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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1488 -
DIRECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGRATED PLAN FOR TESTING
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE |
The Minister of the Budget
The Chairman, Commission on Audit
The Executive Director, National Educational Testing
Center
WHEREAS, it is objective of government to help transform the young into adults who are able to realize their full potential, who are responsible citizens and able to be productive persons;
WHEREAS, a basic education of knowing how to read and write in the official languages, to perform arithmetic functions and reason quantitatively and to live the values of love of Country, honesty and integrity, self reliance, and others that Filipinos are expected to learn;
WHEREAS, existing measurement and evaluation practices among elementary and high school pupils do not show a full picture of educational achievement in the various School Divisions and various types of schools, such that a strategy of educational improvement cannot be adequately or pursued;
WHEREAS, the National Educational Testing Center (NETC), of the Ministry of Education Culture and Sports (MECS) is the educational testing arm of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Law, do hereby Order and Instruct:
1.
The NETC shall institute a program of continuing research and
assessment of the effectiveness of education at all levels and for all
sectors of the education system, for the purpose of identifying areas
of educational weakness, and evolving strategies, programs and projects
that will improve upon these deficiencies;
2. In the
design and implementation of its testing program, the NETC shall give
priority to the measurement of the achievement and learning of public
school pupils (Grades I to VI), in communication skills (English and
Pilipino), quantitative reasoning (arithmetic) values, and the
formulated Minimum Learning Competencies at the various levels of
education. With the approval of the Minister of Education, Culture and
Sports, NETC may also conduct examinations of schoolteachers, in order
to confirm conclusions in pupil and student examinations. These
activities shall cover all regions and various types of schools, in
order to identify specific areas of weakness and the type of
corrections they may be appropriate;
3. The
research program shall aim to identify potential for improvement,
including deficiencies in teacher preparedness, curriculum, textbooks,
enrichment material, and so on. For this purpose, it may require pupils
at various grade levels and graduates of primary and intermediate
grades to take written examinations, on a stratified random sampling
basis covering all Regions of the country;
4. The NETC
shall call upon private testing agencies (including the Center for
Educational Measurement) and other government agencies such as the
Philippine Normal College and the University of the Philippines) for
assistance where appropriate and shall not attempt to undertake all the
testing and research/evaluation activities within NETC. It is
understood that the various staff Bureaus and Regional/Division offices
of the MECS shall assist in the work;
5. The NETC is
hereby authorized to receive income from test fees, as Trust Receipts
and to use these in addition to its regular appropriations to cover the
expenses of testing and research activities implemented under these
Instructions without need for a Special Budget of Cash Disbursement
Ceilings, but subject however to standard budget, compensation,
accounting and audit rules, including those for the payment of
honoraria and other personal services payments, travel, per diems and
the purchase of motor vehicles;
6. In the
interest of sound fiscal management, the NETC shall permit to the
National Treasury the estimated income included in the 1985 and 1986
budget estimates, but may retain as Trust Receipts, amounts in excess
of such income estimates. Beginning in 1987, it may retain as Trust
Receipts, income received in excess of the 1986 budget income
estimates;
7. The
Minister of the Budget, the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports
and the Chairman of the Commission in Audit shall issue the rules and
regulations needed to implement these Instructions; and
8. These
Instructions shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of December, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.
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