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Thursday, June 10, 2004
HSRT flunkers can enroll in public school
By Bong S. Sarmiento
KORONADAL CITY -- Incoming freshmen that failed the High School Readiness Test (HSRT) can still be allowed to enroll in public high school class but would have to undergo the controversial Bridge Program if they will still fail in an upcoming examination, a Department of Education official here said Wednesday.
Clarita Somera, DepEd supervisor in South Cotabato, clarified that elementary school graduates who fared poorly in the HSRT could still be taken in by public high schools as part of what education officials now call "optional bridge program."
Under the optional Bridge Program, incoming first year high school students will enroll and take the regular first year curriculum but the students will take a special test in English, Science and Mathematics during the first grading period to find out if they are qualified to take up the regular course.
"For those below the 27 raw score, the principal will strongly recommend [to the parents] that their children shall stay in the bridge program," she explained, stressing that entry into the bridge program would be recommendatory and not mandatory as schools open.
She said the first grading for the regular first year students would basically dwell on the review of English Science and Mathematics competency, in preparation to the National Diagnostic.
Somera said those who will be under the bridge program would be spending two hours each for English, Science and Mathematics subjects.
"The rest of the time of the day would be concentrated on children who are really slow learners or for tutorials," she said, adding that teachers in the province who would handle the bridge program have been freshly trained.
Reports said that Education Secretary Edilberto de Jesus has decided to make optional the controversial high school Bridge Program, which will require a one-year remedial course for elementary school graduates who fail the HSRT, after the department failed to promote that plan among parents.
Results of the HSRT here based on the 27 raw score-passing grades were dismal, with only at least 800 of the 2,200 incoming high school students hurdling the test. Classes for public high schools opens on June 21.
(June 10, 2004 issue)
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