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Education Secretary Edilberto de Jesus issued an order the other day for "additional guidelines" on the new performance-based grading system which was enforced in public schools last October.


Under Memorandum Order No. 4, the passing grade was lowered to 70 percent from the earlier 75 percent in all tests, quizzes and examinations.


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Trickle down of policy

By Isagani Cruz | February 12, 2015 - 12:00am

Pope Francis has been very vocal about the fallacy of trickle-down theories in economics. The theoretical movement of wealth from top to bottom has clearly not happened in the Philippines (nor anywhere else), where...

Education and Home

DepEd lowers passing grade to 70% amid protests

By Rainier Allan Ronda | February 15, 2004 - 12:00am

The Department of Education (DepEd) sees the academic standards in public schools to gradually improve after it relaxed a new grading system it imposed on students last year. Education Secretary Edilberto de Jesus...

Nation