In a weekly Cabinet briefing on Monday, July 12, Education Secretary Leonor Briones disapproves the call of Vice President Leni Robredo to declare an education crisis in the Philippines.
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Robredo made the reaction in her radio program noting World Bank’s report about the performance of Filipino students falling below minimum proficiency levels and called the Duterte administration to address the alarming state of Philippine education that has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In relation to it, Briones explained that she was the only Philippine education chief who made the decision to join the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which the World Bank used as its basis to evaluate the country's education system.
Ang question is I don't know who should judge whether we have crisis in education or not. Who should judge that we have a crisis education or not? Kung sabihin natin na may crisis education, saan galing ang crisis education after 123 years? After 47 secretaries of Philippine education, after seven secretaries of education, who refused in the international assessment?
Briones said.
She further added that the Philippines only joined PISA in 2018 and even related that the Philippines has a debt of over $1 billion to fund the education system.
Malaki, halos isang bilyon ang inutang natin in dollars para sa edukasyon so kasali din sila sa nangyari sa edukasyon,
she said.
Briones explained that the education department does not refute the World Bank report; it is just that it was lacking inputs from the Philippine education system which later the World Bank has issued an apology for.
She said that it is not correct or wise to lay all the problems at the Duterte administration when DepEd already exists for 123 years.
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Briones disagrees on VP Robredo’s call to declare education crisis in PH
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