By Liza Soriano
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel has expressed concern about the country’s performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022.
Pimentel emphasized the urgent need to adjust the curriculum to cultivate Filipino students’ interest in mathematics, reading, and science.
“Our curriculum must evolve to meet the demands of the 21st century and address the root cause of this lackluster performance in the PISA assessment,” Pimentel said in a statement on Wednesday (05 Dec 2023).
“The Department of Education should realize the generational impact of these dismal results if not addressed immediately,” he added.
According to the 2022 PISA study, published on Tuesday and involving 690,000 students from 81 countries, the Philippines’ performance in the three subjects remained relatively unchanged compared to 2018 when it first participated in the assessment.
Pimentel stressed that if the country does not take immediate and resolute action, it will cast doubt upon the future competitiveness of the future generation.
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