In a public briefing on Monday, July 5, the Department of Education (DepEd) demanded a public apology from the World Bank on its report that showed poor learning results of Filipino students.
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DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones said that because of the report, the country was insulted and shamed as she pointed out concerns on how the World Bank handled the report which placed the spotlight on the quality of education in the country.
The data used was old, it came from the PISA [Program for International Student Assessment] assessment in 2018, since then, there was a lot that happened already,
Briones added.
She also said that the World Bank did not follow protocols on the release of the report on a specific country and noted that the DepEd was not informed first before releasing the report publicly.
Another issue Briones emphasized was how the World Bank report excluded DepEd’s new developments and initiatives in improving the quality of education in the country.
Furthermore, Briones said that the World Bank has been a partner of DepEd since the 1980s through the loans secured by the country to improve the state of education.
Matagal na partner na ang World Bank since 1981. Marami na tayong inutang sa World Bank para mag-improve sa edukasyon. So, partner sila, kasali sila dito sa sitwasyon sa Pilipinas,
she said.
In the World Bank report, it was found that over 80 percent of Filipino students in the country do not know what they should know in school. It noted that the low proficiency level result was because of students’ limited proficiency in the languages in which schooling takes place and due to an unsatisfactorily poor school climate, with high levels of bullying.
The report was based on three different international assessments participated by DepEd since 2016 including the PISA in 2018, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2019, and the first cycle of the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) in 2019.
Although the World Bank already sent the DepEd a letter of apology, Briones said that it also need to issue a public apology because the harm brought by the report did not just affected the agency but the image of the whole country as well.
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DepEd demands public apology from World Bank over report on poor PH education ranking
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