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DepEd task force eyes better PISA performance
DepEd task force eyes better PISA performance
ABS-CBN News
Published Jul 24, 2024 01:53 PM PHT
Student tutors assist grade 1 pupils at San Vicente Elementary School in Quezon City on July 9, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Student tutors assist grade 1 pupils at San Vicente Elementary School in Quezon City on July 9, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA – The Department of Education on Wednesday said it would put up a task force to address the poor performance of Filipino students in the Programme for International Student Assessment or PISA.
MANILA – The Department of Education on Wednesday said it would put up a task force to address the poor performance of Filipino students in the Programme for International Student Assessment or PISA.
Following President Marcos Jr’s directive to the department to improve students’ ranking in international assessments, DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara said, “One of our recommendations is that we put up a task force for the PISA exams specifically.”
“We need to modify local conditions to be able to perform better at these exams,” he said at the Post-SONA Discussions.
Following President Marcos Jr’s directive to the department to improve students’ ranking in international assessments, DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara said, “One of our recommendations is that we put up a task force for the PISA exams specifically.”
“We need to modify local conditions to be able to perform better at these exams,” he said at the Post-SONA Discussions.
“We need to modify local conditions to be able to perform better at these exams,” he said at the Post-SONA Discussions.
Angara said the DepEd would change “the way we teach to be able to approximate a more problem-solving approach.”
Angara said the DepEd would change “the way we teach to be able to approximate a more problem-solving approach.”
“The President mentioned developing critical thinkers so it's really the ability to make use of significant concepts going forward,” Angara said.
“The President mentioned developing critical thinkers so it's really the ability to make use of significant concepts going forward,” Angara said.
“And, of course, the President also mentioned that we need to harness new technologies so we need our students to be technologically-savvy and, at the same time, across the Philippines we need to provide better inputs for our students.”
“And, of course, the President also mentioned that we need to harness new technologies so we need our students to be technologically-savvy and, at the same time, across the Philippines we need to provide better inputs for our students.”
Data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) earlier showed that the scores garnered by the Philippines in math, reading and science were all below the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) global averages.
Data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) earlier showed that the scores garnered by the Philippines in math, reading and science were all below the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) global averages.
The Philippines also ranked at the bottom of 64 countries in the newly-introduced creative thinking assessment in the 2022 PISA.
The Philippines also ranked at the bottom of 64 countries in the newly-introduced creative thinking assessment in the 2022 PISA.
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