DepEd’s ARAL Program to benefit students’ Pisa results – Angara
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MANILA, Philippines — The Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning’s (ARAL) iProgram’s implementing rules and regulations (IRR) will improve the results of Filipino students’ Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) exams in the long run. In an ambush interview after the ceremonial signing on Monday, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said the IRR will likewise help students develop critical thinking.
“Di ko alam if makakahabol to next year dahil ang exam ng Pisa ilang buwan na lang but definitely sa pang matagalan makaktulong dahil gaganda yung abilidad ng ating mga estudyante especially yung sinasabing critical thinking,” Angara pointed out.
(I don’t know if we will be able to catch up next year because the Pisa exam is only a few months away, but it will help in the long run because our students’ abilities will improve especially in terms of critical thinking.)
“Malalim magisip at iniisip ang kubuoan hindi lang kung ang problema ay Math parang isang problema nakikita na lahat ng aspeto,” he added.
(It will help them think deeply about the whole aspect, not only a portion of the problem.)
Article continues after this advertisementIn October, the DepEd announced that it had already formed a task force to supervise the improvement of Filipino students’ Pisa exams next year.
Article continues after this advertisementIn the same month, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. signed Republic Act No. 12028, or the Aral Program, into law.
Under the Aral Program, students would be allowed to take refresher courses during summer breaks, with the following students as priorities:
- those who are failing in the examinations and tests as assessed and evaluated by the teachers;
- those whose grades are at or marginally above the minimum level of mastery required in the attainment of Most Essential Learning Competencies
- those who have returned to school after a furlough
The Senate and House of Representatives approved the bill’s final version last August.
