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SENATOR Win Gatchalian has expressed support to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) policy to implement ‘Catch-Up Fridays’, which seek to improve learners’ reading proficiency.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gatchalian underscored the necessity of implementing the program considering that a significant number of the country’s learners struggle with reading.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Results of the 2022 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) showed that 76% of the country’s 15-year-olds have not achieved the minimum proficiency in reading.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the 2022 round of PISA, the Philippine average (347) in reading is still below the average of countries under the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) countries (476).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The OECD also indicates that, at the minimum, the country’s 15-year-old learners can understand the literal meaning of sentences or short passages.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n OECD is the body that conducts the PISA.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Sinusuportahan natin ang pagpapatupad ng ‘Catch-Up Fridays’ dahil ito ay mag-aambag sa pagpapalakas ng kakayahan ng ating mga mag-aaral na bumasa. Nakita natin sa datos na marami sa ating mga mag-aaral ang nangangailangan ng tulong pagdating sa pagbabasa, kaya naman mahalagang suportahan natin ang mga programang tutugon sa pangangailangan nila,” said Gatchalian, hairperson of the Senate Committee on Basic Education.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The DepEd kicked off \u201cCatch-Up Fridays\u201d last January 12. The program is being implemented in all public elementary and high schools nationwide, as well as in community learning centers (CLCs) nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under DepEd Memorandum No. 001 s. 2024, all Fridays of January shall be dedicated to the Drop Everything and Read activity.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the DepEd memo, \u201cCatch-Up Fridays\u201d is integral in the National Reading and Mathematics Programs, both of which are critical sub-programs of the National Learning Recovery Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gatchalian has also been pushing for measures that will strengthen learners’ reading skills. One of these is the ARAL Program Act (Senate Bill No. 1604), which seeks to institute a national learning recovery program to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He also filed the National Reading Month Act (Senate Bill No. 475), which aims to institutionalize the celebration of the National Reading Month every November to promote a culture of reading.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SENATOR Win Gatchalian has expressed support to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) policy to implement ‘Catch-Up Fridays’, which seek to improve learners’ reading proficiency. Gatchalian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3312,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310\/revisions\/3312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}