DEPED GETS ‘HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING’ FROM PULSE SURVEY

The efforts of the Department of Education (DepEd) under Secretary Leonor Briones continue to gain recognition, as the department recently received the “highest approval rating” from the latest survey conducted by Pulse Survey.

It received the rating of 83 percent on 2005 and a rating of 84 percent on March 2017 up to March of 2018, according to reports.

According to DepEd, the latest Pulse Asia Ulat ng Bayan Survey results just highlights how the Education Chief has worked hard in introducing several reforms in our education system.

This only means that the Department’s efforts in delivering its mandate for the students, teachers, and stakeholders are paying off.

Briones said the result means that quality basic education is being experienced by many learners and is reaching more students inside and outside the formal school. It is becoming more relevant to their aspirations, and is improving their chances at better opportunities in life.

This year also marks the highest decrease in the number of out of school youth. According to Briones, part of her agenda is ensuring that out of school children and youth (OSCY) as well as the adult lifelong learners are brought back into the fold of education.

Briones has been the main reason why the DepEd office has intensified its efforts in providing students, drop outs, and adults with better access to quality basic education and giving them the chance to grab many opportunities that lies behind the door of achieving education and diploma.

The awareness and performance survey was conducted from March 23 up to March 28 of the same year that targets a sample size of around 1,200 respondents that resides around the National Capital Region or NCR, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao with a ± 3 margin of error.

This rating constitutes high performance approval of DepEd across areas, gender, and socioeconomic class.

--oOo— The author is Head Teacher III at Sta. Rita Elementary School, San Luis District