'Stagnating at the bottom': Officials say time and funding needed to improve PISA scoresSan Jose Elementary School students attend face-to-face classes outside their classrooms in Malilipot, Albay on June 15, 2023. For example, changes in initial teacher education can take decades before their effects are visible in most classrooms,” PISA said. ‘Bottomed out’The latest PISA results also indicate that the Philippines has “bottomed out,” said Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairperson of the Senate education committee. Similar to DepEd officials, Gatchalian lamented the single-digit changes in the Philippines’ scores in mathematics, reading and science from 2018 to 2022. Budget restraintsBesides testing students in the fundamental subjects, the PISA report also included an assessment of countries’ investments in education.
