CALOOCAN CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- Senator Win Gatchalian today said students' performance in online classes and other modalities should come under a "true" assessment to check whether they have learned enough under the current distance learning program.
During the Laging Handa public briefing hosted by the Presidential Communications Operations Office, the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture said the Department of Education (DepEd) should also consider re-evaluating their metrics not only to be sure, but to be able to identify the areas where students struggle so they could be targeted for remedial programs.
"Ito ang pinakamahalagang tanong, natututo ba ang ating mga mag-aaral sa loob po ng distance learning? Ito po ang pinakamahalaga dahil ginagawa po natin ito para matuto ho sila at gumawa po ng mga sukat ang DepEd para makita na sila po ay natututo o hindi," he said.
The senator was reacting to a DepEd report presented to the Senate on Wednesday on the performance of Grades 1 to 12 students showing more than 14.5 million learners obtained passing marks, while more than 126,000 got failing grades. The report said about 99 percent of students nationwide obtained passing grades in the first quarter of the school year amid the distance learning system.
"Ito pong assessment para sa akin ay kailangan pong pag-aralan nilang mabuti dahil bago pa man nagka-COVID nakita ho natin na ang National Achievement Test natin ay mababa, nasa around 40-50 percent kaya nung lumabas po itong 99 percent, nagulat po ako. Nakakagulat po talaga," he explained.
Gatchalain emphasized that assessment tools are very important because it has always been the government's goal to make sure that students are learning and not regressing under the distance learning system.
"Masaya ako na 99 percent ang pumasa. Pero nagulat ako dahil kung yan po ay ibabangga natin sa National Achievement Test ho natin ay malayo sa 40 percent to 99 percent. Napakalayo po, mahalaga po na magkaroon tayo ng tunay na assessment dahil dito ho natin makikita kung saan ho mahina ang bata," he said.
"Hindi ho natin pwedeng ipasa na lang ang lahat pagkatapos pahirapan sa susunod na baitang. Babagsak at babagsak rin po siya. Kaya ito pong assessment na ginawa ng DepEd ay pag-aaralan namin sa kumite, sisiguraduhin ho natin na tama at accurate ito," he added. (PIA NCR)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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