00:00Public schools around the country open a new academic year and roll out the three-term
00:04calendar along with policy reforms. The Department of Education is projecting 26 to 28 million
00:10enrollees for both public and private schools in school year 2026-2027. Public schools are
00:16required to follow the shift from a quarterly grading period system while it remains optional
00:21for private schools this year. But the change did not undergo a pilot test. DepEd will also
00:26implement other policy reforms including simplified lesson planning. A new grading
00:31system is also implemented where students must attain a raw score of 70 to 72.99 to get a passing
00:37grade of 75, a change from its previous raw score of 60. DepEd says it aims to protect instructional
00:43time in classrooms with a change in the school calendar as it deals with the country's learning
00:47crisis. Literacy assessments at the end of school year 2025-2026 showed only 48% of learners were
00:55grade-level ready. DepEd's senior high school literacy and numeracy assessment last March also
01:00revealed most grade 11 students find it difficult to read and understand grade-level texts.
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