ average scores. According to DepEd, the country is five to six years behind in learning competencies, after scoring 355 for math, 347 for reading, and 373 for science in the 2022 assessment. Overall, the students' performance showed minimal improvement of 2.66 points from 2018-2022.
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DepEd’s undersecretary for curriculum and teaching Gina Gonong, believes that the slight improvement indicates that the Philippines’ education system is “stable and resilient” considering other countries’ drop due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The DepEd official also said that the country aims to be a top performer in the PISA in the next years.
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“Maybe, working toward matching the scores of Southeast Asian countries is more realistic in the coming years… Maybe, 2029 onwards,” Gonong said. Despite the ‘improvements,’ Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte says that the 2022 PISA results “bear uncomfortable truth” in the country’s education system. “The PISA results are not merely a reflection of our education system. It is a mirror reflecting our collective efforts, investments, and most importantly, our commitment to education and the future we envision for our children” Duterte said. “As such, this is a call to action, a call to our collective responsibility as a nation. I call on everyone to pull our efforts together for a more resilient MATATAG education system, an education system that aims to improve learning outcomes, prioritize student and teacher wellbeing, and promote accountability to close remaining disparities,” she added. Following the release of the 2022 PISA, Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) claims that the country’s education system is in its worst state and the performance of Filipino students is not just a problem of the education sector, but of the entire country. Meanwhile, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, proposed to intensify DepEd’s learning recovery programs and the enactment of Senate Bill 1604, or the ARAL Program Act.
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FALLING BEHIND
1 of 50 students still a ‘deficit’ English reader - RLA By: Mark Agustine Mostoles One of every 50 students in Marcial O. Ranola Memorial School (MORMS) still struggles with English Proficiency as revealed by the Rapid Literacy Assessment (RLA) Pre-test conducted for this School Year 2023-2024
According to the RLA Data in English, 181 of 7215 students in MORMS are labeled as ‘deficit’ readers with a score of less than 30%, indicating that they had poor performance in accurately reading the material provided.
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Gatchalian is eyeing a P10 Billion budget to address the country’s pandemic-related learning loss and academic recovery. Illustration by: Lheyrel Iglesia