The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Dec. 5, said that its Curriculum Strand is set to discuss the findings of the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in a national forum.
“The Curriculum strand will give a detailed discussion on the PISA results,” DepEd Spokesperson and Undersecretary Michael Poa told the Manila Bulletin in a Viber message.
In a media advisory, DepEd announced that it will hold the PISA 2022 National Forum on Wednesday, on Dec. 6 at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan at the DepEd Central Office in Pasig City.
A press conference is also scheduled after the PISA National Forum.
Based on the announcement on its official website, PISA is set to release the 2022 scores of all participating countries on Dec. 5.
PISA results are expected to focus on how students from participating countries perform in mathematics, reading, and science.
In the previous PISA in 2018, when the Philippines joined the international assessment for the first time, the country saw dismal results especially in reading comprehension, science, and mathematics among 79 countries.
In November, DepEd said it was not expecting to see “high scores” in the latest PISA results. In a CNN Philippines interview, Poa said: “To be honest, we’re not expecting good result[s].”
Recognizing the gaps that were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, Poa said that DepEd is focusing on learning recovery efforts.
In March 2022, when it announced the Philippines’ participation in PISA 2022, DepEd said that the decision was aligned with its efforts to improve education quality in the country.
System assessments such as PISA, along with its National Achievement Test (NAT), DepEd said, provide the “necessary feedback to inform policy decisions and reforms.”
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