00:00The Second Congressional Committee on Education recommends ending mass
00:05promotions in the education system, the Philippines' year-long chairmanship of ASEAN
00:10kicks off in Cebu.
00:11The COMELEC officially defers the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections.
00:15Initially set for March 30, a South Korean court sentences former First Lady Kim Kyon
00:20to prison for accepting Chanel bags and a diamond pendant, and the last two giant
00:25pandas in Japan leave for China.
00:30The Second Congressional Committee on Education
00:35The Second Congressional Committee on Education recommends ending mass promotions in the education system.
00:40This is the practice of letting students progress to the next grade level even if they're unqualified.
00:45EDCOM 2 Executive Director Carol Markey tells rappers John Neri, performance
00:50based bonuses of teachers and the ratings of principals are currently tied to zero dropout rates and 100%
00:55completion rates.
00:56If you didn't give the supports or resources for the teacher
01:00at the school to actually support each child the way they need to, how can you hold them accountable to 100%
01:05passing rate and then disincentivize them for every kid that doesn't?
01:10What happens is if you have anyone who does not pass, the principal's rating goes down
01:15the school's reputation is affected and so now it becomes
01:20a culture of, let's protect their name.
01:23Yee also cesses the burden to prove that students
01:25couldn't pass, we're on the teachers.
01:27Yung kwento ng mga print ng mga teachers sa amin
01:30for example, they're not going to pass, they're not going to pass, they're not going to pass
01:35they had to comply with so many documents
01:40and provide so many proofs that they actually visited the house
01:45multiple times, conducted parent conferences multiple times, really true
01:50and so they're saying, why?
01:53why are we pinala
01:55for actually giving genuine results for students who are really struggling
02:00and not doing well?
02:01the reality of mass promotions is reflected in results of academic
02:05assessments
02:06almost 90% of students entering grade 7 cannot read at their grade
02:10level while only less than 1% of grade 12 students are proficient in their subjects
02:15to address the problem, Edcom 2 recommends changing performance metrics to be based on addressing
02:20learning gaps instead of promotion statistics
02:23watch in the public square with John Neri
02:25for the full interview on the state of our educational system
02:30the Philippines' year-long chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
02:34kicks off in Cebu
02:35From January 28 to 29, the 10 foreign ministers of ASEAN led by Chairperson
02:40Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Maria Teresa Lazaro
02:42will be meeting at the Posh New Star Resort in Cebu
02:45City
02:46the same complex will also be hosted the ASEAN Tourism Forum including the ASEAN Tourism
02:50Minister's Meeting from January 26 to 30
02:53Meanwhile, the Bactaan Expo Center in
02:55Lapu-Lapu City is hosted the ASEAN Travel Exchange happening alongside the ATF
03:00This will be the first time in nearly two decades for Cebu to host major ASEAN events
03:05topics for discussion include regional issues in Myanmar and maritime security in the South China Sea
03:10The Commission on Elections officially defers the Bangsamoro Parliament
03:15parliamentary elections scheduled for March 30, saying it will be held once a new date is set
03:20by law
03:21Comalex says the election timelines are already, quote, too proximate which made the bar
03:25armed parliamentary elections, quote, no longer feasible
03:28This terminates election-related activities
03:30including the period of certain election bans
03:33In September 2025, the Supreme
03:35Supreme Court declared earlier districting laws unconstitutional
03:38and ordered that the elections be held no later
03:40later than March 31, 2026.
03:42The ASEAN's decision had postponed the election that was
03:45supposed to happen on October 13, 2025
03:48The Bangsamoro Interim Parliament passed
03:50a new districting law only in January
03:52Under the law, the Comalex is barred from adjusting
03:55precincts within 120 days before election day
04:00A South Korean court sentences former First Lady Kim Kyeon-hee
04:03to one year and eight months in prison
04:05for accepting Chanel bags and a diamond pendant
04:07in return for political favors
04:10Kim is the wife of ex-president Yoon Seok-yeol who was ousted from office last year
04:15The ruling comes amid a series of trials following investigations
04:18into Yoon's brief imposition of martial law
04:20in 2024 and related scandals involving the once-powerful couple
04:24Kim has been detained
04:25since August while she was being investigated
04:28The court cleared Kim on charges of manipulation
04:30and violating stock prices
04:31and violating political funding laws
04:35Hundreds of Japanese panda lovers bid an emotional farewell
04:38to the country's last two giant
04:40pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei
04:42This as they left Tokyo's Ueno Zoo for China onto
04:45Tuesday, January 27.
04:47The departure of the four-year-old twins
04:49for a breeding facility
04:50in China leaves Japan with no giant pandas
04:52for the first time in more than five decades
04:55While the pandas' return to China had long been planned,
04:57their departure has been widely seen as reflecting
05:00in China-Japan ties in recent months
05:02In November,
05:03Japanese Prime Minister Sanae
05:05said a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan
05:08could bring about a Japanese military response
05:10triggering a furious response from Beijing
05:12which views the democratically-governed island
05:14as its own
05:15territory
05:16China has long practiced so-called panda diplomacy
05:19loaning pandas to its own
05:20its allies
05:21though it has sometimes taken them back
05:22to express displeasure
05:24Giant pandas typically
05:25returned home
05:26after the loan agreement ends
05:30And that's today's wrap
05:31I'm JC Gutinga
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