00:00Vice President Sara Duterte, as an Education Secretary, has a lot of challenges ahead of her in the education sector as a low point in the Philippines when it comes to creative thinking.
00:14Here is my lesson.
00:20In the report of PISA or Program for International Student Assessment,
00:24the Philippines is almost behind when it comes to creative thinking.
00:28The score is 14 points in the Philippines.
00:30Second to last in 64 countries.
00:34Patrice Ruciana is an incoming grade 7 pupil in a public school in Manila.
00:38And her mother, Emily, believes that poverty is the reason behind the low score of these tests for Filipino youth.
00:44This is based on her daily experience with her classmates.
00:48In my opinion, it is also because of poverty.
00:51Some really can't afford to go to school.
00:53And when it comes to online classes, there is no payment for loading the phone.
01:00When our teachers ask them to give a presentation, they don't stand up.
01:05They are embarrassed.
01:07Because they can't read or they don't understand?
01:10They can't read.
01:13This was also pointed out in the report of PISA,
01:15where it is stated that it is rooted in the low literacy skills or weakness in reading,
01:19the reason why their creative thinking is a hindrance to the students.
01:24This is one of the challenges facing the next Education Secretary in place of Vice President Sara Duterte.
01:31According to the House Committee on Basic Education Chairman Roman Romulo,
01:35this is the long-term goal of the strong curriculum that will be implemented in 2023.
01:40Because if we don't master the basic functional literacy,
01:43how can we improve our higher competencies?
01:47That's why we want to reduce the number of subjects and competencies in the strong curriculum
01:52so that teachers and students can focus on basic functional literacy,
01:58reading comprehension, math age appropriate, and science.
02:04She added that the reforms in education need to be focused and will be implemented according to the plan.
02:09That's why the next secret of the DepEd is that there should be a political will
02:13to defend the directions and policies that will improve the quality of education in the country.
02:18For GMA Integrated News, Ivan Mayrena, for 24 Hours.
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