Sulong Edukalidad: DepEd’s battlecry

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PASIG CITY, December 3, 2019 – Heading forward, ‘Sulong EduKalidad’ will be the
battlecry of the Department of Education (DepEd) as it launched on Tuesday its
reforms to achieve quality in basic education.

During the launch, DepEd secured the commitment of all local and international
partners, various education leaders, champions, advocates and stakeholders,
including representatives from the executive and legislative branch of the
government, to contribute their concrete support and collaboration.

“We always remind ourselves that our constitutional mandate to provide every
Filipino not only access to education but to basic quality education. We have realized
that we are facing the reality that we still have much to do in responding to the
constitutional mandate as far as quality education is concerned,” Secretary Leonor
Magtolis Briones explained.

The initiative is in response to the rapidly changing learning environment of present

and future learners and will introduce aggressive reforms to globalize the quality of
basic education in the Philippines.

Briones explained that Sulong EduKalidad will have KITE as its four key reform
areas: (1) K to 12 Curriculum review and update; (2) Improvement of learning
environment (3) Teachers’ upskilling and reskilling; and (4) Engagement of
stakeholders for support and collaboration.

“Secretary Briones is correct when she pointed out that the biggest challenge facing
basic education in our country today is quality, particularly in the learning outcomes
of students. I think we made great strides in improving accessibility especially with
the Last Mile Schools program,” said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles.

Members of the Congress, likewise, expressed their commitment to support the

cause.

“Ito [Sulong Edukalidad] po ang magiging malaking hamon at malaking gawain natin
sa mga susunod na taon,” said Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairperson of the
Senate Committee for Basic Education, Arts and Culture.

“To serve as an inspiration to our learners, to our children, to our teachers, we have
to give them something higher to talk about, and that is quality,” said Representative
Roman Romulo, chairperson of the House Committee on Basic Education and
Culture.

On the part of teachers, quality education advocate Father Ben Nebres, and Varkey
Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2018 finalist Dr. Venus Alboruto also pledged their
commitment for the campaign.

Sulong EduKalidad logo

In DepEd’s ‘battle for quality education’, a child running with a vibrant, Philippine
flag-themed saranggola will be its symbol of hope.
Sulong EduKalidad’s logo reflects the nation’s aspiration to deliver quality education.
The kite symbolizes DepEd’s aim to soar above the challenges in basic education
with its quadrants representing the four key reform areas, KITE.

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DepEd launches KITE journal for

education quality innovations, studies
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INNOVATIONS, STUDIES
September 24, 2021 – The Department of Education (DepEd) recently launched the
K to 12 Issues and Trends Explored (K.I.T.E) Online Journal to provide an avenue
for educational innovations and new insights sharing in curriculum and education
policies.

K.I.T.E., the official online publication of the Curriculum and Instruction Strand of
DepEd, is a quarterly publication that features peer-reviewed academic articles on
issues and trends on K to 12 curriculum and DepEd policies essayed in technical
reports, and research projects conducted in the regions, divisions, districts, and
classrooms nationwide.

“These challenges and changes bring us insights, and learnings captured by the
quadrants of the K.I.T.E. that represents Sulong Edukalidad: K to 12 curriculum
review and update, improvement of learning environment, teachers’ upskilling and
reskilling, and engagement of stakeholders for support and collaboration,” Education
Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said.

With the theme ‘Preparation and milestones for DepEd’s distance learning education
for this year’s publication, the journal features academic papers and articles related
to the curriculum and instruction in the last three years developed by bureaus and
field offices.

“This will help teachers learn from the experiences of their colleagues through the
sharing of solutions, technical expertise, and lifting each other on the transition to
building forward. The first issue of the K.I.T.E. journal hopes to be a strong
beginning, I encourage everyone to celebrate these innovations, learn from our
colleagues, and find the implications of this for our profession,” Undersecretary for
Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado M. San Antonio said.

“May this be a challenge to fill the gaps, extend the evidence-based, and anchor the
findings to the local context. It is our fervent hope that this will give you insights in
finding ways to contribute, engage, and make your best practices more visible as we
build powerful communities within the teaching profession and the Philippine
education system in general,” Usec. San Antonio added.

During the virtual launch, the K.I.T.E. Online Journal contributors for the 1st and
2nd quarters of 2021 were conferred with certificates of recognition.

“In this journal, you will find the collective tears, sweat, and blood of many unsung
heroes whose efforts led to the development of a safe space for our learners to
study. As we continue to face the challenges brought about by the global health
crisis, we hope that the lessons learned from the pandemic as well as the
innovations that followed suit would continue to inspire us to keep pressing forward,
developing more innovations, all in the name of providing quality education for every
Filipino learner,” Assistant Secretary for Curriculum and Instruction Alma Ruby C.
Torio said.

The K.I.T.E. Online Journal welcomes the submission of classroom-based

researches, case studies, and full-blown research which could be quantitative,
qualitative, or mixed methods. Other submissions include theoretical articles or
studies or papers presented to experts and education stakeholders for policy
recommendations and technical reports.

Interested contributors can submit their articles

to kitejournal.deped@gmail.com or kitejournal@deped.gov.ph, copy
furnished celedonio.balderasjr@deped.gov.ph under the email subject: K.I.T.E.
JOURNAL.
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https://www.deped.gov.ph/2021/09/24/deped-launches-kite-journal-for-education-quality-
innovations-studies/

DepEd launches the Professional

Development Program on Assessment
and Emerging Literacies with focus on
PISA
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October 26, 2021 – The Department of Education (DepEd) on October 23 launched
the Professional Development Program on Assessment and Emerging Literacies
with focus on PISA (Assessment PD) in line with its commitment to improve the
quality of basic education in the Philippines.

Attended by teacher-participants all over the country, the launch kickstarts the
Assessment PD, which forms part of the Department’s ongoing preparations for its
participation in the 2022 cycle of the Programme for International Student
Assessment (PISA).

The Assessment PD aims to improve teachers’ assessment strategies, methods and

content knowledge in Math, Science, and Reading, and to help them align their
classroom practices with emerging literacies measured by international
assessments.

“As we work towards improving quality through Sulong EduKalidad, we recognize the
urgent need to upskill and reskill our teachers so that they will be equipped to meet
the changing standards, landscape, and context of basic education,” Secretary
Leonor Magtolis Briones said. She added, “Our own national, regional, and even
local assessments strategies have to be aligned with such methodologies and
literacies in international assessments.”

The Office of the Secretary worked in collaboration with the Bureau of Education
Assessment (BEA), the Bureau of Learning Delivery (BLD), assessment experts, and
partner National Educators’ Academy of the Philippines (NEAP)-accredited Learning
Service Providers (LSPs), specifically, the Assessment, Curriculum, and Technology
Research Centre (ACTRC), the Center for Educational Measurement (CEM) Inc.,
and FrontLearners Inc. in the development of the PD.

The program consists of five component courses, namely: (1) Enhancement of

Teachers’ Assessment Competencies; (2) Assessment of learning in DepEd; (3) The
Philippine K-12 Curriculum and the international large-scale assessments (ILSA); (4)
Adapting assessment principles and practices to the emerging literacies; and (5)
Monitored application of assessment practice in the classroom setting.

During the roundtable discussion, Dr. Marlene Ferido of the ACTRC explained the
rationale behind this initiative, “This PD gives teachers a chance to move to a higher
level of assessment practice as they unpack the curriculum. We at ACTRC believe
that assessment is for teaching. Why? It’s because if assessment information and
data based on evidence are used appropriately, then our students will learn, and
demonstrate their true proficiency. Teachers will be able to monitor learning correctly
and students will be able to engage with relevant learning opportunities.”

The program will cater to Grade 8 and 9 English, Science, and Math teachers in
public junior high schools (JHS) nationwide, and will run from October 2021 to April
2022.

Addressing the teacher participants, Secretary Briones emphasized that “Through

this professional development program, we hope to provide opportunities to enhance
your assessment strategies, methods, and practices, and to empower you to explore
innovative ways to implement them in the classrooms.”   

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on-assessment-and-emerging-literacies-with-focus-on-pisa/
Philippines to join PISA in 2022 —
DepEd
Published November 26, 2020, 5:25 PM
by  Merlina Hernando-Malipot
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The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Nov. 26, formally announced that
the Philippines will be joining the Programme for International Student Assessment
(PISA) in 2022.

(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)

During the virtual press briefing on the Updates on Education, DepEd Secretary Leonor
Briones said joining in large-scale, international assessments such as the PISA “is not a
race to the top” but “knowing where are” to address the remaining gaps in the education
system.

PISA is a student assessment of 15-year-old learners across 79 countries done by the

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The Philippines joined the 2018 PISA but the findings showed “poor performance” of
Filipino students in some key learning areas.

DepEd Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Atty. Nepomuceno Malaluan shared how the
Philippines is currently preparing for the 2022 PISA.

He noted that the country was supposed to join the PISA next year but due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, many countries—not just the Philippines—decided to reconsider
their participation.

Despite the “unfavorable findings” of the 2018 PISA, DepEd Undersecretary for
Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado San Antonio expressed optimism that “better
results” when the country joins the PISA for the second time in 2022.

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As part of the 2022 preparations, DepEd Bureau of Education Assessment Education

Research Division Senior Education Program Specialist Abigail Alviz said that the
“PISA in Action Initiative” was established.

“This is a short-term intervention that aims to act on what we learned from our
participation in PISA 2018 to improve learning delivery, assessment, and learning
resources,” Alviz said.

“This initiative utilizes the results of the cognitive and background questionnaires, as
well as analyses and materials from various education partners,” she added.

To better understand which areas need improvement, PISA National Team Data

Manager and statistician Alexander A. Sucalit, Jr. discussed the analysis of the Filipino
learners’ difficulty when the country first joined PISA in 2018.

On reading literacy, for instance, Sucalit said that Filipino “learners find it difficult to
answer” items that require integrating and generating inferences, as well as public,
occupational and personal situation-based items, varied text types, non-continuous text
formats, single-source texts, and open-response items.

To address this, Sucalit noted that “students must be provided with reading materials and
with contexts that extend beyond the classroom.” Teachers, he added, should also be
“trained how to teach” so their students will be able to master these essential skills in
return. 

Meanwhile, Philippine Normal University University Professor Dr. Marilyn

Balagtas and Center for Educational Measurement, Inc. Programs and Development
Division Director Kathryn Tan also provided deeper understanding of the of
PISA findings.

“The results of PISA give us a lot of food for thought and, definitely, we see the
challenges as multi-layered,” Tan said.

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“These are some general directions for further study and action that we could explore.”

Also present during the presser were Pasig City Science High School Principal Charlie
Fababaer and Regional Science High School for Region VI Principal Maria Santia
Arboleda who shared the shared the “best practices” of their schools.

DepEd said that these two schools were among the “top performing public
schools” in PISA 2018.

Fabaer noted that the school’s performance in PISA cannot be “associated to a single
factor” since there were many practices that contributed to it.

“School performance in PISA depends on various factors and school interventions

should be taken holistically,” he added.

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