Secretary Sonny Angara said the agency is distancing itself from practices promoting "mass promotion," a trend within ...
The Second Congressional Commission on Education calls for an immediate end to the practice of mass promotion in schools ...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday said it has no policy allowing the mass promotion of students to the next grade level despite their lack of mastery of required competencies. “Walang ...
MANILA, Philippines — Students who cannot read or do basic math may soon be held back from advancing to the next grade level, according to a congressional commission's decade-long plan publicized this ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2) is calling for the phaseout of a system that ...
QUEZON CITY (PIA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) warns the public of a fake news circulating on social media on the alleged removal of Grades 11 and 12 for school year 2026-2027. In an advisory ...
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Edcom 2 and the dilemma of mass promotion

No one who cares about the state of education in our country can ignore the more than 600-page final report recently released by the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2). Drawing ...
Only 200,000 of the 24 million learners nationwide are being retained in their grade levels despite plummeting proficiency rates, according to the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2 ...