Education Transformation and PISA: Reflections from a New PISA Participating Country

Education Transformation and PISA: Reflections from a New PISA Participating Country Nepomuceno A. Malaluan Undersecretary, Department of Education Philippines   (Remarks at Plenary Session 1 – Education Fast Forward Discussion and Debate THE EDUCATION WORLD FORUM 2020 19-22 January 2020, London)   The Philippines joined PISA for the first time in 2018. I will give continue reading : Education Transformation and PISA: Reflections from a New PISA Participating Country

Situating PISA Within Sulong EduKalidad

Situating PISA Within Sulong EduKalidad Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones Department of Education December 4, 2019 SEAMEO Innotech, Quezon City Participating in PISA In 2018, DepEd boldly decided to participate in the Programme for International Assessment (PISA), an international assessment that measures 15-year old students’ reading, mathematics, and science literacy every three years. We made the continue reading : Situating PISA Within Sulong EduKalidad

Statement on the Philippines’ ranking in the 2018 PISA results

PASIG CITY, December 4, 2019 — For the first time, the Philippines joined the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2018, as part of the Quality Basic Education reform plan and a step towards globalizing the quality of Philippine basic education.  By participating in PISA, continue reading : Statement on the Philippines’ ranking in the 2018 PISA results

Secretary Briones’ speech on the launch of Sulong Edukalidad

Sulong EduKalidad Addressing the Challenge of Quality in Basic Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones Department of Education (Speech at the Launch of Sulong EduKalidad Bulwagan ng Karunungan, Department of Education) December 3, 2019 Access to Education Provision of access to basic education has always been a key priority of our government. We all agree that continue reading : Secretary Briones’ speech on the launch of Sulong Edukalidad

Statement on the teacher-learner incident taken up at the program Tulfo in Action

PASIG CITY, November 24, 2019 – There are laws and policies that apply to students and teachers. DepEd takes care to ensure that both the learner and the teacher are treated with dignity and respect through policies and processes already existing at all levels of governance of DepEd (the schools, Regions, Divisions, and Central Office). continue reading : Statement on the teacher-learner incident taken up at the program Tulfo in Action

DepEd Assures the Public that the Rights of Children are Protected

PASIG CITY, October 20, 2019 –  On September 20, 2019, the Assistant Regional Director and OIC of DepEd Region XI approved the recommendation of the Fact Finding Committee for the closure of the private schools operated by the Salugpongan Ta’ Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center, Inc. (Salugpongan). This was received by the representative of Salugpongan continue reading : DepEd Assures the Public that the Rights of Children are Protected

Statement on the shooting incident of a school teacher in Valencia City

PASIG CITY, October 17, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) strongly condemns the shooting of Ms. Zhydee Bitago Cabañelez, an elementary teacher at Dalit Elementary School in Valencia City, Bukidnon on October 15, 2019. Four (4) unidentified gunmen onboard motorcycles went inside the victim’s classroom and shot the victim and her husband, Mr. Ramil continue reading : Statement on the shooting incident of a school teacher in Valencia City